Grumpydev MCP Server

Let the grumpy senior dev review your code with this MCP server

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What is the Grumpydev MCP MCP server?

Grumpydev mcp mcp server lets Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients work with Grumpydev MCP directly. Let the grumpy senior dev review your code with this MCP server.

What Grumpydev MCP does

UsageModel configurationAbout

This MCP tool was built using GenAIScript.

Installing the grumpydev mcp mcp server

The server is distributed via npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Configuration

The server reads one environment variable: GENAISCRIPT_DEFAULT_MODEL. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Grumpydev MCP sits in that group. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • Maintained by sinedied.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the grumpydev mcp mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

How to install the Grumpydev MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grumpydev-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grumpydev-mcp",
      ],
      // Optional, if you want to configure the model
      // "env": {
      //   "GENAISCRIPT_DEFAULT_MODEL": "<your_model_config>",
      // }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GENAISCRIPT_DEFAULT_MODELConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

It connects Grumpydev MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Grumpydev MCP directly.