MCP.md

Claude desktop

• install Claude desktop app (https://claude.ai/download)
  • to install MCP servers in it:
    • copy claude_desktop_config.json to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
    • restart Claude app
    • when it starts, you should see the MCP servers running in the Settings > Developer
    • also, you can see the tools in the prompt (the hammer icon)

MCP inspector

• https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector
• run the MCP inspector package
  • npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/index.js
  • access inspector in browser at http://127.0.0.1:6274

repomix MCP server

• inspect the repomix MCP server in the inspector

  • use STDIO for transport
  • use /opt/homebrew/bin/repomix for command
  • use --mcp for args
  • connect, then list tools

• test repomix MCP server tool pack_remote_repository

  • use https://github.com/omar-baba/streamlit-error for remote
  • use compress
  • use **/*.scss,**/*.svg,.Rproj.user/**,ALZ/**,jobs/**,legal_notes/** for ignorePatterns
    • the downloaded file is specified in the response's outputFilePath
    • the id of the output file is outputId and is used in the next tool read_repomix_output

• test repomix MCP server tool read_repomix_output

  • use the value of the outputId from the output of the pack_remote_repository tool

FastMCP

• https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp
• to test a fastMCP server in the inspector:
  • fastmcp dev <path_to_mcp_server_python_entry_point>
• to install a fastMCP server in claude app
  • fastmcp install <path_to_mcp_server_python_entry_point>