MCP Wait MCP Server

A simple MCP server for waiting/pausing execution

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What is the MCP Wait MCP server?

MCP Wait MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A simple MCP server for waiting/pausing execution.

What you get

A simple MCP server that provides waiting functionality to pause until other tasks finish.

  • Wait for a specified number of seconds
  • Progress reporting during waiting
  • Simple to use via CLI or as an HTTP server with SSE

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, 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.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: TRANSPORT_TYPE. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • 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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp wait mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

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 automation-ai-labs; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.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 Wait MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-wait": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@automation-ai-labs/mcp-wait"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
TRANSPORT_TYPEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

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