# mcp-client-cli

> Command line interface for MCP client

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- status: unknown
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## Verification
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## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp_client_cli
- repository: https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp_client_cli
- version: 1.0.5
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-client-cli

### Description (declared)

# MCP CLI client

A simple CLI program to run LLM prompt and implement [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) client.

You can use any [MCP-compatible servers](https://github.com/punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers) from the convenience of your terminal.

This act as alternative client beside Claude Desktop. Additionally you can use any LLM provider like OpenAI, Groq, or local LLM model via [llama](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp).

![C4 Diagram](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adhikasp/mcp-client-cli/refs/heads/master/c4_diagram.png)

## Setup

1. Install via pip:
   ```bash
   pip install mcp-client-cli
   ```

2. Create a `~/.llm/config.json` file to configure your LLM and MCP servers:
   ```json
   {
     "systemPrompt": "You are an AI assistant helping a software engineer...",
     "llm": {
       "provider": "openai",
       "model": "gpt-4",
       "api_key": "your-openai-api-key",
       "temperature": 0.7,
       "base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1"  // Optional, for OpenRouter or other providers
     },
     "mcpServers": {
       "fetch": {
         "command": "uvx",
         "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"],
         "requires_confirmation": ["fetch"],
         "enabled": true,  // Optional, defaults to true
         "exclude_tools": []  // Optional, list of tool names to exclude
       },
       "brave-search": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"],
         "env": {
           "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-brave-api-key"
         },
         "requires_confirmation": ["brave_web_search"]
       },
       "youtube": {
         "command": "uvx",
         "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-youtube", "mcp-youtube"]
       }
     }
   }
   ```

   Note:
   - See [CONFIG.md](CONFIG.md) for complete documentation of the configuration format
   - Use `requires_confirmation` to specify which tools need user confirmation before execution
   - The LLM API key can …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.terminal (1, derived)
- data.web-search (0.894, derived)
- ai.model-access (0.894, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-client-cli/ (first seen 2026-09-10T00:24:56.288Z)

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