// Call external services (MCP)
PrefectHQ/fastmcpv4.1.0
🚀 The fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients.
Open source Maintained For agents
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PrefectHQ/fastmcp is 🚀 The fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to call external services (mcp).
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it from the official package registry:
pip install fastmcp - 3Add it to your agent’s MCP config — Claude Code:
claude mcp add; Cursor:.cursor/mcp.json; Codex:~/.codex/config.toml.
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