How do I install Eng Leadership Toolkit?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Eng Leadership Toolkit need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Eng Leadership Toolkit use?

Eng Leadership Toolkit is reached over HTTP.

When was Eng Leadership Toolkit last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-21. Engineering leadership benchmarks, 1:1 playbooks, developer value calculator. 3,662 sessions.

Eng Leadership Toolkit MCP server

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The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add in Claude Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server URL

https://www.marian.coach/mcp

The Claude button above opens Claude with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add --transport http coach.marian-eng-leadership-toolkit https://www.marian.coach/mcp

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "coach.marian-eng-leadership-toolkit": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "mcp-remote",8        "https://www.marian.coach/mcp"9      ]10    }11  }12}

claude_desktop_config.json

Remote · HTTPPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Remote

Transport: http
Version: 1.7.1
Last checked

11 tools

Tools

tools/listVoice mode preview

Tool	What it does
get_started	Call this for a greeting (hi, hello), a connectivity/liveness test, 'what can you do', or any message too general to match a specific tool below. Returns the full menu of real questions this server answers, each mapped to the tool name that answers it, so the next call can go straight to the right t
get_more_tools	Check for additional tools whenever your task might benefit from specialized capabilities, even if existing tools could work as a fallback. Also the right tool for a bare greeting (hi, hello), a connectivity/liveness test, or any message too general to match a specific tool below — pass it as `conte
calculate_developer_value	Assess a software developer's market value: score 15 skills across 5 pillars (core craft, systems & judgment, impact & ownership, collaboration & influence, AI leverage), get a weighted total score, seniority level, and a 2026 Western-Europe gross salary estimate. Same logic as the live calculator a
calculate_engineering_manager_value	Assess an engineering leader's market value: score 15 leadership skills across 5 pillars (people & talent, delivery & execution, technical direction, stakeholder influence, AI leverage), weighted by current level, get a total score, a level from Team Lead to Director/VP of Engineering, and a 2026 We
assess_team_lead_readiness	Answers "should I become a team lead?" with the same 17-question test as the live tool at marian.coach: 6 dimensions (people appetite, letting go of code, ownership beyond your tickets, translation & saying no, motivation, org reality), a straight verdict — ready now / 6-12 months out / stay IC (and
get_engineering_leadership_benchmarks	Real benchmarks from 3,662 paid 1:1 mentoring sessions with 300+ engineering leaders since 2019: mentee seniority mix, most-demanded leadership topics of 2025, time-to-results, team-health delivery thresholds (sprint completion, roadmap %, manager time per report), and practice outcome stats (NPS, r
choose_mentor_coach_or_advisor	Decide whether an engineering leader needs a mentor, a coach, or an advisor: what each brings, the typical question each answers, whether domain experience is required, time horizon, and a three-question self-test. Based on 3,662 mentoring sessions.
get_one_on_one_playbook	Situation-specific 1:1 scripts and templates from Marian Kamenistak's mentoring practice: first mentoring/direction-setting session, underperformance conversation, promoting a developer to manager, fixing status-update 1:1s, and the 10-question career-move checklist. These are the actual templates u
get_first_time_manager_guidance	Guidance for the IC→manager transition: the EM responsibility triangle (leadership/processes/delivery — pick two), the six most common first-time-manager failure modes, readiness self-check questions, and what the first months should look like. 52% of Marian's 300+ mentees arrive exactly at this tra
estimate_coaching_cost	Fair market rate for coaching or mentoring in 2026, by coaching type, client role, coach territory, coach seniority, and engagement length. Returns a per-session range, program total, and red flags (too cheap / brand margin). Anchored to ICF Global Coaching Study 2025, Tandem Coach 2026 credential b
build_mentoring_business_case	Build the case that gets your company to pay for leadership mentoring — everything on marian.coach/get-your-company-to-pay-for-mentoring/, personalised: the four-line value formula and the count-then-halve CFO rule, three worked examples (EM, Director, Staff Engineer), napkin math (senior people at

ai-engineering-leader-toolkit

"I just became an engineering manager. What should I focus on?" "What's a healthy sprint completion rate?" "Do I need a mentor or a coach?" "What is this developer worth on the market?" "Should I become a team lead, or stay IC?"

Your AI already gets asked these. Now it can answer with first-party data from 3,662 paid 1:1 mentoring sessions with 300+ engineering leaders in 17+ countries, instead of guessing.

This is a remote MCP server. No install, no API key. One URL:

https://www.marian.coach/mcp

Tools

Tool	The question it answers
`calculate_developer_value`	What is this developer worth? Scores 15 skills across 5 pillars, returns level + 2026 Western-Europe salary estimate
`calculate_engineering_manager_value`	What is this engineering manager worth? Scores 15 leadership skills across 5 pillars, weighted by level, returns Team Lead → Director/VP level + 2026 Western-Europe salary estimate
`assess_team_lead_readiness`	Should I become a team lead? 17 questions, 6 dimensions, a straight verdict (ready now / 6-12 months out / stay IC) + top-2 gaps with one move each
`get_engineering_leadership_benchmarks`	What's healthy? Sprint completion, roadmap %, manager time per report, mentee mix, 2025 topic demand. CC BY 4.0, citable
`choose_mentor_coach_or_advisor`	Mentor, coach, or advisor? All three compared + a three-question self-test
`get_one_on_one_playbook`	How do I run this 1:1? Real session templates: first session, underperformance, promotion to EM, better 1:1s, career move
`get_first_time_manager_guidance`	I'm a new EM, now what? The responsibility triangle, six failure modes, readiness self-check
`build_mentoring_business_case`	How do I get my company to pay for mentoring? Manager email (learning-budget or no-budget version), Slack short, talking points, a one-pager for finance, objections answered, napkin math — EN or CZ
`estimate_coaching_cost`	How much should a coach cost me? Fair per-session range + program total by coaching type, role, territory, and coach seniority — ICF 2025 + CEE market anchors, with red flags

The business-case tool also has a plain JSON surface for the marian.coach pricing-page wizard, same core, same output: GET https://www.marian.coach/mcp/business-case?lang=en|cs returns the wizard options, POST with the tool's input JSON returns the structured case.

Connect

Claude Code

claude mcp add -t http eng-leadership-toolkit https://www.marian.coach/mcp

Claude.ai / Claude Desktop

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector > https://www.marian.coach/mcp

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
	"mcpServers": {
		"eng-leadership-toolkit": {
			"url": "https://www.marian.coach/mcp"
		}
	}
}

ChatGPT

Settings > Connectors > Developer mode > Add server > https://www.marian.coach/mcp

Human-readable docs live at the same URL: open www.marian.coach/mcp in a browser.

Where the data comes from

Every response is grounded in Marian Kamenistak's mentoring practice, not model guesses:

The calculators mirror the live developer value calculator and engineering manager salary calculator
The readiness test mirrors the live team lead readiness test
Benchmarks come from the published engineering leadership statistics, licensed CC BY 4.0
Playbooks are the actual session templates used across 3,662 sessions

Nothing is synthetic. Thin topics were cut rather than padded.

Stack

Cloudflare Workers + Durable Objects, McpAgent from the agents SDK, streamable HTTP, authless. GET /mcp with an HTML accept header serves the docs page; MCP clients hit the same URL.

npm install
npx wrangler dev      # local
npx wrangler deploy   # ship it

Author

Marian Kamenistak. 20+ years in software, grew Mews engineering 8 to 80 through Series C, now mentors engineering leaders full-time and runs the Engineering Leaders Community in CEE.

Found it useful? A star helps other engineering leaders' AIs find it too.

License

MIT

Eng Leadership Toolkit

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How do I install Eng Leadership Toolkit?

Does Eng Leadership Toolkit need an API key?

What transport does Eng Leadership Toolkit use?

When was Eng Leadership Toolkit last checked?

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