id = "mcphost" name = "MCPHost" homepage = "https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost" description = "CLI host for LLMs to interact with tools via MCP." executables = ["mcphost"] [dotfiles] # MCPHost's upstream README documents four home-directory configuration names # (the .mcphost pair and backwards-compatible .mcp pair) on Linux/macOS. Its # hooks feature additionally documents a user-global YAML file below the XDG # config directory. # https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost#configuration # https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost#hooks-system paths = [ "~/.mcphost.yml", "~/.mcphost.json", "~/.mcp.yml", "~/.mcp.json", "[configHome]/mcphost/hooks.yml", ] # API keys may be supplied in the main YAML/JSON config, and MCP server # environment maps are explicitly supported by the same documented schema. secret = [] [[dotfiles.secret_paths]] file = ["~/.mcphost.yml", "~/.mcp.yml"] format = "yaml" match = { key_path = ["provider-api-key", "mcpServers.*.environment.*"] } [[dotfiles.secret_paths]] file = ["~/.mcphost.json", "~/.mcp.json"] format = "json" match = { key_path = ["provider-api-key", "mcpServers.*.environment.*"] } [commands] format = 1 label = "Run MCPHost" description = "Start MCPHost interactively or run a single prompt non-interactively. Auth, script and hook options are left out." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = true, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "readme" kind = "manual" url = "https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost/blob/main/README.md" revision = "2026-10-27" evidence = """ - `--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, --model string`: Model to use (format: provider/model) (default "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929") - `-p, --prompt string`: **Run in non-interactive mode with the given prompt** - `--quiet`: **Suppress all output except the AI response (only works with --prompt)** - `--compact`: **Enable compact output mode without fancy styling (ideal for scripting and automation)** - `--max-tokens int`: Maximum number of tokens in the response (default: 4096) - `--temperature float32`: Controls randomness in responses (0.0-1.0, default: 0.7) """ [[commands.field]] id = "model" label = "Model" description = "provider/model format." type = "string" option = ["--model", "-m"] suggestions = [{ value = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929", label = "Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5" }, { value = "ollama/qwen2.5:3b", label = "Ollama qwen2.5:3b" }] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "prompt" label = "Prompt" description = "Runs non-interactively with this prompt." type = "string" option = ["--prompt", "-p"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "quiet" label = "Only the AI response" description = "Only works with a prompt." type = "boolean" option = ["--quiet"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "compact" label = "Compact output" type = "boolean" option = ["--compact"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "config" label = "Config file" type = "path" option = ["--config"] path = { kind = "file", role = "input" } sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "system_prompt" label = "System prompt (text or file)" type = "string" option = ["--system-prompt"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "provider_url" label = "Provider base URL" type = "url" option = ["--provider-url"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "max_steps" label = "Max agent steps" description = "0 means unlimited." type = "integer" option = ["--max-steps"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "max_tokens" label = "Max response tokens" type = "integer" option = ["--max-tokens"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "temperature" label = "Temperature" type = "number" option = ["--temperature"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.field]] id = "debug" label = "Debug logging" type = "boolean" option = ["--debug"] sources = ["readme"] [[commands.task]] id = "chat" label = "Interactive chat" fields = ["model", "config"] required = [] [[commands.task]] id = "one-shot" label = "One-shot prompt" fields = ["prompt", "model", "quiet"] required = ["prompt"] [[commands.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["model", "prompt", "quiet", "compact", "config"] [[commands.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["system_prompt", "provider_url", "max_steps", "max_tokens", "temperature", "debug"]