# OpenDeviceDB (MCP server)

> OpenDeviceDB is an MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, REA…) ask OpenDeviceDB before reverse engineering a device — "has this been done already, is someone on it?" — and record their work after. Stdio transport, official… It has 30 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @opendevicedb/mcp.

MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, REA…) ask OpenDeviceDB before reverse engineering a device — "has this been done already, is someone on it?" — and record their work after. Stdio transport, official @modelcontextprotocol/sdk.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/opendevicedb/opendevicedb |
| GitHub stars | 30 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: @opendevicedb/mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Databases |
| Latest release | mcp-v0.3.0 (Oct 25, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | org.opendevicedb/opendevicedb |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendevicedb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opendevicedb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio opendevicedb -- npx -y @opendevicedb/mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendevicedb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opendevicedb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "opendevicedb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opendevicedb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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