mcp-client-for-testing 0.1.2

A minimalistic MCP client for testing MCP Server

MCP Client for Testing

A minimalistic MCP client for testing MCP Server

Installation

From PyPI using uv

uv pip install mcp-client-for-testing

From Source using uv

1. Install uv.
2. Clone the repo git clone [e-mail]:piebro/mcp-client-for-testing.git.
3. Go into the root dir cd mcp-client-for-testing.
4. Install in development mode: uv pip install -e .

Building with uv

If you want to build distribution packages:

# Build both source and wheel distributions
uv build .

# Install from the built wheel
uv pip install dist/mcp_client_for_testing-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl

Releasing a New Version

To release a new version of the package to PyPI:

1. Create and push a new Git tag following semantic versioning:

   git tag v0.2.0
   git push origin v0.2.0
   

The GitHub Actions workflow will automatically build and publish the package to PyPI when a new tag is pushed. The version number will be derived directly from the Git tag.

Usage

As a Python package

import asyncio
import json
from mcp_client_for_testing.client import execute_tool

async def main():
    config = [
        {
            "name": "name of mcp server",
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory", 
                "path/to/root/dir/", 
                "run", 
                "server.py"
            ],
            "env": {}
        }
    ]
    tool_call = {"name": "tool-name", "arguments": {}}
    
    await execute_tool(config, tool_call)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

As a command-line tool

After installation, you can use the provided command-line tool:

mcp-client \
    --config '
    [
        {
            "name": "name of mcp server",
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory", 
                "path/to/root/dir/", 
                "run", 
                "server.py"
            ],
            "env": {}
        }
    ]
    ' \
    --tool_call '{"name": "tool-name", "arguments": {}}'