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mcpd add

Adds an MCP server dependency to the project

Synopsis

Adds an MCP server dependency to the project. mcpd will search the registry for the named server and attempt to return information on the version specified, or 'latest' if no version specified

mcpd add <server-name> [flags]

Options

      --allow-deprecated   Optional, allows server installations marked as deprecated to be added
      --cache-dir string   Directory for caching registry manifests (default "/home/runner/.cache/mcpd/registries")
      --cache-ttl string   Time-to-live for cached registry manifests (e.g. 1h, 30m, 24h) (default "24h")
      --format format      Specify the output format (one of: json, text, yaml) (default text)
      --no-cache           Disable registry manifest caching
      --refresh-cache      Force refresh of cached registry manifests
      --runtime string     Optional, specify the runtime of the server (e.g. uvx, npx)
      --source string      Optional, specify the source registry of the server (e.g. mozilla-ai)
      --tool stringArray   Optional, when specified limits the available tools on the server (can be repeated)
      --version string     Specify the version of the server package

Options inherited from parent commands

      --config-file string    path to config file (default ".mcpd.toml")
      --log-level string      log level for mcpd logs (default "info")
      --log-path string       log file path to use for log output
      --runtime-file string   path to runtime (execution context) file that contains env vars, and arguments for your MCP servers (default "/home/runner/.config/mcpd/secrets.dev.toml")

SEE ALSO

  • mcpd - mcpd CLI is the primary interface for developers to interact with, and configure mcpd
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