Record · colab-mcpMCP serverOpen sourceVerified Sep 23, 2026

Colab MCP

Google Colab's MCP server that bridges a local agent to a Colab notebook session in the browser.

Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on September 23, 2026. Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Repository and README

Best for

Letting a local coding agent use Colab's hosted runtime, including its accelerators, from your own terminal.

Avoid if

Your MCP client runs remotely or lacks tools/list_changed support; both are requirements.

About Colab MCP

Colab MCP, from the Google Colab team, connects a locally running agent to a Colab session open in your browser, so the agent can work in that notebook. It requires a client that runs on your device and supports tool-list change notifications, such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code or Windsurf.

Colab MCP is an open-source project written primarily in Python, with 1.0k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in June 2026.

Add Colab MCP to your MCP client

Generated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal

claude mcp add colab-mcp -- uvx git+https://github.com/googlecolab/colab-mcp

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/googlecolab/colab-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/googlecolab/colab-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/googlecolab/colab-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.colab-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["git+https://github.com/googlecolab/colab-mcp"]

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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