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What is mcphub.nvim?

A high-performance MCP server implementation for mcphub.nvim that bridges the gap between the Model Context Protocol and external services. It allows Large Language Models to interact with your data and tools with low latency and native support.

How to use mcphub.nvim?

1. Ensure you have an MCP-compatible client (like Claude Desktop) installed. 2. Configure your server with: npx @modelcontextprotocol/mcphub.nvim 3. Restart your client and verify the new tools are available in the system catalog.
🛡️ Scoped (Restricted)
npx @modelcontextprotocol/mcphub-nvim --scope restricted
🔓 Unrestricted Access
npx @modelcontextprotocol/mcphub-nvim

Key Features

Native MCP Protocol Support
High-performance Data Streaming
Type-safe Tool Definitions
Seamless Environment Integration

Optimized Use Cases

Connecting external databases to AI workflows
Automating workflow tasks via natural language
Augmenting developer productivity with specialized tools

mcphub.nvim FAQ

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What is an MCP server?

MCP is an open standard that enables developers to build secure, two-way integrations between AI models and local or remote data sources.

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Is this server ready for production?

Yes, this server follows standard MCP security patterns and tool-restricted access.

Official Documentation

View on GitHub
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The Intelligent Terminal

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MCP Hub is a MCP client for neovim that seamlessly integrates MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers into your editing workflow. It provides an intuitive interface for managing, testing, and using MCP servers with your favorite chat plugins.

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💜 Sponsors

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✨ Features

CategoryFeatureSupportDetails
Capabilities
Tools✅Full support
🔔 Tool List Changed✅Real-time updates
Resources✅Full support
🔔 Resource List Changed✅Real-time updates
Resource Templates✅URI templates
Prompts✅Full support
🔔 Prompts List Changed✅Real-time updates
Roots❌Not supported
Sampling❌Not supported
MCP Server Transports
Streamable-HTTP✅Primary transport protocol for remote servers
SSE✅Fallback transport for remote servers
STDIO✅For local servers
Authentication for remote servers
OAuth✅With PKCE flow
Headers✅For API keys/tokens
Chat Integration
Avante.nvim✅Tools, resources, resourceTemplates, prompts(as slash_commands)
CodeCompanion.nvim✅Tools, resources, templates, prompts (as slash_commands), 🖼 image responses
CopilotChat.nvim✅Tools, resources, function calling support
Marketplace
Server Discovery✅Browse from verified MCP servers
Installation✅Manual and auto install with AI
Configuration
Universal ${} Syntax✅Environment variables and command execution across all fields
VS Code Compatibility✅Support for servers key, ${env:}, ${input:}, predefined variables
JSON5 Support✅Comments and trailing commas via lua-json5
Workspace Management
Project-Local Configs✅Automatic detection and merging with global config
Advanced
Smart File-watching✅Smart updates with config file watching
Multi-instance✅All neovim instances stay in sync
Shutdown-delay✅Can run as systemd service with configure delay before stopping the hub
Lua Native MCP Servers✅Write once , use everywhere. Can write tools, resources, prompts directly in lua
Dev Mode✅Hot reload MCP servers on file changes for development

🎥 Demos

<div align="center"> <h4>MCP Hub + <a href="https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim">CodeCompanion</a> + Github </h4> <p> <video muted controls src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1a10ad50-5832-4627-bcc3-be49e7941105"></video> </p> </div> <div align="center"> <p> <h4>MCP Hub + <a href="https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim">Avante</a> + Figma </h4> <video controls muted src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e33fb5c3-7dbd-40b2-bec5-471a465c7f4d"></video> </p> </div>

🚀 Getting Started

Visit our documentation site for detailed guides and examples

👋 Get Help

:gift: Contributing

Please read the CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

🚧 TODO

  • Neovim MCP Server (kind of) with better editing, diffs, terminal integration etc (Ideas are welcome)
  • Enhanced help view with comprehensive documentation
  • MCP Resources as variables in chat plugins
  • MCP Prompts as slash commands in chat plugins
  • Enable LLM to start and stop MCP Servers dynamically
  • Support SSE transport
  • Support /slash_commands in avante
  • Support streamable-http transport
  • Support OAuth
  • Add types
  • Better Docs
  • Add tests
  • Support #variables in avante

👏 Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

Global Ranking

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Manual Config

{ "mcpServers": { "mcphub-nvim": { "command": "npx", "args": ["mcphub-nvim"] } } }