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MCP Use

MCP Use is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents. It has 10,726 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-use.

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  • MIT
  • Actively maintained
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Install MCP Use

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Claude Desktop

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

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-use -- npx -y mcp-use

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

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 MCP Use

The TypeScript framework for MCP Build, test, and ship MCP servers, ChatGPT plugins, Claude connectors Fully Typed, native Views and MCP Apps support, built-in Inspector and first class Agent experience.

  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • apps-sdk
  • mcp-apps
  • mcp-inspector
  • mcp-servers
  • mcp-ui
  • agentic-framework
  • ai
  • mcp-client

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What is MCP Use?

MCP Use is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents. It has 10,726 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-use. The source code is at github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use.

How do I install the MCP Use MCP server?

Add the command npx -y mcp-use 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 MCP Use free?

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

Is MCP Use actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is mcp-use@2.8.0, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.