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name: mcporter description: Use the mcporter CLI to list, configure, auth, and call MCP servers/tools directly (HTTP or stdio), including ad-hoc servers, config edits, and CLI/type generation. homepage: http://mcporter.dev metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📦","requires":{"bins":["mcporter"]},"install":[{"id":"node","kind":"node","package":"mcporter","bins":["mcporter"],"label":"Install mcporter (node)"}]}}

mcporter

Use mcporter to work with MCP servers directly.

Quick start

• mcporter list
• mcporter list <server> --schema
• mcporter call <server.tool> key=value

Call tools

• Selector: mcporter call linear.list_issues team=ENG limit:5
• Function syntax: mcporter call "linear.create_issue(title: \"Bug\")"
• Full URL: mcporter call https://api.example.com/mcp.fetch url:https://example.com
• Stdio: mcporter call --stdio "bun run ./server.ts" scrape url=https://example.com
• JSON payload: mcporter call <server.tool> --args '{"limit":5}'

Auth + config

• OAuth: mcporter auth <server | url> [--reset]
• Config: mcporter config list|get|add|remove|import|login|logout

Daemon

• mcporter daemon start|status|stop|restart

Codegen

• CLI: mcporter generate-cli --server <name> or --command <url>
• Inspect: mcporter inspect-cli <path> [--json]
• TS: mcporter emit-ts <server> --mode client|types

Notes

• Config default: ./config/mcporter.json (override with --config).
• Prefer --output json for machine-readable results.