A command-line interface for MCP servers. curl for MCP.
Connect Mcpx to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. A command-line interface for MCP servers. curl for MCP. The mcpx mcp server is what makes that connection.
The internet is debating CLI vs MCP like they're competitors. They're not.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
mcpx — List all configured servers and toolsConfiguration is passed through the environment: API_KEY, MCP_CONFIG_PATH. 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.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
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. Mcpx's toolset — mcpx — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GitHub Actions; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.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 |
|---|---|
| mcpx | List all configured servers and tools |
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "."],
"env": { "API_KEY": "${API_KEY}" },
"allowedTools": ["read_file", "list_directory"],
"disabledTools": ["delete_file"]
},
"github": {
"url": "https://mcp.github.com"
},
"internal-api": {
"url": "https://mcp.internal.example.com",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${TOKEN}" }
},
"legacy-sse": {
"url": "https://legacy.example.com/sse",
"transport": "sse"
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| MCP_CONFIG_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
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