utilities

mcp-add

Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to AI coding clients — install individual servers or bulk-install Anthropic's official 21 curated bundles (163 servers across…

Install MCP servers into any AI coding CLI — single-server or bulk-install Anthropic's curated bundles.

Difficulty: intermediate
Input: conversation
Output: document
Needs: config

What it needs

bundle — Bundle name, e.g. anthropic-small-business
client — Target AI coding CLI, e.g. 'claude code', codex, goose
dry-run — Preview the install without writing config
server — Server name and endpoint URL or stdio command
client — Target AI coding CLI
scope — global or project — project writes .mcp.json into the current working directory
request — No arguments needed — lists the full catalog
request — No arguments needed — lists the deduplicated server catalog
bundle — Bundle name to inspect

What you get

bundle-contents (console)
bundle-list (console)
cli-mcp-config (json)
per-server lines plus a Installed/Skipped/Failed summary block
per-server lines plus a Installed/Skipped/Failed summary block` — install-summary (console)
server-catalog (console)
stdout
the target CLI's MCP config file (paths in references/cli-config-paths.md)

Ask it like this

wire up MCP integrations
install an MCP server
bulk-install an MCP bundle