mcp-cli
✓Interface for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via CLI. Use when you need to interact with external tools, APIs, or data sources through MCP servers, list available MCP servers/tools, or call MCP tools from command line.
Installation
SKILL.md
Access MCP servers through the command line. MCP enables interaction with external systems like GitHub, filesystems, databases, and APIs.
| mcp-cli | List all servers and tool names | | mcp-cli | Show tools with parameters | | mcp-cli / | Get tool JSON schema | | mcp-cli / ' ' | Call tool with arguments | | mcp-cli grep " " | Search tools by name |
| -j, --json | JSON output for scripting | | -r, --raw | Raw text content | | -d | Include descriptions |
Interface for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via CLI. Use when you need to interact with external tools, APIs, or data sources through MCP servers, list available MCP servers/tools, or call MCP tools from command line. Source: github/awesome-copilot.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill mcp-cli- Source
- github/awesome-copilot
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is mcp-cli?
Interface for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via CLI. Use when you need to interact with external tools, APIs, or data sources through MCP servers, list available MCP servers/tools, or call MCP tools from command line. Source: github/awesome-copilot.
How do I install mcp-cli?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill mcp-cli Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01