INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

list_categories

List all tutorial categories with a published tutorial.

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Input schema

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CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.showmestepbystep-mcp]
url = "https://www.showmestepbystep.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "showmestepbystep-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.showmestepbystep.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: showmestepbystep-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://www.showmestepbystep.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "showmestepbystep-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.showmestepbystep.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "showmestepbystep-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.showmestepbystep.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "showmestepbystep-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.showmestepbystep.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_tutorials — Search the ShowMeStepByStep tutorial corpus by free-text query.
get_tutorial — Fetch the full machine-readable rendition of a tutorial by slug: title, TL;DR, numbered steps (with text, imageUrl, tips, and YouTube videoTimestampSeconds for deep-linking), tools/materials, tags, related tutorial slugs, creator credit, recipe (with nutrition + cuisine when applicable), license, and canonicalUrl.
list_tutorials_by_category — Browse tutorials within a specific category, ranked by view count then publish date.
list_recent_tutorials — List the most recently published tutorials, newest first.
request_tutorial — Submit a request for a tutorial we don't yet have.