Emerging AI rolesRemote contract, MCP servers and AI connectors
An MCP and connector builder who puts your B2B product inside Claude and ChatGPT
Shruti Kaushik is a remote, contract MCP and connector builder who ships B2B products into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants as Model Context Protocol servers, and gets them listed. She built and published Klype’s own MCP server, listed on the official MCP Registry, Glama, Smithery and mcpservers.org, plus two Claude connectors.
What does an MCP and connector builder do?
An MCP and connector builder ships a B2B product into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants as a Model Context Protocol server with OAuth, then gets it listed in directories. Shruti Kaushik does this on contract and built Klype’s own MCP server and two Claude connectors, all live and public.
Key facts
- Klype’s MCP server is listed on the official MCP Registry, Glama, Smithery and mcpservers.org. (klype.ai/mcp, Nov 2026)
- The official MCP Registry held 35,491 servers from 20,581 publishers. (Oktopost, Sep 2026)
- Two Claude connectors are live: AI Recommends Checker and LinkedIn Post Checker. (AI connector page, Nov 2026)
What an MCP and connector builder does
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard AI assistants use to call outside tools. When a buyer asks Claude or ChatGPT to check something in your product, an MCP server is what answers. For a B2B company that makes it a new distribution surface: an AI assistant with your connector installed uses your product inside the conversation, instead of describing a competitor.
The surface is getting crowded fast. Oktopost counted 35,491 servers from 20,581 publishers in the official MCP Registry on 24 September 2026, and found that 78.7% of servers listed for at least 90 days had shipped no new version in the previous 90 days. Most were published once and left. The work that gets a connector used is the part that comes after the first commit.
That is why the role is half engineering and half go-to-market. The parts:
Tool design
Choose the few tools an assistant should call, name and describe them so the model picks them correctly, and shape responses so they are short, structured and safe to quote.
Auth and permissions
OAuth 2.1 sign-in with consent, scoped API keys, per-tool permissions, token revocation and rate limits, so a customer’s admin can approve it.
Hosting and reliability
A remote server with logging, error handling and versioning, kept current as the specification changes. The July 2026 revision left most older servers behind.
Directory listings
Submissions to the official MCP Registry, Glama, Smithery, mcpservers.org, Claude’s connector directory and ChatGPT apps, with test accounts, screenshots, privacy policy and reviewer answers.
Docs and install path
A public MCP page, install instructions per client, llms.txt and example prompts, so a buyer or an assistant can find and add it in a minute.
Adoption GTM
Launch posts, use-case pages and tracking of installs and tool calls, so the connector becomes a channel rather than a press release.
Who is hiring for it, and what postings pay
MCP moved from a developer experiment to a hiring line in 2026. The figures below come from a job board that indexes MCP roles and from registry analyses.
- 250
open MCP jobs listed, at companies including ServiceNow, Databricks, Vercel, Grafana Labs and CrowdStrike.
agentic-engineering-jobs.com, checked Nov 2026 - $172k to $242k
average posted range across the 130 MCP listings that publish salary ranges.
agentic-engineering-jobs.com - $208k to $312k
posted range for an MCP role at Vercel; ServiceNow posted $191k to $334k.
agentic-engineering-jobs.com - 35,491
servers from 20,581 publishers in the official MCP Registry on 24 September 2026.
Oktopost registry analysis, Sep 2026 - 78.7%
of servers listed for 90+ days shipped no new version in the prior 90 days.
Oktopost registry analysis, Sep 2026 - 54.5%
of those servers have only ever published one version.
Oktopost registry analysis, Sep 2026
Figures are employer-posted ranges or published analyses, quoted as each source states them and checked on 9 November 2026. Full comparison in the 2026 AI GTM roles and pay study.
What I have already built
Klype is my own product, so its MCP server is where I learned every step from tool design to directory review. All of it is public.
Klype MCP server, listed in four directories
A remote MCP server with OAuth 2.1 sign-in, listed on the official MCP Registry, Glama, Smithery and mcpservers.org.
klype.ai/mcpTwo Claude connectors
AI Recommends Checker (which companies AI engines name in a category) and LinkedIn Post Checker (template patterns readers flag as AI-written), both callable from inside Claude.
Open the checkerKlype, a B2B SaaS I built
Klype is a B2B marketing intelligence platform on NestJS and Next.js. It holds a company’s facts, buyer, positioning and voice, and every draft is checked against them.
klype.aiSlack, Copilot and Zapier integrations
Klype connects to Slack, Microsoft Copilot and Zapier so the same context reaches the tools a team already works in.
pSEO and AEO across three sites
Programmatic pages, schema, llms.txt and Wikidata entities across shrutikaushik.com, klype.ai and wisemango.io. One inbound inquiry has already arrived via ChatGPT.
Read the case studyLead infrastructure I run on AWS
Lambda and DynamoDB capture every inbound form, SES sends transactional mail and an opt-in nurture sequence, an AI SDR on Amazon Bedrock drafts replies, and an intent digest lands each morning.
Client work since 2015 includes Sprinklr, Sony, Zee Entertainment, Array Networks and SugarBox. Named one of Forbes Game-Changing Leaders in 2025, with bylines in The Times of India, Business Insider and YourStory. Case studies.
Engagement shape
For B2B SaaS companies whose buyers already use Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot at work and who want their product callable from inside those assistants.
- Week 1
- Pick the jobs buyers would ask an assistant to do with your product, and design the tools, scopes and responses for them.
- Week 2 to 4
- Build and host the server, wire OAuth or API keys, write the privacy and install pages, and test in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
- Week 5 to 6
- Submit to the registries and directories, answer reviewers, publish the launch page and set up install and call tracking.
- How we work
- Remote and contract, in your repo with your engineers reviewing, so your team owns and can extend the server.
- Not a fit
- Consumer apps. Servers that would expose customer data without admin consent. Teams that want a listing without anyone maintaining the server afterwards.
Questions
Anything else, ask on the call or write to me.
What is an MCP server?
A small service that exposes your product’s actions and data as tools an AI assistant can call through the Model Context Protocol, the open standard used by Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others.
What is the difference between a Claude connector and an MCP server?
A Claude connector is a remote MCP server that Claude users add from Claude’s directory or settings. One well-built server can back a Claude connector, a ChatGPT app and registry listings at once.
Which directories can you list us in?
The official MCP Registry, Glama, Smithery and mcpservers.org, where Klype is listed, plus submissions to Claude’s connector directory and ChatGPT apps, which have their own reviews.
Do we need our own engineers?
It helps to have one reviewer who knows your API. I write the server; your team approves the code and owns it after hand-over.
Who is Shruti Kaushik?
The founder of Klype AI, a B2B marketing intelligence platform she built on NestJS and Next.js, with a published MCP server and Claude connectors. She is a Forbes Game-Changing Leaders 2025 honoree.
Is it remote and contract?
Yes, remote and contract only. Scope and terms are agreed on a call.
Send a brief
Tell me the company, the role you were about to hire for, and what has to ship first. I reply within two working days.