# mcp-installer

> CLI Interface for MCP

Record `mcp-installer` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-installer/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-installer
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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-installer/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.5.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, claude-code, cli, server-management
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-installer

### Description (declared)

# MCP Manager (mcpi)

[![Test](https://github.com/user/mcpi/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/user/mcpi/actions/workflows/test.yml)
[![Python 3.12+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.12+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

A command-line tool for managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers across different MCP-compatible clients. Discover, install, and configure MCP servers for Claude Code and other compatible tools with ease.

## Features

- **Comprehensive Registry**: Catalog of known MCP servers with metadata
- **Configuration Templates**: Interactive setup with guided prompts for common servers
- **Multi-Catalog Support**: Official catalog + your local custom catalog
- **Scope-Based Configuration**: Manage servers across multiple configuration scopes (project-level, user-level)
- **Multi-Client Support**: Works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP clients
- **CLI Interface**: Intuitive command-line interface with shell tab completion
- **Plugin Architecture**: Extensible client plugin system for supporting new MCP clients

## Installation

### Using uvx (Recommended)
```bash
uvx mcpi
```

### Using uv
```bash
uv tool install mcpi
```

### Development Installation
```bash
git clone https://github.com/user/mcpi
cd mcpi
uv sync
source .venv/bin/activate
```

**Note for macOS iCloud Drive users**: If your project is in iCloud Drive, use `.venv.nosync` to avoid intermittent import issues. See [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) for details.

## Quick Start

### Discover MCP Servers
```bash
# Search for specific functionality
mcpi search --query filesystem

# Get detailed information about a server (shows registry + install status)
mcpi info filesystem
```

## Configuration Templates

MCPI v0.5.0+ includes configuration templates that guide you through server setup with interactive prompts, reducing configura…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.terminal (1, derived)
- dev.filesystem (0.882, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-installer/ (first seen 2026-09-10T02:22:54.924Z)

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