mcp-server
Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Zain Ahmed: Senior Software & Platform Engineer.
What it can do
- Get Profile: Retrieve Zain Ahmed's verified professional profile, 5x multi-cloud credentials (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, HashiCorp), location, philosophy, and competencies.
- Get About: Retrieve the complete About story, personal philosophy ('AI makes me faster. The judgment is mine.'), letter from Zain, and operational tenets.
- Get Skills: Query Zain Ahmed's exhaustive categorized technology stack across Kubernetes, Multi-Cloud, IaC, DevSecOps, Observability, and Agentic AI.
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Zain Ahmed: Senior Software & Platform Engineer. Plug AI agents directly into production multi-cloud SRE architectures, Agentic AI & MLOps systems, DevSecOps pipelines, Developer Experience tooling, and cloud FinOps cost models. Built for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity.
How to connect
How to connect mcp-server to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://mcp-server--zainahmed-net.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect mcp-server to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://mcp-server--zainahmed-net.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect mcp-server to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://mcp-server--zainahmed-net.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (13)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| get_profile | Retrieve Zain Ahmed's verified professional profile, 5x multi-cloud credentials (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, HashiCorp), location, philosophy, and competencies. |
| get_about | Retrieve the complete About story, personal philosophy ('AI makes me faster. The judgment is mine.'), letter from Zain, and operational tenets. |
| get_skills | Query Zain Ahmed's exhaustive categorized technology stack across Kubernetes, Multi-Cloud, IaC, DevSecOps, Observability, and Agentic AI. |
| get_certifications | Retrieve all 5x active multi-cloud certifications with issuing institutions, Credly verification URLs, and credential IDs. |
| get_projects | Query verified enterprise production case studies, system blueprints, and business metrics across CBDC, DevOps, FinTech, and Cloud Engineering. |
| get_project_by_slug | Retrieve comprehensive technical case study details for a specific project by slug, including problem, solution architecture, and verified metrics. |
| get_articles | Query published architectural blueprints, SOC 2 Type II compliance guides, and Kubernetes SRE articles with pagination. |
| get_article_by_slug | Retrieve the full markdown publication content, metadata, reading time, and checkpoints for a specific technical article by slug. |
| search_knowledge_base | Full-text search across all case studies, architecture articles, developer documentation, and platform capabilities. |
| get_services | Retrieve platform engineering advisory retainers, fractional leadership tiers, deliverables, commitments, and transparent rates. |
| calculate_finops_roi | Calculate estimated cloud cost savings and ROI from Karpenter container bin-packing, spot orchestration, and Graviton migration. |
| generate_architecture_manifest | Generate production-ready Kubernetes YAML or Terraform infrastructure manifests based on target workload requirements. |
| submit_contact | Dispatch an encrypted engineering inquiry or consultation request directly to Zain Ahmed with tracking reference ID. |