# opal-mcp-adapter

> Bidirectional adapter for converting between MCP and Opal tools

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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/opal-mcp-adapter/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.0.5
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:opal-mcp-adapter

### Description (declared)

# MCP-Opal Adapter

A bidirectional adapter service that converts between MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools and Opal tools using the official Opal Tools SDK with automatic MCP discovery.

## Quick start

Install the opal-mcp-adapter cli

```bash
pip install opal-mcp-adapter
```

Start the mcp adapter with an mcp config
```bash
opal-mcp-adapter --port 8030 --config mcp.json
```

You can now see the MCP tools registered as Opal tools at

`http://localhost:8030/discovery`

and use them inside Opal

## Usage

### Using a config file

The adapter supports standard `mcp.json` files as a config argument

A sample mcp.json

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/Users/username/Desktop",
        "/Users/username/Downloads"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

In order to run these mcp tools through the adapter, it needs to be pointed towards the config file

```bash
opal-mcp-adapter --config mcp.json
```

This will register the servers defined in the config file, and launch a compatible opal tools server at "http://localhost:8000" (with the default host and port)

See more mcp.json examples here
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/user

### CLI Usage Examples

The `opal-mcp-adapter` command supports various options for customizing the server behavior:

```bash
# Start server on 0.0.0.0:8000 (default)
opal-mcp-adapter

# Start server on localhost:8000
opal-mcp-adapter --host localhost

# Start server on 0.0.0.0:9000
opal-mcp-adapter --port 9000

# Start server on 127.0.0.1:8080
opal-mcp-adapter --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8080

# Start server with MCP configuration file
opal-mcp-adapter --config mcp.json

# Start server on custom port with config
opal-mcp-adapter --port 8030 --config mcp.json

# Display version information
opal-mcp-adapter --version
```

#### Command Line Options

- `--host`: Host address to bind the server to (default: 0.0.0.0)
- `--port`: Por…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.filesystem (1, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/opal-mcp-adapter/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:26:27.058Z)

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