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Martin Loop

Martin Loop is an MCP server that gives coding agents more work. Watch them less. Ship more. MartinLoop lets you give coding agents real software jobs without babysitting every step. It has 393 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @martinloop/mcp.

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Install Martin Loop

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "martin-loop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@martinloop/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio martin-loop -- npx -y @martinloop/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "martin-loop": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@martinloop/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "martin-loop": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@martinloop/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 Martin Loop

Give coding agents more work. Watch them less. Ship more. MartinLoop lets you give coding agents real software jobs without babysitting every step.

  • ai-agent-runtime
  • ai-coding-agents
  • ai-governance
  • audit-trail
  • budget-enforcement
  • governed-runtime
  • observability
  • policy-as-code
  • ai-safety
  • llmops

FAQ

Martin Loop FAQ

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How do I install the Martin Loop MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @martinloop/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 Martin Loop 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 Martin Loop actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is v0.8.9, published Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.