CLI Reference

Global flags

Flag	Description
--cmd <bin>	STDIO transport command
--args <a,b,...>	Comma-separated args for --cmd
--transport <stdio|sse|http|streamable-http>	Transport selection
--url <url>	URL for HTTP/SSE transports
--header KEY=VALUE	Repeatable; adds an HTTP header
--timeout <duration>	Per-operation timeout (e.g. 30s, 2m)
--debug	Enable verbose debug logging
--json	Emit machine-readable JSON output
--version	Print version and exit

tool subcommand

mcp-tui [global-flags] tool <list|describe|call> [args]

• tool list — print every tool with its title and description.
• tool describe <name> — print the tool’s full JSON Schema.
• tool call <name> [key=value ...] — invoke the tool.

resource subcommand

mcp-tui [global-flags] resource <list|read> [uri]

• resource list — list all resources.
• resource read <uri> — read and print a resource by URI.

prompt subcommand

mcp-tui [global-flags] prompt <list|get> [name] [args]

• prompt list — list all prompts.
• prompt get <name> [key=value ...] — render a prompt template.

Exit codes

See Exit codes.