// Call external services (MCP)
mcp-proxyv0.12.0
A bridge between Streamable HTTP and stdio MCP transports
Open source Maintained For agents
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mcp-proxy is A bridge between Streamable HTTP and stdio MCP transports.
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 mcp-proxybrew install mcp-proxy - 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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