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MCPHost

mcphost

CLI host for LLMs to interact with tools via MCP.

Runs as mcphost|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 11 fields

Start MCPHost interactively or run a single prompt non-interactively. Auth, script and hook options are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui mcphost

Run MCPHostExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Model

string

Config file

file

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Interactive chat

modelconfig

One-shot prompt

promptmodelquiet

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Model

provider/model format.
string

--model-manthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929ollama/qwen2.5:3b

Prompt

Runs non-interactively with this prompt.
string

--prompt-p

Only the AI response

Only works with a prompt.
boolean

--quiet

Compact output

boolean

--compact

Config file

path

--config

System prompt (text or file)

string

--system-prompt

Provider base URL

url

--provider-url

Max agent steps

0 means unlimited.
integer

--max-steps

Max response tokens

integer

--max-tokens

Temperature

number

--temperature

Debug logging

boolean

--debug

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

- `--provider-url string`: Base URL for the provider API (applies to OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, and Google) - `--config string`: Config file location (default is $HOME/.mcphost.yml) - `--system-prompt string`: system-prompt file location - `--debug`: Enable debug logging - `--max-steps int`: Maximum number of agent steps (0 for unlimited, default: 0) - `-m,…

manual2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed mcphost against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.