"Six months ago, everyone was talking about MCPs. And I was like, screw MCPs. Every MCP would be better as a CLI."

— Peter Steinberger, Founder of OpenClaw Watch on YouTube (~2:39:00) | Lex Fridman Podcast #491

drchrono CLI

⚠️ Unofficial CLI - Not officially sponsored or affiliated with drchrono.

Production-ready CLI for drchrono - electronic health records (EHR) and practice management platform for healthcare providers.

Features

• Patient Management — Access patient records and demographics
• Appointments — Schedule and manage appointments
• Clinical Data — Retrieve clinical notes and documents
• Billing — Access billing and insurance information
• JSON output — All commands support --json for scripting

Installation

npm install -g @ktmcp-cli/drchrono

Quick Start

# Configure API key
drchrono config set --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

# Show configuration
drchrono config show

# Get info
drchrono info

# List resources
drchrono list

# Get a specific resource
drchrono get <id>

Commands

Config

drchrono config set --api-key <key>
drchrono config set --base-url <url>
drchrono config show

Info

drchrono info
drchrono info --json

Resources

drchrono list
drchrono list --json
drchrono get <id>
drchrono get <id> --json

JSON Output

All commands support --json for structured output:

drchrono list --json | jq '.'
drchrono info --json | jq '.version'

Why CLI > MCP?

No server to run. No protocol overhead. Just install and go.

• Simpler — Just a binary you call directly
• Composable — Pipe to jq, grep, awk
• Scriptable — Works in cron jobs, CI/CD, shell scripts

License

MIT — Part of the Kill The MCP project.