Mcpdo
Access MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and their tools, resources, and prompts...
Install
npx skills add modelcontextprotocol/inspector --skill mcpdo -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- modelcontextprotocol/inspector11.2k
- Category
- Testing
- Updated
- 6d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,282 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Access MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and their tools, resources, and prompts through the mcpdo CLI, connections it holds extend your capabilities alongside any built-in MCP support. Use this skill for any question or task about MCP servers, connections, or tools (e.g. "what MCP servers am I connected to?", "what MCP tools do I have?"), and whenever a task requires inspecting, testing, or scripting against an MCP server (stdio or HTTP) rather than writing custom client code.
mcpdo, MCP Inspector connection CLI
Connect to an MCP server once, then run many commands against that named connection.
mcpdo servers/list # catalog entries you can connect
mcpdo connect entry-name # connect a catalog entry
mcpdo connect https://example.com/mcp # ad-hoc HTTP/SSE target
mcpdo connect node server.js # ad-hoc stdio target
mcpdo connections/list # open connections
mcpdo @entry-name tools/list
mcpdo @entry-name tools/call <toolName> arg:=value
mcpdo @entry-name resources/list
mcpdo @entry-name resources/read <uri>
mcpdo @entry-name prompts/list
mcpdo --connection entry-name tools/list # flag form of @entry-name
mcpdo disconnect entry-name
The canonical flow is servers/list → connect <entry> → @entry <command>.
Run mcpdo help or mcpdo <command> --help for the full, authoritative list of
commands and flags (auth management, elicitation controls, daemon control, and
more).
