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Trace MCP is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Code graph MCP: 81 languages, 88 frameworks, 72.7% fewer PR-review tokens, comprehension at parity. It has 198 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y trace-mcp.

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Install Trace MCP

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Claude Desktop

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

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

Claude Code

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

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

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 Trace MCP

WORKS WITH  ·  Claude Code  ·  Cursor  ·  Codex  ·  Windsurf  ·  Zed  ·  any MCP client

  • ai-agents
  • claude-code
  • code-intelligence
  • developer-tools
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • claude
  • claude-ai
  • claude-code-plugin
  • claude-code-skill

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How do I install the Trace MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y trace-mcp 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 Trace MCP free?

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

Is Trace MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is v3.40.0, published Oct 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.