mcp installer

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Developer Tools @anaisbetts/mcp-installer

This server is a server that installs other MCP servers for you. Install it, and you can ask Claude to install MCP servers hosted in npm or PyPi for you. Requires npx and uv to be installed for node and Python servers respectively.

This server is a server that installs other MCP servers for you. Install it, and you can ask Claude to install MCP servers hosted in npm or PyPi for you. Requires npx and uv to be installed for node and Python servers respectively.

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How to install:

Put this into your claude_desktop_config.json (either at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude on macOS or C:UsersNAMEAppDataRoamingClaude on Windows):

  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-installer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@anaisbetts/mcp-installer"
      ]
    }
  }

Example prompts

Hey Claude, install the MCP server named mcp-server-fetch

Hey Claude, install the @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem package as an MCP server. Use ['/Users/anibetts/Desktop'] for the arguments

Hi Claude, please install the MCP server at /Users/anibetts/code/mcp-youtube, I'm too lazy to do it myself.

Install the server @modelcontextprotocol/server-github. Set the environment variable GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN to '1234567890'

[
  {
    "description": "Install an MCP server via npx or uvx",
    "inputSchema": {
      "properties": {
        "args": {
          "description": "The arguments to pass along",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "env": {
          "description": "The environment variables to set, delimited by =",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "name": {
          "description": "The package name of the MCP server",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "name": "install_repo_mcp_server"
  },
  {
    "description": "Install an MCP server whose code is cloned locally on your computer",
    "inputSchema": {
      "properties": {
        "args": {
          "description": "The arguments to pass along",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "env": {
          "description": "The environment variables to set, delimited by =",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "The path to the MCP server code cloned on your computer",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "path"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "name": "install_local_mcp_server"
  }
]