A comprehensive toolkit for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with automatic tool discovery and multiple transport options.
A comprehensive toolkit for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with automatic tool discovery and multiple transport options. The mcp tool kit mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it rather than through you.
You will need 3 environment variables: BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY, NEWS_API_KEY, FRED_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
The server ships on a container image as ghcr.io/getfounded/mcp-tool-kit, 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.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. It is maintained by getfounded; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against MCP Tool Kit's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-tool-kit": {
"command": "docker",
"args": ["exec", "-i", "mcp-server", "python", "mcp_server_v2.py"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| NEWS_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| FRED_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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