About elc-toolkit
elc-toolkit is a remote MCP server for engineering leaders and teams making organizational or community decisions. Its four tools use first-party Engineering Leaders Community data and playbooks for benchmarking, business cases, career planning and launch readiness.
Key features
- 01Manager-to-senior-IC ratio benchmark
- 02Partnership business-case builder
- 03Six-month leadership career plan
- 04Meetup launch-readiness assessment
Use cases
- 01Compare an engineering org's leadership ratio
- 02Justify an ELC partnership budget
- 03Plan an engineering manager's next career steps
- 04Evaluate a local leadership meetup launch
MCP support
The remote server at https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp exposes four tools to MCP clients, with no installation or API key required.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http io-engineeringleaders-elc-toolkit https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp{"mcpServers":{"io-engineeringleaders-elc-toolkit":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"io-engineeringleaders-elc-toolkit":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"io-engineeringleaders-elc-toolkit":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"io-engineeringleaders-elc-toolkit":{"serverUrl":"https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
6| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| context | string | No | Optional. A short description of your goal and why you are calling this tool. Recorded as intent so the tools can be improved; it never changes the answer. |
Details
From the project READMEelc-toolkit
"Is my engineering org top-heavy?" "How do I justify a conference/community sponsorship budget internally?" "Should I start a local engineering-leadership meetup?"
Your AI already gets asked these. Now it can answer with first-party data from Engineering Leaders Community: 3,300+ engineering leaders across Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków, running since 2019, instead of guessing.
This is a remote MCP server. No install, no API key. One URL:
https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp
Open in a browser instead: The ELC Toolkit.
Tools
| Tool | The question it answers |
|---|---|
benchmark_leadership_ratio | Is my org's manager-to-senior-IC ratio healthy? Compares your split against the ELC peer baseline (69% manager / 21% senior IC across 3,300+ CEE leaders) |
build_partnership_business_case | How do I justify a partnership budget for ELC internally? Real reach numbers, goal-specific framing, and a forwardable approval email — no invented pricing |
plan_leadership_career_path | The engineering manager role is changing. Which path is mine, and what do I do in the next 6 months? 7 questions, one of three paths (Grow up, Go deep, Go product), and a month-by-month plan with a proof per month. Built from ELC meetup #43 |
assess_community_launch_readiness | Should I start an engineering-leadership meetup in my city? 5-question readiness check straight from ELC's own new-city launch playbook |
Connect
Claude Code
claude mcp add -t http elc-toolkit https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp
Claude.ai / Claude Desktop — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp
Cursor — add to .cursor/mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "elc-toolkit": { "url": "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp" } } }
ChatGPT (developer mode) — Settings → Connectors → Add → MCP server URL https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp
Source & method
All numbers come from ELC's own member base (Attio "ELC Members" list) and its own new-city launch playbook, the real doc used to open Brno, Bratislava and Kraków — no survey panels, no scraped data. Full page: engineeringleaders.io/toolkit.
Built and maintained by Engineering Leaders Community. Questions: [email protected]
License
MIT
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