# mcp-install

> Reusable, app-agnostic installer for registering stdio MCP servers with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, and Grok Build

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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-install/claim

## Declared
- publisher: mcp-install contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/nuwainfo/mcp-install
- repository: https://github.com/nuwainfo/mcp-install
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: claude, codex, grok, installer, mcp, model-context-protocol
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-install

### Description (declared)

# mcp-install

A reusable, app-agnostic installer for registering stdio MCP servers with
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, and Grok Build.

This package has **no knowledge of any specific MCP server**. Every
app-specific detail — server name, entrypoint command, which env vars to
forward into the registered entry, the PyPI distribution name used for
`uvx --from` inference, the env var a standalone binary uses to identify
itself — is read from a small JSON manifest (`install.config.json`) that each
consuming project ships on its own. Point `mcp_install.Install` at your
manifest and it needs no code changes.

## Installing

```bash
pip install mcp-install
# or, for local development against a sibling checkout:
pip install -e ../mcp-install
```

## Wiring it into your own MCP server project

1. Add `mcp-install` as a dependency of your project.
2. Add your own `install` console-script entry point in your `pyproject.toml`:

   ```toml
   [project.scripts]
   install = "mcp_install.Install:main"
   ```

3. Ship an `install.config.json` manifest at your project root:

   ```json
   {
     "serverName": "my-server",
     "entrypoint": "my-mcp",
     "distributionName": "my-mcp",
     "binaryEnvVar": "MY_MCP_BINARY",
     "envKeys": ["MY_SERVER_TOKEN"],
     "defaultEnvValues": {},
     "envWarnings": {
       "MY_SERVER_TOKEN": "MY_SERVER_TOKEN is not set."
     }
   }
   ```

   | Key | Required | Meaning |
   |---|---|---|
   | `serverName` | yes | Default key the server is registered under in each client's config (overridable with `--server-name`). |
   | `entrypoint` | yes | Command run via `uvx <entrypoint>` (overridable with `--entrypoint`). |
   | `distributionName` | no | PyPI/installed distribution name used to infer a `uvx --from <git-url>` source from the running install's metadata. |
   | `binaryEnvVar` | no | Env var name checked for a pre-built standalone binary path; when set, `install` registers that binary directly instead of a `uvx` command. |
   | `en…

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

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-install/ (first seen 2026-09-22T05:25:22.866Z)

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