mcp-this lets you turn any command-line tool into an MCP tool and create structured prompt templates that any MCP Client (e.g. Claude Desktop) can
mcp-this lets you turn any command-line tool into an MCP tool and create structured prompt templates that any MCP Client (e.g. Claude Desktop) can use. er for any command. That is what the security considerations mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
mcp-this lets you turn any command-line tool into an MCP tool and create structured prompt templates that any MCP Client (e.g. Claude Desktop) can use. Instead of writing code, you simply define commands, prompts, and their parameters in YAML files, and the MCP Server makes them available to MCP Clients like Claude Desktop.
The server publishes 3 tools. What each one is for:
Setup — The Setup tool exposed by this serverTesting — The Testing tool exposed by this serverBuilding — The Building tool exposed by this serverInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at runs on PyPI and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: MCP_THIS_CONFIG_PATH, UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN. 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.
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. Security Considerations's toolset — Setup, Testing, Building — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by shane-kercheval; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Setup | The Setup tool exposed by this server. |
| Testing | The Testing tool exposed by this server. |
| Building | The Building tool exposed by this server. |
Use in Claude Desktop:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-this-custom": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-this", "--config-path", "/path/to/your-tools.yaml"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MCP_THIS_CONFIG_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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