Quick Start Guide

This guide will help you get started with the Nipoppy MCP Server quickly.

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nipoppy/mcp.git
cd mcp

# Install the package
pip install -e .

# Run the server
python -m nipoppy_mcp.server

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nipoppy": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "nipoppy_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

Once connected to an MCP client, you can list files in directories:

The list_files tool takes a directory path and returns a list of file names (not subdirectories).

Query: "List files in /home/user/data"

For issues or questions: