> I couldn’t find a great CLI tool for interactively probing an MCP server
What about mcp-inspector? It’s a nice tool, can be used interactively, can be used as a CLI.
What about mcp-inspector? It’s a nice tool, can be used interactively, can be used as a CLI.
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli \
https://agentic-mermaid.dev/mcp \
--method tools/call \
--tool-name render_svg \
--tool-args-json '{"source":"graph TD; A-->B","options":{"padding":24}}'
uvx mcp-explorer call \
https://agentic-mermaid.dev/mcp render_svg \
-a source 'graph TD; A-->B' \
-a options '{"padding":24}'
Then for my list command:
uvx mcp-explorer list https://agentic-mermaid.dev/mcp
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli \
https://agentic-mermaid.dev/mcp \
--method tools/list
you can specify --url, --npx and include --auth $TOKEN on the command line. you can also interactively connect with /connect, and pixel peep transport details https://fast-agent.ai/mcp/mcp-inspect-transport/