mcp-core-best-practices

# Alibaba Cloud MCP Core Best Practices This skill documents the canonical patterns for using the `alibabacloud-core` MCP server — the generalized OpenAPI MCP Server Core that covers all Alibaba Cloud APIs without requiring pre-selection of specific operations. ## Available Tools | Tool | Purpose | |------|---------| | `AlibabaCloud___SearchApis` | Natural language search for APIs matching a requirement | | `AlibabaCloud___CallCLI` | Execute a single CLI command remotely | | `AlibabaCloud___GetApiDefinition` | Get full API definition (params, response, errors) by product/version/name | | `AlibabaCloud___ListApis` | List all APIs for a product, optionally filtered | | `AlibabaCloud___ListProductRegions` | List regions where a product is available | | `AlibabaCloud___GenerateCLICommand` | Generate a CLI command from API definition + parameters | | `AlibabaCloud___ListProducts` | List all Alibaba Cloud products | | `AlibabaCloud___SearchDocuments` | Search Alibaba Cloud official documentation by keyword, with optional product/language/site filters | | `AlibabaCloud___GetDocument` | Get full Markdown content of a document by `doc_id` (preferred) or URL | | `AlibabaCloud___GetDocumentTree` | Browse a product's document directory tree to discover available docs | | `AlibabaCloud___GrepDocuments` | Search within a specific product's documents by keyword pattern | | `AlibabaCloud___RunScript` | Start a restricted Python task with structured Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI access | | `Alibab...