add-mcp

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Add MCP servers to your favorite coding agents with a single command.

Supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, VSCode and 10 more.

Install an MCP server by remote URL or package name:

Example installing the Context7 remote MCP server via the programmatic API — great for integrating add-mcp in your own CLI tool:

You can add env variables and arguments (stdio) and headers (remote) to the server config using the --env, --args and --header options. With ${VAR} placeholders, interactive installs prompt for each variable (omit skipped optional keys so empty strings are not written to config).

Find and install MCP servers from the add-mcp registry:

The first find/search run…

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