mcp-config-helper 0.1.0

MCP server for fetching and transforming MCP configurations into Claude CLI commands

MCP Config Helper

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that fetches and transforms MCP configurations into ready-to-use Claude CLI commands.

Features

• 🚀 Fetch MCP configurations from any URL
• 🔄 Transform configs into claude mcp add-json commands
• 📋 List popular MCP servers with pre-configured commands
• ⚡ Simple and fast implementation

Installation

Using uvx (Python)

uvx mcp-config-helper

Using npx (Node.js)

npx mcp-config-helper

From source

git clone https://github.com/Iron5pider/get-mcp-cli
cd get-mcp-cli
pip install -e .

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "config-helper": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-config-helper"]
    }
  }
}

Usage

Once configured, you can use these tools in Claude:

Fetch and transform a configuration

get_claude_add_mcp("https://example.com/mcp-config.json")

This will return ready-to-use CLI commands like:

claude mcp add-json server-name '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@org/server-package"]}'

List popular servers

list_popular_servers()

Returns a curated list of commonly used MCP servers with their installation commands.

Example Configuration

Your MCP configuration JSON should follow this format:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/path/to/files"]
    },
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

get_claude_add_mcp

• Input: URL to MCP configuration JSON
• Output: List of claude mcp add-json commands ready to execute

list_popular_servers

• Input: None
• Output: List of popular MCP servers with installation commands

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Author

Armaan Sood