# casual-mcp

> Multi-server MCP client for LLM tool orchestration

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## Observed
- status: unknown
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## Verification
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## Declared
- publisher: Alex Stansfield
- homepage: https://github.com/casualgenius/casual-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/casualgenius/casual-mcp
- version: 1.0.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:casual-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Casual MCP

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**Casual MCP** is a Python framework for building, evaluating, and serving LLMs with tool-calling capabilities using [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io).

## Features

- Multi-server MCP client using [FastMCP](https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp)
- OpenAI, Ollama, and Anthropic provider support (via [casual-llm](https://github.com/AlexStansfield/casual-llm))
- Recursive tool-calling chat loop
- Toolsets for selective tool filtering per request
- **Tool discovery** -- defer tool loading and let the LLM search for tools on demand via BM25
- Usage statistics tracking (tokens, tool calls, LLM calls)
- System prompt templating with Jinja2
- CLI and API interfaces

## Installation

The base package includes the core framework. Install with the extras for the LLM provider(s) you need:

```bash
# Using uv
uv add casual-mcp[openai]
uv add casual-mcp[anthropic]
uv add casual-mcp[ollama]

# Multiple providers
uv add casual-mcp[openai,anthropic]

# All providers
uv add casual-mcp[all]

# Using pip
pip install casual-mcp[openai]
```

For development:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/casualgenius/casual-mcp.git
cd casual-mcp
uv sync --group dev
```

## Quick Start

1. Create `casual_mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "clients": {
    "openai": { "provider": "openai" }
  },
  "models": {
    "gpt-4.1": { "client": "openai", "model": "gpt-4.1" }
  },
  "servers": {
    "time": { "command": "python", "args": ["mcp-servers/time/server.py"] }
  }
}
```

2. Set your API key: `export OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key`

3. Start the server: `casual-mcp serve`

4. Make a request:

```bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/chat \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "gpt-4.1", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What time is it?"}]}'
```

## Configuration

Configure clients, models, MCP servers, and toolsets in `casu…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/casual-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:29:46.459Z)

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