Smithery

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Use smithery --help and <command> --help for flags, arguments, and full examples. This skill focuses on concepts and canonical workflows.

Quick Start

# 1. Install
npm install -g @smithery/cli

# 2. Authenticate (requires human to confirm in browser)
smithery auth login

# 3. Search for MCP servers
smithery mcp search "github"

# 4. Connect to a server (URL or qualified name both work)
smithery mcp add "https://github.run.tools" --id github

# 5. Browse tools (tree view, drill into groups by passing the prefix)
smithery tool list github
smithery tool list github issues.

# 6. Inspect tool input/output JSON schema
smithery tool get github issues.create

# 7. Call a tool
smithery tool call github issues.create '{"repo": "owner/repo", "title": "Bug"}'

Core Concepts

Namespaces

A namespace is the workspace boundary for Smithery resources. Servers, connections, and skills all live in a namespace. Use one namespace per app/environment (for example, my-app-dev, my-app-prod), then set it as your active context. Canonical flow:

smithery namespace list
smithery namespace create my-app-prod
smithery namespace use my-app-prod

For namespace-specific flags and overrides, run smithery namespace --help and smithery mcp --help.

Connect (MCP Connections)

A connection is a managed, long-lived MCP session. Smithery Connect handles OAuth flow, credential storage, token refresh, and session lifecycle. Connection status model:

• connected: ready to list/call tools
• auth_required: human must open authorization URL
• error: inspect details and retry/fix config

Canonical flow (single user-scoped connection):

smithery mcp add https://github.run.tools \
  --id user-123-github \
  --metadata '{"userId":"user-123"}'