mcporter
SkillDev toolsUse the mcporter CLI to list, configure, auth, and call MCP servers/tools directly (HTTP or stdio), including ad-hoc servers, config edits, and CLI/type generation.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the mcporter skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by understudy-ai/understudy in skills/mcporter/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Use mcporter to work with MCP servers directly.
Quick start
mcporter listmcporter list <server> --schemamcporter call <server.tool> key=value
Call tools
- Selector:
mcporter call linear.list_issues team=ENG limit:5 - Function syntax:
mcporter call "linear.create_issue(title: \"Bug\")" - Full URL:
mcporter call https://api.example.com/mcp.fetch url:https://example.com - Stdio:
mcporter call --stdio "bun run ./server.ts" scrape url=https://example.com - JSON payload:
mcporter call <server.tool> --args '{"limit":5}'
Auth + config
- OAuth:
mcporter auth <server | url> [--reset] - Config:
mcporter config list|get|add|remove|import|login|logout
Daemon
mcporter daemon start|status|stop|restart
Codegen
- CLI:
mcporter generate-cli --server <name>or--command <url> - Inspect:
mcporter inspect-cli <path> [--json] - TS:
mcporter emit-ts <server> --mode client|types
Notes
- Config default:
./config/mcporter.json(override with--config). - Prefer
--output jsonfor machine-readable results.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 456
- Forks
- 34
- Last commit
- Jun 2026
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- github.com/understudy-ai/understudy