# mcp-cli

**Repository Path**: ootyoo/mcp-cli

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: mcp-cli
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2025-03-13
- **Last Updated**: 2025-03-13

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: MCP

## README

# mcp-cli

A CLI inspector for the Model Context Protocol

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4cd113e9-f097-4c9d-b391-045c5f213183

## Usage

### Run without config file

```bash
npx @wong2/mcp-cli
```

This will use the config file of Claude Desktop.

### Run with a config file

```bash
npx @wong2/mcp-cli -c config.json
```

The config file has the same format as the Claude Desktop config file.

### Run servers from NPM

```bash
npx @wong2/mcp-cli npx <package-name> <args>
```

### Run locally developed server

```bash
npx @wong2/mcp-cli node path/to/server/index.js args...
```

### Connect to a running server over SSE

```bash
npx @wong2/mcp-cli --sse http://localhost:8000/sse
```

You need to first start an MCP server running over [SSE transport](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/transports#server-sent-events-sse).

## Features

- Run MCP servers from various sources
- List Tools, Resources, Prompts
- Call Tools, Read Resources, Read Prompts

## Related

- [LiteMCP](https://github.com/wong2/litemcp) - A TypeScript library that simplifies MCP server development
- [mcpservers.org](https://mcpservers.org) - A curated list of MCP servers