Developer MCP Pack (2025) — Ship Faster with GitHub, Notion, Linear, Postman, Playwright, Context7

TL;DR: Wire your day-to-day dev tools to one MCP endpoint. Triage PRs in GitHub, turn review comments into Linear issues, sync decisions to Notion, run Postman smoke tests, and kick Playwright E2E — all from one conversation. Finish with a 20–40% faster PR cycle (based on internal pilots).

Audience & intent

• Audience: Full‑stack developers and tech leads.
• Intent: Do — set up the Developer pack and complete a review→ship workflow end‑to‑end.

Table of contents

• What’s in the pack (servers)
• Install & configure
• Case study: “PR 4721 to prod in 60 minutes”
• Hardening (auth + policy)
• Troubleshooting & performance
• Internal links and sources
• Pre‑publish checklist

What’s in the pack (servers)

• GitHub MCP (official examples) — review PRs, issues, labels. Source: modelcontextprotocol/servers (GitHub server). https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/servers/github
• Linear MCP (remote) — sprints, issues. Source: Anthropic Remote MCP servers. https://www.anthropic.com/remote-mcp-servers
• Notion MCP (official) — docs, PRDs. https://developers.notion.com/docs/model-context-protocol
• Postman MCP (open source) — run collections. https://github.com/cappp/mcp-server-postman
• Playwright MCP (open source) — E2E runs. https://github.com/LucaCappelletti94/mcp-server-playwright
• Context7 MCP — focused technical docs retrieval. https://context7.com/blog/context7-mcp-server-on-upstash

Install & configure

Case study: “PR 4721 to prod in 60 minutes”

1. Review: Ask the assistant to summarize PR 4721 (GitHub MCP) and flag risky diffs.
2. Track: Convert two comments into Linear issues with AC and owners.
3. Decide: Post a short Notion doc capturing tradeoffs; link PR + Linear issues.
4. Test: Run Postman smoke tests against staging and then prod.
5. Verify: Trigger Playwright E2E for the purchase funnel; paste failing step if any.
6. Merge & tag: Create release notes draft in Notion.

Hardening (auth + policy)

• Default‑deny new servers/tools; enable only what you reviewed. See Governance (05).
• Use per‑server credentials and rotate (OAuth device code for headless where supported). See Auth (09).

Troubleshooting & performance

• If streams stall, cap chunks (32–64 KB) and send SSE heartbeats. See Transports (03).
• Slow first byte? Place router at the edge, DB in-region (Benchmarking 07).

Internal links and sources

• Pack docs: /packs/developer
• Related posts: Security (01), Transports (03), Benchmarking (07), Auth (09)
• Sources: GitHub MCP server (modelcontextprotocol/servers), Notion MCP, Linear MCP, Postman MCP, Playwright MCP, Context7 MCP (links above).

FAQ Q: Can I scope GitHub read‑only?
A: Yes. Use a PAT with repo‑read and specific orgs. Never share tokens across servers.

Q: How do I prevent noisy auto‑issue creation?
A: Route through a Project allowlist: only certain labels/keywords auto‑open issues.

SEO schema

Pre‑publish checklist (fast)

1. One intent, one promise.
2. Title/H1 aligned; meta ≤160 chars.
3. Short slug.
4. TL;DR + descriptive headings.
5. Unique example included (PR 4721 flow).
6. Add FAQ schema if needed.
7. 2–3 internal + 2–3 outbound links.
8. Images compressed; alt text done.
9. Readability pass.
10. CTA to set up pack.

CTA

• Use the template: examples/packs/developer.mcp.json or book a live setup session.