🔌mcp servers worth connecting first

the seven reference servers straight from the MCP team's own repo, not someone's top 10 blog post.

01
Everything
02
Fetch
turns a url into something an LLM can actually use instead of a wall of html. first one I kept installed
03
Filesystem
04
Git
read, search and edit a repo without you typing the commands. handy, not magic
05
Memory
a knowledge graph it keeps between chats. wanted this more than I use it, ymmv
06
Sequential Thinking
07
Time
timezones. sounds boring until you're scheduling with someone three zones away

Or start a list of your own. Free, it takes a minute.