Lara MCP
Lara MCP is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Lara Translate, enabling professional translation capabilities with support for language detection, context-aware translations… It has 100 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @translated/lara-mcp.
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Install Lara MCP
Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"lara-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@translated/lara-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "your-value",
"LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --env LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your-value --env LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET=your-value --transport stdio lara-mcp -- npx -y @translated/lara-mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"lara-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@translated/lara-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "your-value",
"LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "lara_access_key_id",
"description": "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "lara_access_key_secret",
"description": "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"lara-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@translated/lara-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "${input:lara_access_key_id}",
"LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "${input:lara_access_key_secret}"
}
}
}
}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).
Environment variables
Variables the server reads at startup.
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
LARA_ACCESS_KEY_IDsecret | No | Shown in the README's example configuration. |
LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRETsecret | No | Shown in the README's example configuration. |
DO_NOT_TRACK | No | Shown in the README's example configuration. |
Tools (22)
Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.
translateTranslate text between languages with support for context, instructions, translation memories, glossaries, and…
detect_languageDetect the language of a given text or array of texts
list_languagesList all supported language codes
list_memoriesList all translation memories in your account
create_memoryCreate a new translation memory
update_memoryUpdate a translation memory's name
delete_memoryDelete a translation memory
add_translationAdd a translation unit (source + target pair) to a memory
delete_translationDelete a translation unit from a memory
import_tmxImport a TMX file into a memory
check_import_statusCheck the status of a TMX import job
list_glossariesList all glossaries in your account
get_glossaryGet details of a specific glossary
create_glossaryCreate a new glossary
update_glossaryUpdate a glossary's name
delete_glossaryDelete a glossary
add_glossary_entryAdd or replace a term entry in a glossary
delete_glossary_entryDelete a term entry from a glossary
import_glossary_csvImport entries from a CSV file into a glossary
check_glossary_import_statusCheck the status of a glossary CSV import job
export_glossaryExport a glossary as CSV
get_glossary_countsGet the number of entries in a glossary
About Lara MCP
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Lara Translate, enabling professional translation capabilities with support for language detection, context-aware translations, translation memories, and glossaries.
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How do I install the Lara MCP MCP server?
Add the command npx -y @translated/lara-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 Lara MCP free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID and LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.
Is Lara MCP actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is v2.1.1, published Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.