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Otakit

Otakit is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Inspect, upload, release, monitor, and revert OtaKit Capacitor OTA updates. It has 101 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @otakit/cli.

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Install Otakit

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "otakit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@otakit/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio otakit -- npx -y @otakit/cli

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http otakit "https://console.otakit.app/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

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 Otakit

Fully open-source, self-hostable over-the-air update framework for Capacitor apps. Release updates directly to your Capacitor app without app store reviews.

  • android
  • capacitor
  • ios

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What is Otakit?

Otakit is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Inspect, upload, release, monitor, and revert OtaKit Capacitor OTA updates. It has 101 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @otakit/cli. The source code is at github.com/OtaKit/otakit.

How do I install the Otakit MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @otakit/cli 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 Otakit free?

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

Is Otakit actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.