mancp

A lightweight MCP profile manager for Claude Code and Conductor. Pick which MCP servers load per project instead of dumping them all into every session.

The problem

Claude Code merges user-level MCPs from ~/.claude.json into every project, always. There's no per-project exclusion. With 10+ MCPs configured, you burn 30-50k tokens on tool definitions before writing a line of code.

mancp stores all your MCPs in a central registry and lets you toggle each one independently between user scope (~/.claude.json) and project scope (.mcp.json).

Install

uvx mancp

Or install permanently:

uv tool install mancp

Quick start

# 1. Import your existing MCPs (once)
mancp init

# 2. Open the TUI in any project
cd ~/repos/my-project
mancp

mancp init reads all MCP servers from ~/.claude.json (global + all project scopes) into ~/.config/mancp/mcps.json. Safe to re-run -- skips duplicates.

TUI

  mancp  |  my-project  |  12 in store
 U  P  name                        command / url
 U  -  github                      npx  -y  @modelcontextprotocol/server-github
 -  P  motherduck                  npx  -y  @motherduck/mcp-server
 U  P  filesystem                  npx  -y  @anthropic/mcp-server-filesystem
 -  -  slack                       npx  -y  @anthropic/mcp-server-slack
  j/k navigate   u user   p project   enter detail   d delete   s save   q quit

Each MCP has two independent toggles:

Status columns

• U (yellow) -- active in ~/.claude.json user scope (loads in all projects)
• P (cyan) -- active in project .mcp.json (loads only in this project)
• - (dim) -- not active in that scope

An MCP can be in both scopes, neither, or just one. On save, mancp writes ~/.claude.json and .mcp.json to match what you see.

Detail view

Press enter on any row to see the full MCP config (secrets masked). From there:

• d -- delete from store permanently
• q / esc -- close

Other commands

mancp list       # Show store with active status indicators
mancp clean      # Remove all MCPs from ~/.claude.json (with confirmation)

Store format

~/.config/mancp/mcps.json -- plain JSON, same structure as .mcp.json's mcpServers block. You can edit it directly to rename entries or fix configs.

Notes

• .mcp.json should be in .gitignore if it contains tokens
• ~/.claude.json is backed up automatically before every write
• The TUI auto-detects new MCPs added via claude mcp add since last init

Development

git clone https://github.com/dumkydewilde/mancp
cd mancp
uv sync --dev
uv run pytest

License

MIT