← agent stackresearched 2026-03-16

Payload

CMS77

Headless CMS (41K stars) with official MCP plugin (custom tools/prompts/resources), REST + GraphQL + Local APIs, scaffolding CLI, industry-leading skills (CLAUDE.md + .claude/ + dedicated skills repo), and llms.txt + llms-full.txt

Score Breakdown — 77/100

MCP20/20
API20/20
CLI12/20
Skills20/20
Docs5/20

Pillar Details

MCP Server
Official
Package@payloadcms/plugin-mcp
docs →
Platform API
Official
TypeBoth
docs →
CLI
Official
Namecreate-payload-app
docs →
Agent Skills
Official
Skill fileYes
Agent rulesYes
PromptsYes
docs →

AI Docs

llms.txtOpenAPIAI QuickstartCopy MD

Install CLI

npx create-payload-app