ChatLab MCP Server — shared core for CLI and Desktop, also usable standalone via npx
ChatLab MCP Server — shared core for CLI and Desktop, also usable standalone via npx. The chatlab mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 2 defined tools rather than through you.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Requirements — The Requirements tool exposed by this serverSetup — The Setup tool exposed by this serverchatlab-cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Chatlab's toolset — Requirements, Setup — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by hellodigua; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Requirements | The Requirements tool exposed by this server. |
| Setup | The Setup tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"chatlab": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "chatlab-cli"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.