mcp-forge-cli

CLI scaffolding tool for Model Context Protocol servers.

npx mcp-forge-cli my-server

Usage

# Interactive mode — answers prompts to choose options
npx mcp-forge-cli my-server

# Non-interactive — pass all flags to skip prompts
npx mcp-forge-cli my-server --template full --transport stdio --lang ts

Options

| Flag | Values | Description | |------|--------|-------------| | --template | minimal, full | minimal: one echo tool. full: tool + resource + prompt examples | | --transport | stdio, http | stdio: Claude Desktop / local. http: Streamable HTTP for remote | | --lang | ts, js | TypeScript or JavaScript |

Generated project

After running, you get a ready-to-run project:

my-server/
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json          (TypeScript only)
├── .gitignore
├── README.md
├── claude_desktop_config.example.json
└── src/
    ├── index.ts           (server entry point)
    ├── tools/
    │   └── example-tool.ts
    ├── resources/
    │   └── example-resource.ts
    └── prompts/
        └── example-prompt.ts

Then:

cd my-server
npm install
npm run dev

Development

npm install
npm run dev -- my-test-server    # run CLI locally
npm test                          # run unit tests
npm run build                     # compile to dist/

Links

• MCP documentation
• MCP TypeScript SDK
• MCP specification

License

MIT