Mcporter

• You need to inspect or call tools on an MCP server interactively during development or debugging.
• You want to automate MCP tool invocations from scripts, CI pipelines, or other agents using JSON output (--output json).
• You need to generate TypeScript types or a typed CLI wrapper from an MCP server's schema without writing boilerplate by hand.
• You are managing multiple MCP server configurations and need a unified way to add, remove, authenticate, or import server entries.

• You need an in-process SDK-level integration (not a CLI) — use the MCP SDK directly in your application code instead.
• The MCP server you're targeting is not accessible via HTTP or as a runnable stdio command.

Call any tool on any MCP server using a concise selector (server.tool key=value), function syntax, a full URL, or a raw JSON payload via --args. Stdio servers (local processes) are also supported with --stdio.

Run mcporter list to enumerate all configured servers, or mcporter list <server> --schema to inspect the full input/output schema of a specific server's tools.

Authenticate with OAuth-protected servers using mcporter auth, and manage your server registry with mcporter config commands covering add, remove, import, login, and logout.

Generate a typed TypeScript client (emit-ts) in client or types mode, or scaffold a full CLI wrapper (generate-cli) for any configured or ad-hoc server. Inspect generated CLIs with inspect-cli.

Run a persistent background process with mcporter daemon start|stop|restart|status for scenarios where you need a long-running MCP connection.

Pass --output json to any command to get structured, parseable output suitable for piping into other tools, scripts, or AI agents.

Use mcporter list <server> --schema to inspect available tools and their schemas, then call them directly with mcporter call to verify behavior without writing a full client.

Invoke tools like mcporter call linear.list_issues team=ENG limit:5 --output json from shell scripts or CI pipelines and pipe the structured JSON output into downstream processing steps.

Run mcporter emit-ts <server> --mode client to produce a typed TypeScript wrapper for an MCP server's tools, eliminating manual type definitions and boilerplate fetch code.

Test a locally developed stdio server with mcporter call --stdio "bun run ./server.ts" <tool> key=value without needing to register it in your config first.