# MCP Tools (mcptools)

> A Swiss Army knife CLI for MCP servers: discover and call tools, open a shell, and run mock or proxy servers.

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** Infrastructure
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 1,625
- **Language:** Go
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** 9 months ago (Dec 18, 2025)
- **Official site:** https://github.com/f/mcptools
- **Source code:** https://github.com/f/mcptools
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/mcptools
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## Best for
Scripting against MCP servers and debugging them from the terminal.

## About MCP Tools (mcptools)
MCP Tools is a command-line interface for any MCP server over stdio or HTTP. It discovers and calls tools, resources and prompts, offers an interactive shell and web interface, scaffolds projects, manages server aliases and LLM-app configs, and can run mock, proxy and guard servers for testing and access restriction.

## Install

```
go install github.com/f/mcptools/cmd/mcptools@latest
```

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