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: Universal MCP command-line client is a CLI for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that maps MCP operations to intuitive commands for interactive shell use, scripts, and AI coding agents. is a Swiss Army knife for MCP. It is useful for inspecting servers, scripting, and enabling AI coding agents to use MCP "code mode" in shell. After all, UNIX-compatible shell script is THE most universal coding language. Key features: 🌎 Compatible - Works with any MCP server over Streamable HTTP or stdio. 🔄 Persistent sessions - Keep multiple server connections alive simultaneously. 🔧 Strong MCP support - Instructions, tools, resources, prompts, async tasks, dynamic discovery. 🔌 Code mode - JSON output enables integration with CLI tools like and scripting. 🤖 AI sandboxing - MCP proxy server to securely access authenticated sessions from AI-generated code. 🔒 Secure - Full OAuth 2.1 support, OS keychain for credentials storage. 🪶 Lightweight - Minimal dependencies, works on Mac/Win/Linux, doesn't use LLMs on its own. 💸 Agentic payments (x402) - Experimental support for the x402 payment protocol, enabling AI agents to pay for MCP tool calls with USDC on Base. Table of contents <!--
| Stars | 694 |
| Forks | 65 |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Category | MCP Server |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Quality Score | 71.1462683691371/100 |
| Open Issues | 12 |
| Last Updated | 2026-06-27 |
| Created | 2025-12-09 |
| Platforms | claude-code, cli, mcp, node |
| Est. Tokens | ~26k |
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mcpc is A universal CLI client for MCP. mcpc supports persistent sessions, stdio/HTTP, OAuth 2.1, tasks, JSON output for code mode, proxy for AI sandboxes, x402, and more.. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 694 GitHub stars.
mcpc is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as ai-agents, bash, claude.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the mcpc GitHub repository at github.com/apify/mcpc. The project has 694 stars and 65 forks, indicating an active community.
mcpc is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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