MCP Reticle MCP Server

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What is the MCP Reticle MCP server?

Connect MCP Reticle to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)". The mcp reticle mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

Reticle is a proxy + UI for debugging MCP integrations: - inspect raw JSON-RPC messages (requests / notifications / responses) - correlate request ↔ response instantly - profile latency and token estimates - capture server stderr and crashes - record sessions and export logs

Installation

The server ships on npm as @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory, 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.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

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. It is maintained by labterminal; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

How to install the MCP Reticle MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reticle": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Frequently asked questions

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