mcp-cli
A CLI inspector for the Model Context Protocol
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Usage
Run without config file
npx @wong2/mcp-cli
This will use the config file of Claude Desktop.
Run with a config file
npx @wong2/mcp-cli -c config.json
The config file has the same format as the Claude Desktop config file.
Run servers from NPM
npx @wong2/mcp-cli npx <package-name> <args>
Run locally developed server
npx @wong2/mcp-cli node path/to/server/index.js args...
Connect to a running server over Streamable HTTP
npx @wong2/mcp-cli --url http://localhost:8000/mcp
Connect to a running server over SSE
npx @wong2/mcp-cli --sse http://localhost:8000/sse
Features
- Run MCP servers from various sources
- List Tools, Resources, Prompts
- Call Tools, Read Resources, Read Prompts
Related
- mcpservers.org - A curated list of MCP servers
- LiteMCP - A TypeScript library that simplifies MCP server development
