# mgba-live-mcp

> MCP server for persistent live mGBA control with script bridge, screenshots, memory and input tooling

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## Declared
- version: 0.5.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mgba-live-mcp

### Description (declared)

# mgba-live-mcp
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MCP server for persistent, live mGBA control. It is designed for agent workflows
that need to keep one emulator process running across multiple tool calls
(input, Lua, memory reads, OAM/entity dumps, screenshots).

If you need one-shot/headless runs instead of persistent sessions, see
[struktured-labs/mgba-mcp](https://github.com/struktured-labs/mgba-mcp).

## What You Get (MCP Context)

- Long-lived session lifecycle: `mgba_live_start`, `mgba_live_attach`,
  `mgba_live_status`, `mgba_live_stop`
- Metadata-only control: `mgba_live_input_tap`, `mgba_live_input_set`,
  `mgba_live_input_clear`, `mgba_live_run_lua`, `mgba_live_start_with_lua`
- Visual tools: `mgba_live_get_view`, `mgba_live_input_tap_and_view`,
  `mgba_live_run_lua_and_view`, `mgba_live_start_with_lua_and_view`,
  `mgba_live_export_screenshot`
- Inspection: `mgba_live_read_memory`, `mgba_live_read_range`,
  `mgba_live_dump_pointers`, `mgba_live_dump_oam`, `mgba_live_dump_entities`
- Explicit session scoping for all single-session tools after `mgba_live_start`
- `session_id` returned in every successful single-session response

MCP reference: [docs/mcp-reference.md](docs/mcp-reference.md)

## Quick Start (uvx)

1. Run directly from PyPI with `uvx`:

```bash
uvx mgba-live-mcp
```

2. If you want to run from git (for unreleased changes), use:

```bash
uvx --from git+https://github.com/penandlim/mgba-live-mcp mgba-live-mcp
```

3. Register in an MCP client (Codex example):

```toml
[mcp_servers.mgba]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mgba-live-mcp"]
```

Git fallback (if package is not yet published):

```toml
[mcp_servers.mgba]
command = "uvx"
args = ["--from", "git+https://github.com/penandlim/mgba-live-mcp", "mgba-live-mcp"]
```

## Local Development

1. Install dependencies for this repo:

```bash
uv sync
```

2. Provision the checksum-verified open-source tes…

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## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mgba-live-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T05:23:22.150Z)

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