MCP server that installs MCP Servers
Connect MCP Installer to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server that installs MCP Servers. The mcp installer mcp server is what makes that connection.
Upon successful installation, you will see the message "✅ MCP server installed successfully."
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
find-mcp — finding Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers from registrycollect-config — collecting config to be used for connection to mcp serverinstall-mcp — installing mcp server to your local machineCursor — - Windows: %APPDATA%\Cursor\mcp.jsonmacOS — ~/.cursor/mcp.jsonLinux — ~/.config/Cursor/mcp.jsonClaude — - Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: SMITHERY_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
The server ships on npm as @bbangjo/mcp-installer, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP Installer's toolset — find-mcp, collect-config, install-mcp and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by bbangjooo; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.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 |
|---|---|
| find-mcp | finding Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers from registry |
| collect-config | collecting config to be used for connection to mcp server |
| install-mcp | installing mcp server to your local machine |
| Cursor | - Windows: %APPDATA%\Cursor\mcp.json |
| macOS | ~/.cursor/mcp.json |
| Linux | ~/.config/Cursor/mcp.json |
| Claude | - Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"installer-bbangjooo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@bbangjo/mcp-installer"],
"env": {
"SMITHERY_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| SMITHERY_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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