Five official MCPs worth installing this week
The MCP catalogue grew faster in the last six weeks than at any point since the spec launched. Most new entries are forgettable. Here are five first-party releases worth the setup overhead.
The MCP catalogue grew faster in the last six weeks than at any point since the spec launched. Most of the new entries are forgettable; some are first-party releases from vendors whose data is genuinely worth the MCP setup overhead. Here are five officials worth connecting if you haven't already. Mobbin
621,500 real app screens for design reference. Launched 13 May 2026. Browser OAuth, no API key, one-line claude mcp add install. The catch is the Mobbin paywall, but if you design for a living and you're already on Mobbin Pro, this is a free upgrade to your workflow.
Use it for: pre-design research, pattern survey, grounding agent-generated UI in reality.
Don't use it for: code generation, exploratory browsing (the web UI is still better). ElevenLabs
The official ElevenLabs MCP server gives your client TTS, voice cloning, transcription, and sound design. Install via uvx elevenlabs-mcp with your API key in the config. Every call costs ElevenLabs credits from your subscription, so it's not for speculative use.
Use it for: scripted narration, voice cloning in content pipelines, batch transcription.
Don't use it for: anything where credit burn surprises matter (set hard limits in the dashboard first). AWS
AWS shipped general availability on 6 May 2026 after several months in preview. The MCP gives Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf secure access to AWS services with audit logging and rate limiting handled by AWS itself. For teams already running AWS-heavy infrastructure this removes the friction of stitching together IAM scopes for community MCPs.
Use it for: account-aware AWS automation, IaC review, cost analysis queries.
Don't use it for: cross-cloud comparisons (it's AWS-only, obviously). Asana / ClickUp
Both shipped official MCPs in 2026 and they're worth thinking about together. Asana's MCP is the more enterprise-friendly choice (workspace admin gating, permission-scoped access). ClickUp's is the broader one, roughly 49 tools across 14 categories, the largest first-party PM MCP surface available.
Both follow the modern pattern: remote, Streamable HTTP, browser OAuth. No tokens.
Use them for: weekly triage, bulk task operations, time tracking from chat. If you're choosing between them, depth versus admin control.
Don't use them for: replacing your daily PM UI. The chat-based loop is faster for specific queries; the UI is still better for browsing. Linear
Worth re-mentioning because it pre-dates the recent wave but remains one of the cleanest first-party MCPs. Smaller surface than ClickUp, leaner than Asana. If you're already on Linear, install is npx -y @linear/mcp with your API key.
Use it for: issue management, sprint planning, project status from chat.
Don't use it for: anything Linear doesn't already do well in the UI.
Honourable mentions
Salesforce shipped Data 360 MCP in developer preview on 8 May 2026, which is interesting if you're on Data 360 specifically. Figma's MCP keeps improving and remains the right answer for design-to-code workflows. Slack, GitHub, and Sentry's official MCPs are still default-installs from earlier.
What's not on the list
Anything community-maintained that has an official vendor equivalent. The maintenance pattern is consistent: vendor MCPs get bug fixes, community MCPs don't. Where the vendor has shipped, switch to it.
Anything where the vendor isn't paying the bills. If a paid product has an MCP that's free to use but the underlying subscription is the cost, the MCP-versus-no-MCP decision is the trivial part of the evaluation. The subscription decision matters more.