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Squeez

Squeez is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Hook-based token compressor for 7 AI CLI hosts (Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Pi, Hermes). It has 214 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y squeez.

github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez (opens in a new tab)

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Install Squeez

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

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

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

Claude Code

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

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

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 Squeez

End-to-end token optimizer for seven AI CLI hosts — Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex CLI, Pi, and Hermes. Compresses bash output up to 95%, collapses redundant calls, preserves exact identifiers through every summary, refuses net-loss compressions, and injects a terse prompt persona — automatically, with zero new runtime dependencies.

  • claude-code
  • llm
  • rust
  • token-compression
  • opencode
  • context-window
  • copilot-cli
  • token-optimizer
  • ai-cli
  • bash-hook

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What is Squeez?

Squeez is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Hook-based token compressor for 7 AI CLI hosts (Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Pi, Hermes). It has 214 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y squeez. The source code is at github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez.

How do I install the Squeez MCP server?

Add the command npx -y squeez 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 Squeez 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 Squeez actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. The latest release is v1.48.15, published Oct 5, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.