MCP CLI

Interface for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via CLI. Use when you need to interact with external tools, APIs, or data sources through MCP servers.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add philschmid/mcp-cli --skill mcp-cli

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/philschmid/mcp-cli.git /tmp/mcp-cli
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/mcp-cli/. ~/.claude/skills/mcp-cli

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# MCP-CLI

Access MCP servers through the command line. MCP enables interaction with external systems like GitHub, filesystems, databases, and APIs.

## Commands

| Command | Output |
|---------|--------|
| `mcp-cli` | List all servers and tools |
| `mcp-cli info <server>` | Show server tools and parameters |
| `mcp-cli info <server> <tool>` | Get tool JSON schema |
| `mcp-cli grep "<pattern>"` | Search tools by name |
| `mcp-cli call <server> <tool>` | Call tool (reads JSON from stdin if no args) |
| `mcp-cli call <server> <tool> '<json>'` | Call tool with arguments |

**Both formats work:** `<server> <tool>` or `<server>/<tool>`

## Workflow

1. **Discover**: `mcp-cli` → see available servers
2. **Explore**: `mcp-cli info <server>` → see tools with parameters
3. **Inspect**: `mcp-cli info <server> <tool>` → get full JSON schema
4. **Execute**: `mcp-cli call <server> <tool> '<json>'` → run with arguments

## Examples

```bash
# List all servers
mcp-cli

# With descriptions  
mcp-cli -d

# See server tools
mcp-cli info filesystem

# Get tool schema (both formats work)
mcp-cli info filesystem read_file
mcp-cli info filesystem/read_file

# Call tool
mcp-cli call filesystem read_file '{"path": "./README.md"}'

# Pipe from stdin (no '-' needed!)
cat args.json | mcp-cli call filesystem read_file

# Search for tools
mcp-cli grep "*file*"

# Output is raw text (pipe-friendly)
mcp-cli call filesystem read_file '{"path": "./file"}' | head -10
```

## Advanced Chaining

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: mcp-cli
Repository: philschmid/mcp-cli
License: MIT
Repo updated: 5 February 2026

FAQ

What does the MCP CLI skill do?

Interface for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via CLI. Use when you need to interact with external tools, APIs, or data sources through MCP servers.

How do I install the MCP CLI skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add philschmid/mcp-cli --skill mcp-cli. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is MCP CLI popular?

It lives in philschmid/mcp-cli, which has 1,281 GitHub stars and 160 forks.

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