✨ get-an-expert-mcp

Stuck in your AI coding session?
Get an expert's eye on it.

Get An Expert is an MCP server for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, and other AI coding tools. When a session goes in circles, it offers a hand — and with your explicit OK, opens a private thread with a real human expert who diagnoses the problem and hands you the exact prompt to try next. Still stuck? Keep talking to them from inside your session until it's solved.

Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add get-an-expert -- npx -y get-an-expert-mcp

Codex CLI (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.get-an-expert]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "get-an-expert-mcp"]
startup_timeout_sec = 30

Cursor / Windsurf (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "get-an-expert": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "get-an-expert-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

How it works

  1. 1. You get stuck. Ten messages deep, same error, going in circles. Your coding agent can offer to bring in Get An Expert.
  2. 2. You say yes (or no). Nothing is ever sent without your explicit go-ahead. You see exactly what will be shared before it leaves your machine, and secrets are redacted locally first.
  3. 3. An expert takes it from there. A human expert — matched to whatever you're stuck on — reviews your summary and responds with why the session stalled and one ready-to-paste prompt built to break the loop.

What we send (with your OK)

  • • Your stated goal for the session
  • • What was already tried, in order
  • • Error messages you hit
  • • A short summary of the stuck session
  • • Your tech stack and which coding tool you're using

What we never send

  • • Your source files or repository contents
  • • Your full conversation transcript
  • • Environment variables, API keys, or secrets (redacted on your machine before anything is sent)
  • • Anything at all, without you saying yes first — every single time

Straight talk: every response is written by a real human expert who reviewed the summary you approved — all types of experts, matched to your problem. We never sell your data, never use it for advertising, and never train models on it. Requests auto-delete after 30 days, and every submission includes a one-click deletion link.