# forkd-mcp

> Model Context Protocol server for forkd microVM sandboxes (BRANCH, diff snapshots, prewarm)

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/forkd-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/deeplethe/forkd
- repository: https://github.com/deeplethe/forkd
- version: 0.2.1
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, forkd, sandbox, ai-agents, firecracker
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:forkd-mcp

### Description (declared)

# forkd MCP server

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) server that exposes forkd
microVM sandboxes as tools to any MCP-aware client — Claude Desktop,
Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, etc.

## What it lets the agent do

Once registered, the agent can:

| Tool | What |
|---|---|
| `list_snapshots` | See available parent templates |
| `create_snapshot` | Build a new snapshot from kernel + rootfs (v0.2.0+) |
| `spawn_sandboxes` | Fork N children from a template. Accepts `prewarm: bool` (v0.2.0+) |
| `branch_sandbox` | **Branch a running sandbox into a new tag (v0.2.0+).** Accepts `diff: bool` for v0.3's 6-15× source-pause reduction on typical agent workloads (143× ceiling). |
| `list_sandboxes` | List live sandboxes |
| `get_sandbox` | Inspect one sandbox by id |
| `exec_command` | Run a shell command in a sandbox |
| `eval_code` | Evaluate Python against the warmed PID-1 |
| `wait_for_text` | Poll a file in the guest for a marker string (v0.2.0+) |
| `ping_sandbox` | Health-check a sandbox |
| `kill_sandbox` | Terminate one sandbox |

The killer one is **`branch_sandbox`**: pause a running agent
sandbox, snapshot, fan out N children that inherit the source's
exact state and diverge under copy-on-write. Modal does this as
their proprietary moat; forkd is the open-source equivalent. See
[`bench/pause-window/RESULTS-v0.3.md`](../../bench/pause-window/RESULTS-v0.3.md)
for the measured numbers.

Each tool maps 1:1 onto a forkd-controller REST endpoint
([`docs/API.md`](../../docs/API.md)). The server is stateless; the
controller owns sandbox lifecycle.

## Install

```bash
pip install forkd-mcp
# or from source:
pip install -e .
```

Requires the forkd-controller daemon running locally
([README](../../README.md#operating-in-daemon-mode)) and reachable
on `http://127.0.0.1:8889` by default.

## Configure

Environment variables:

| Var | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| `FORKD_URL` | `http://127.0.0.1:8889` | Controller base URL |
| `FORKD_TOKEN` | *unset* | Bearer toke…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.execution (1, declared)
- dev.terminal (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/forkd-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T15:23:37.278Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/forkd-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/forkd-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:forkd-mcp