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Coding Tools MCP

Coding Tools MCP is an MCP server that gives any AI agent the ability to code. It has 1,214 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y coding-tools-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

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Install Coding Tools MCP

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coding-tools-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "coding-tools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio coding-tools-mcp -- npx -y coding-tools-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coding-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "coding-tools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "coding-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "coding-tools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Coding Tools MCP

Give any AI chat or agent a safe pair of hands on your codebase. Coding Tools MCP is a model-neutral coding runtime served over the Model Context Protocol: file reading and search, structured multi-file patches, command execution, interactive sessions, and git — one server that any MCP client can drive.

  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • dsh-plugin

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How do I install the Coding Tools MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y coding-tools-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Coding Tools MCP free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Coding Tools MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 17, 2026. The latest release is v0.5.0, published Sep 30, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.