# Marian Eng Leadership Toolkit MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fcoach.marian%2Feng-leadership-toolkit
Registry id: `mcp-registry/coach.marian/eng-leadership-toolkit`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-27T05:57:00.634Z)

## Verdict

Marian Eng Leadership Toolkit MCP server answered 99.9% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 29% of MCP servers, with 1576 ms median handshake and 9 outages in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (99/100) across 11 tools, costing an agent about 3,922 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 99.9% | 29% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 1576 ms | 8% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 3836 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 5,043 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 9 | — |
| Median recovery | 2 min | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 99/100 (A) | 93% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 11 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~3,922 tokens | 42% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 29 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "marian-eng-leadership-toolkit-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.marian.coach/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http marian-eng-leadership-toolkit-mcp-server https://www.marian.coach/mcp
```

## Tools (11)

- `assess_team_lead_readiness`: Answers "should I become a team lead?" with the same 17-question test as the live tool at marian.coach: 6 dimensions (people appetite, letting go of code, owner
- `build_mentoring_business_case`: Build the case that gets your company to pay for leadership mentoring — everything on marian.coach/get-your-company-to-pay-for-mentoring/, personalised: the fou
- `calculate_developer_value`: Assess a software developer's market value: score 15 skills across 5 pillars (core craft, systems & judgment, impact & ownership, collaboration & influence, AI 
- `calculate_engineering_manager_value`: Assess an engineering leader's market value: score 15 leadership skills across 5 pillars (people & talent, delivery & execution, technical direction, stakeholde
- `choose_mentor_coach_or_advisor`: Decide whether an engineering leader needs a mentor, a coach, or an advisor: what each brings, the typical question each answers, whether domain experience is r
- `estimate_coaching_cost`: Fair market rate for coaching or mentoring in 2026, by coaching type, client role, coach territory, coach seniority, and engagement length. Returns a per-sessio
- `get_engineering_leadership_benchmarks`: Real benchmarks from 3,662 paid 1:1 mentoring sessions with 300+ engineering leaders since 2019: mentee seniority mix, most-demanded leadership topics of 2025, 
- `get_first_time_manager_guidance`: Guidance for the IC→manager transition: the EM responsibility triangle (leadership/processes/delivery — pick two), the six most common first-time-manager failur
- `get_more_tools`: Check for additional tools whenever your task might benefit from specialized capabilities, even if existing tools could work as a fallback. Also the right tool 
- `get_one_on_one_playbook`: Situation-specific 1:1 scripts and templates from Marian Kamenistak's mentoring practice: first mentoring/direction-setting session, underperformance conversati
- `get_started`: Call this for a greeting (hi, hello), a connectivity/liveness test, 'what can you do', or any message too general to match a specific tool below. Returns the fu

Measured by Glimind (https://glimind.com): MCP handshake + tool list only, no tool is ever called. CC BY 4.0.