# mcp-chat

> Simple MCP Client to quickly test and explore MCP servers from the command line

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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/mcp-chat/claim

## Declared
- repository: https://github.com/hideya/mcp-client-langchain-py/issues
- version: 0.3.5
- protocols: mcp
- tags: cli, client, explore, langchain, mcp, model-context-protocol, python, quick, simple, test, tools, try
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-chat

### Description (declared)

# Simple MCP Client to Explore MCP Servers [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/hideya/langchain-mcp-tools-py/blob/main/LICENSE) [![pypi version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mcp-chat.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/mcp-chat/)

**Quickly test and explore MCP servers from the command line!**

## Project Status

This utility is based on
[`langchain-mcp-tools`](https://pypi.org/project/langchain-mcp-tools/),
which currently supports **MCP Protocol version 2025-03-26**.

It does **not** support the MCP **2026-07-28** specification.

## Introduction

A simple, text-based CLI client for [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) servers built with LangChain and Python.  
Suitable for testing MCP servers, exploring their capabilities, and prototyping integrations.

Internally it uses [LangChain Agent](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langchain/agents) and
a utility function `convert_mcp_to_langchain_tools()` from [`langchain_mcp_tools`](https://pypi.org/project/langchain-mcp-tools/).  

A TypeScript equivalent of this utility is available [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@h1deya/mcp-client-cli)

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.11+
- [optional] [`uv` (`uvx`)](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)
  installed to run Python package-based local MCP servers
- [optional] [npm 7+ (`npx`)](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
  to run Node.js package-based local MCP servers
- LLM API key(s) from
  [OpenAI](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys),
  [Anthropic](https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys),
  [Google AI Studio (for GenAI/Gemini)](https://aistudio.google.com/apikey),
  [xAI](https://console.x.ai/),
  [Cerebras](https://cloud.cerebras.ai),
  and/or
  [Groq](https://console.groq.com/keys),
  as needed

## Quick Start

- Install `mcp-chat` tool.
  This can take up to a few minutes to complete:
  ```bash
  pip install mcp-chat
  ```

- Configure …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- communication.chat (1, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-chat/ (first seen 2026-09-10T00:24:49.001Z)

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