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MCP-TUI

Quick Start

Connect to a sample server

Section titled “Connect to a sample server”

The official server-everything is the easiest target.

Terminal window
mcp-tui --cmd npx --args "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything,stdio"

This launches the TUI, auto-discovers tools, resources, and prompts, and lets you exercise them.

List tools from the CLI

Section titled “List tools from the CLI”
CLI listing tools
Terminal window
mcp-tui --cmd npx \
  --args "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything,stdio" \
  tool list

Call a tool

Section titled “Call a tool”
CLI calling a tool with arguments
Terminal window
mcp-tui --cmd npx \
  --args "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything,stdio" \
  tool call echo message='hello mcp'

Arguments use key=value. Strings, numbers, booleans, and JSON values are coerced from the tool’s input schema.

Connect to an HTTP or SSE server

Section titled “Connect to an HTTP or SSE server”
Terminal window
# HTTP / Streamable HTTP
mcp-tui --transport http --url https://your-server.example/mcp tool list


# SSE
mcp-tui --transport sse --url http://localhost:5001/sse tool list

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”