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mcp-tui

Active·★ 12·MIT·Updated 2026-10-18

MCP-TUI is a terminal user interface tool designed to test, debug, and automate Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. It allows users to run tools from schema-built forms, provides detailed error diagnostics for connection issues, and helps export TUI calls to CLI commands for CI/CD integration.

#TUI#CLI#Model Context Protocol#API Testing#Server Debugging#Automation#Protocol Conformance
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$ Install
$ go install github.com/standardbeagle/mcp-tui@latest
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Test and debug MCP servers from the terminal using a TUI.
02Run any tool from an MCP server using forms built from its input schema.
03Detailed error reporting for connection failures, specifying the cause and fix.
04Export TUI session calls as CLI commands or replay scripts for CI/CD automation.
05Perform protocol conformance testing ('verify' and 'conform') with JUnit report output.
02

Compatibility

Go
Runtime
Verified via docs
Node.js
Runtime
Verified via docs
CLI / Terminal
Interface
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ go install github.com/standardbeagle/mcp-tui@latest
04

Use cases

↳Interactively debug issues with MCP server connections and tool execution.
↳Automate MCP server testing and validation within continuous integration pipelines.
↳Verify an MCP server's adherence to the protocol specification and security best practices.
↳Rapidly test new or updated MCP server tools using a schema-driven interface.
↳Convert manual testing steps into reproducible CLI commands for scripting and documentation.
05

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Fast terminal UI and CLI for testing, debugging, and automating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. STDIO, SSE, HTTP, Streamable HTTP. Built on the official MCP Go SDK.

12MIT
Last commit5d ago
StatusActive
CategoryDev Tooling
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