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AI Skills

When you connect an AI assistant to the Strand MCP server, it automatically receives skills: guided instructions that teach the assistant how to use the tools effectively. No plugins or extra installation needed.

Setup

Add the Strand MCP server to your Claude Code configuration (.mcp.json in your project root or ~/.claude.json globally):

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strand": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.tendrl.com/strand/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <STRAND_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Create API keys in the Strand dashboard under Access Control → API Keys.

Once connected, Claude automatically discovers the available skills.

How it works

The Strand MCP server serves skills as MCP resources alongside its documentation. When any MCP client connects, it calls resources/list and sees the available skills. When you ask a question that matches a skill, the AI assistant reads the skill content via resources/read and uses it to guide which tools to call, what parameters to use, and how to interpret results.

This works with Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, and any MCP-compatible client. No plugins, no file downloads, no extra configuration: the skills ship with the server itself.

Skills

You don't need to remember tool names or parameters; just describe what you want.

Skill What it does Example triggers
strand-workflows Create workflows, manage functions, check execution history "create a workflow", "list my runs", "set up automation"
strand-admin Manage vault secrets, roles, API keys, and usage "what secrets do I have", "create an operator role", "check my usage"

How skills work

When you ask Claude something like "create a workflow that alerts when temp exceeds 80," it reads the strand-workflows skill from the server which provides context on:

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