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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

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "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-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "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

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "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.

NameRequiredDescription
LARA_ACCESS_KEY_IDsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.
LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRETsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.
DO_NOT_TRACKNoShown in the README's example configuration.

Tools (22)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • translate

    Translate text between languages with support for context, instructions, translation memories, glossaries, and…

  • detect_language

    Detect the language of a given text or array of texts

  • list_languages

    List all supported language codes

  • list_memories

    List all translation memories in your account

  • create_memory

    Create a new translation memory

  • update_memory

    Update a translation memory's name

  • delete_memory

    Delete a translation memory

  • add_translation

    Add a translation unit (source + target pair) to a memory

  • delete_translation

    Delete a translation unit from a memory

  • import_tmx

    Import a TMX file into a memory

  • check_import_status

    Check the status of a TMX import job

  • list_glossaries

    List all glossaries in your account

  • get_glossary

    Get details of a specific glossary

  • create_glossary

    Create a new glossary

  • update_glossary

    Update a glossary's name

  • delete_glossary

    Delete a glossary

  • add_glossary_entry

    Add or replace a term entry in a glossary

  • delete_glossary_entry

    Delete a term entry from a glossary

  • import_glossary_csv

    Import entries from a CSV file into a glossary

  • check_glossary_import_status

    Check the status of a glossary CSV import job

  • export_glossary

    Export a glossary as CSV

  • get_glossary_counts

    Get 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.

FAQ

Lara MCP FAQ

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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.