Remote MCP Server

A type-safe, bidirectional and simple solution for remote MCP communication, allowing remote access and centralized management of model contexts.

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What is the Remote MCP Server?

Remote is an MCP project maintained in the ssut/remote-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A type-safe, bidirectional and simple solution for remote MCP communication, allowing remote access and centralized management of model contexts”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is @remote-mcp/client. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares REMOTE_MCP_URL, HTTP_HEADER_Authorization. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Remote MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remote-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@remote-mcp/client"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REMOTE_MCP_URL": "http://localhost:9512",
        "HTTP_HEADER_Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
REMOTE_MCP_URL	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
HTTP_HEADER_Authorization	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation