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MCP Installer MCP Server

A MCP server to install other MCP servers

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What is the MCP Installer MCP server?

If you want an AI assistant working directly with MCP Installer, the mcp installer mcp server is the bridge. A MCP server to install other MCP servers.

What MCP Installer does

This server is a server that installs other MCP servers for you. Install it, and you can ask Claude to install MCP servers hosted in npm or PyPi for you. Requires npx and uv to be installed for node and Python servers respectively.

Installing the mcp installer mcp server

Setup follows the standard MCP pattern: clone or install the server, then register it in your client's configuration file and restart the client. The configuration snippets on this page cover Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor.

Configuration

Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN. 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. MCP Installer 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 is a hosted server — you point your client at an endpoint rather than running a local process, so there is nothing to keep updated on your machine.
  • It will not start until its required credentials are present, so set those before wondering why the tools never appear.
  • Maintained by anaisbetts, written in Python.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the mcp installer 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 MCP Installer MCP server

"mcpServers": {
    "mcp-installer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@anaisbetts/mcp-installer"
      ]
    }
  }

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Frequently asked questions

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

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