MCP Cli Catalog MCP Server

An MCP server that publishes CLI tools on your machine for discoverability by LLMs

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What is the MCP Cli Catalog MCP Server?

An MCP server that publishes CLI tools on your machine for discoverability by LLMs

What the server does

An MCP server that publishes the CLI tools on your machine. Coding agents already have shell access and are great at generating complex commands with pipes and filters. This just tells them what's available so they can use MCP tools more efficiently.

  • LLM coding agents can effectively chain shell commands with pipes to filter and reshape complex data
  • Declaring CLI tools as MCP tools makes them discoverable to the LLM

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Maintainer setup documentation.

How to install the MCP Cli Catalog MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cli-catalog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-cli-catalog"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Frequently asked questions

An MCP server that publishes CLI tools on your machine for discoverability by LLMs Confirm the tools offered by your installed version in the connected client. Tool availability and permissions depend on the server and account configuration.