# posit-mcp-repl

> MCP server exposing a long-lived interactive REPL runtime (R or Python backend) over stdio.

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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/posit-mcp-repl/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/posit-dev/mcp-repl
- repository: https://github.com/posit-dev/mcp-repl
- version: 0.3.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, repl, r, python
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:posit-mcp-repl

### Description (declared)

# mcp-repl

`mcp-repl` is an MCP server that gives an agent a persistent Python or R
session, kept alive across tool calls. The agent can load data once,
inspect objects, try ideas, read help, make plots, and keep iterating —
the way a person would in a REPL.

A shell tool running `Rscript -e` or `python -c` keeps forcing the agent
to rebuild context. `mcp-repl` keeps the session open instead:
variables, loaded packages, plots, and other state stay available until
you or the model reset.

## Features

- **Sandboxed by default.** The backend runs in a sandbox enforced by OS
  primitives at the process level — not command-specific runtime rules.
  Network is disabled; writes are constrained to workspace roots and the
  temp paths the active session needs. On Unix, a memory guardrail kills
  the worker if it exceeds threshold.
- **Curated output.** Smart echo (omitted when safe, elided for large
  multi-expression blocks) and in-band help pages. Plots are returned as
  inline images through MCP for vision-capable models, so the agent sees
  the plot directly; non-vision models still get the saved file path.
  When replies get too large, the tool response stays short and the full
  output is saved as a structured bundle (transcript + plot files) the
  model can explore on demand.
- **No polling.** R and Python run embedded in the worker, not behind a
  stdio pipe driven by prompt-string heuristics. The server knows
  precisely when the interpreter is idle and has settled, so each `repl`
  call returns the moment the work is done — no fixed waits, no guessing
  whether more output is on the way.
- **Explicit session control.** Interrupts and resets are first-class.

## Quickstart

### 1. Install

Install from PyPI. The package is named `posit-mcp-repl` and exposes the
`mcp-repl` executable, plus a `posit-mcp-repl` alias for `uvx`:

```sh
pipx install posit-mcp-repl
# or
uv tool install posit-mcp-repl
# one-off
uvx posit-mcp-repl --help
```

Or install via `cargo` (needs…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.execution (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/posit-mcp-repl/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:23:35.328Z)

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