# shepherd-mcp

> MCP server for Shepherd - Debug your AI agents like you debug your code

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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/shepherd-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/neuralis/shepherd-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/neuralis/shepherd-mcp#readme
- version: 0.0.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: agents, ai, debugging, llm, mcp, observability
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:shepherd-mcp

### Description (declared)

# 🐑 Shepherd MCP

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Shepherd - Debug your AI agents like you debug your code.

This MCP server allows AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to query and analyze your AI agent sessions from multiple observability providers.

## Supported Providers

- **AIOBS** (Shepherd backend) - Native Shepherd observability
- **Langfuse** - Open-source LLM observability platform

## Installation

```bash
pip install shepherd-mcp
```

Or run directly with uvx:

```bash
uvx shepherd-mcp
```

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

#### AIOBS (Shepherd)

- `AIOBS_API_KEY` (required) - Your Shepherd API key
- `AIOBS_ENDPOINT` (optional) - Custom API endpoint URL

#### Langfuse

- `LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY` (required) - Your Langfuse public API key
- `LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY` (required) - Your Langfuse secret API key
- `LANGFUSE_HOST` (optional) - Custom Langfuse host URL (defaults to cloud.langfuse.com)

### .env File Support

shepherd-mcp automatically loads `.env` files from the current directory or any parent directory. This means if you have a `.env` file in your project root:

```bash
# .env
# AIOBS
AIOBS_API_KEY=aiobs_sk_xxxx

# Langfuse
LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=pk-lf-xxxx
LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=sk-lf-xxxx
LANGFUSE_HOST=https://cloud.langfuse.com
```

It will be automatically loaded when the MCP server starts.

### Claude Desktop

Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shepherd": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["shepherd-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AIOBS_API_KEY": "aiobs_sk_xxxx",
        "LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY": "pk-lf-xxxx",
        "LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY": "sk-lf-xxxx",
        "LANGFUSE_HOST": "https://cloud.langfuse.com"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

Add to your `.cursor/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shepherd": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["shepherd-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AIOBS_API_KEY": "aiobs_sk_xxxx",
        "LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY": "pk-lf-xxxx",
        "LANG…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.debugging (1, declared)
- dev.monitoring (1, declared)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/shepherd-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T12:21:53.853Z)

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