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Monkeymcp

Monkeymcp is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server providing monkey data, journeys, and location services for various monkey species. It has 125 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3.

github.com/jamesmontemagno/MonkeyMCP (opens in a new tab)

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Install Monkeymcp

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "monkeymcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio monkeymcp -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "monkeymcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "monkeymcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 Monkeymcp

Configure in VS Code with GitHub Copilot, Claude Desktop, or other MCP clients: The MonkeyLocationService provides rich simulation capabilities:

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What is Monkeymcp?

Monkeymcp is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server providing monkey data, journeys, and location services for various monkey species. It has 125 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3. The source code is at github.com/jamesmontemagno/MonkeyMCP.

How do I install the Monkeymcp MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm docker.io/jamesmontemagno/monkeymcp:2.0.3 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 Monkeymcp free?

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

Is Monkeymcp actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 29, 2026. The latest release is v2.0.3, published Oct 7, 2025. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.