mcpm

@mcpm/cli is a command-line tool for managing MCP servers for Claude App: discovering MCP packages, installing/removing them, enabling/disabling servers, listing configured servers, and optionally running MCPM itself as an MCP server.

Evaluated Mar 30, 2026 (21d ago)
Repo ↗ DevTools cli mcp model-context-protocol claude typescript server-management tooling
⚙ Agent Friendliness
53
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
42
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
42
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
55
Documentation
60
Error Messages
0
Auth Simplicity
95
Rate Limits
10

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
60
Auth Strength
35
Scope Granularity
20
Dep. Hygiene
55
Secret Handling
45

Security posture cannot be fully assessed from the provided README. TLS/authentication details for any network interactions are not documented. CLI tools often touch local filesystem paths and Claude App configuration; ensure secrets (if any) are not logged and review how credentials or tokens are handled in the underlying MCP/server integration.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
0
Version Stability
70
Breaking Changes
60
Error Recovery
40
AF Security Reliability

Best When

You want a local workflow/CLI to configure MCP servers for Claude App and optionally expose MCPM as an MCP server.

Avoid When

You need a stable, documented HTTP/REST API for programmatic access from other services rather than using a CLI or MCP transport.

Use Cases

  • • Add and manage multiple MCP servers in Claude App
  • • Search and discover MCP packages from a registry/community
  • • Install MCP packages and configure them automatically
  • • Temporarily disable MCP servers by moving them to local storage
  • • Run MCPM as an MCP server to manage MCP servers via MCP tooling

Not For

  • • Providing a hosted API for third-party integrations (it’s primarily a CLI/local tool)
  • • High-assurance enterprise credential management without reviewing security model
  • • User-facing SaaS billing/usage metering

Interface

REST API
No
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
Yes
SDK
Yes
Webhooks
No

Authentication

OAuth: No Scopes: No

No explicit authentication mechanism is documented in the provided README. The tool appears to manage local configuration and integrate with Claude App/CLI workflows.

Pricing

Free tier: No
Requires CC: No

No pricing information is provided in the supplied materials; appears to be a standard open-source CLI distributed via npm.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
none
Idempotent
False
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • ⚠ This is primarily a CLI; agent orchestration may need to execute commands and parse output
  • ⚠ Behavior for interactive prompts may require TTY handling or flags like -y/--json
  • ⚠ No details provided on safe retries or idempotency semantics for operations like install/add/remove

Alternatives

MCP client integrations directly configured in Claude/App without mcpm Other MCP server managers or manual configuration approaches Any MCPHub/registry tooling used directly for install/discovery (if separate from this CLI)

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