@zhafron/pi-mcp-tools

Universal MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools extension for pi coding agent.

Install

pi install git:github.com/tickernelz/pi-mcp-tools

Or via npm:

pi install npm:@zhafron/pi-mcp-tools

Quick Start

Add to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "web-search": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@zhafron/mcp-web-search"]
    },
    "context7": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp", "--api-key", "your-api-key"]
    },
    "deepwiki": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
    },
    "filesystem": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/path/to/project"],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

Config Format

Each MCP server is a key under "mcp" with the following structure:

Local Servers

{
  "server-name": {
    "type": "local",
    "command": ["npx", "-y", "package-name", "args..."],
    "env": { "KEY": "value" },
    "cwd": "/path/to/workdir",
    "enabled": true,
    "toolPrefix": "prefix",
    "filterPatterns": ["pattern1", "pattern2"]
  }
}

Remote Servers

{
  "server-name": {
    "type": "remote",
    "url": "https://example.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer token" },
    "enabled": true,
    "toolPrefix": "prefix"
  }
}

Transport auto-detection:

• WebSocket: ws://, wss://, or URL contains "websocket"
• StreamableHTTP: MCP protocol 2025-xx (newest standard)
• SSE: Legacy servers or fallback

Commands

Flag: --mcp-debug - Enable debug logging

Tools

Tools auto-registered as: mcp_{server}_{tool} or {toolPrefix}_{tool}

Example: mcp_web-search_search, ctx7_read_docs

Examples

Multiple Providers

{
  "mcp": {
    "context7": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp", "--api-key", "ctx7sk-..."]
    },
    "deepwiki": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
    },
    "chrome-devtools": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "chrome-devtools-mcp@latest"]
    },
    "web-search": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@zhafron/mcp-web-search"]
    },
    "octocode": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "octocode-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

With Environment Variables

{
  "mcp": {
    "github": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_..." }
    },
    "postgres": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres", "postgresql://localhost/db"]
    }
  }
}

Disable Server Temporarily

{
  "mcp": {
    "web-search": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@zhafron/mcp-web-search"],
      "enabled": true
    },
    "context7": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp"],
      "enabled": false
    }
  }
}

Disable Individual Tools

Tools can be disabled via /mcp-tools command (interactive UI) or manually in settings:

{
  "mcp": { ... },
  "mcpDisabledTools": ["mcp_context7_query-docs", "mcp_web-search_fetch_url"]
}

Disabled tools are persisted globally in ~/.pi/agent/settings.json.

Development

npm install
npm run build       # Type check
npm run format      # Format code
npm run format:check

Publish

npm version patch  # Bump version
git push --tags    # Trigger npm publish

Links

• GitHub
• npm
• Report issues

License

MIT