install_local_mcp_serverLABSCO SUMMARY
Two tools, and the only difference between them is where the server being installed comes from.
Both take host, args and env; install_repo_mcp_server identifies the server by name, install_local_mcp_server by a path on disk. host is the parameter that decides whose configuration gets rewritten, so it is the one to be sure about before either call — there is nothing here that lists what a host already has, which makes this a write-only surface onto a file other tools depend on.
What it is
A two-tool installer that writes MCP server entries into a named host client's configuration.
What you get
- install_repo_mcp_server registers a server by name into a named host, with its args and environment variables.
- install_local_mcp_server does the same for a server at a local path.
Requirements
Write access to the configuration of the host client you name.
Setup effort
One command — claude mcp add mcp-hosts-installer npx -- -y mcp-hosts-installer
USE CASES
01
Adding a server to a client's configuration without hand-editing JSON
The server, its arguments and its environment go in as parameters, and host decides whose configuration file is written.
02
Wiring up a server you are still developing locally
The local variant takes a path instead of a name, which is what makes an in-progress server testable in a real client.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
install_repo_mcp_serverBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected. If you omit host, it picks the first client with an existing config (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, Claude Desktop) and falls back to Cursor, so name the host explicitly. It needs no key.
Requires
npx on PATH
Where it runs
All 4 documented clients run the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
claude mcp add mcp-hosts-installer npx -- -y mcp-hosts-installerMCP Clients
Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-hosts-installer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-hosts-installer"
]
}
}
}VS Code
VS CODE · JSON
{
"servers": {
"mcp-hosts-installer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-hosts-installer"
]
}
}
}
