Stata-MCP

# Install The first thing is to install Claude Code and Stata-MCP. Claude Code starts with `npm` command, and Stata-MCP is start with `uvx` or `python3.11+`, so we should install npm and uvx. ## Preparation ### brew I recommend to use `brew` to install them, run the following command in your terminal to install brew, if you want to know more information about brew, you can visit [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/). ```bash /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" ``` Then, use the following command to check whether install it successfully. ```bash brew --version ``` ### nvm, node and npm `nvm` is a Node Version Manager, it can help you to manage different Node versions. `node` is a JavaScript runtime environment. It can help you to manage different Node versions. `npm` is a package manager for Node. It can help you to manage different Node versions. You can install nvm directly with `brew install` ```bash brew install nvm ``` Then, you should add the following lines to your `~/.zshrc` file ```bash echo 'export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"' >> ~/.zshrc echo '[ -s "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" ] && . "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/nvm.sh"' >> ~/.zshrc source ~/.zshrc ``` Check the status of nvm: ```bash nvm --version ``` Then, you can install node with nvm: ```bash nvm install 20.19.5 # At least you should install 18+ nvm alias default 20 nvm use default node -v npm -v ``` ### uvx As macOS has a build-in python, but we always need a newer version or independent version of python, so we should install `uv`, as the official documents, they provide a command for install it, or you can install it with `brew`, more over you can install with `pip`. (b and c pasted from the official documents) a. Install uvx with `brew` ```bash brew install uvx uvx --version ``` b. Install uvx from astral.sh ```bash curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh ``` If your system doesn't have `curl`, you can use `wget`: ```bash wget -qO- https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh ``` c. Install uvx from pypi If installing from PyPI, we recommend installing uv into an isolated environment, e.g., with pipx: ```bash pipx install uv ``` However, pip can also be used: ```bash pip install uv ``` > Note: uv ships with prebuilt distributions (wheels) for many platforms; if a wheel is not available for a given platform, uv will be built from source, which requires a Rust toolchain. See the contributing setup guide for details on building uv from source. ## Claude Code Now, we can install Claude Code. Run the following command in your terminal to install Claude Code. ```bash npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code ``` > Install from brew is also available, but it is still in beta. > ```bash > brew install --cask claude-code > ``` Then, you can use `claude` in any terminal to start Claude Code, you can enjoy it now. ## Stata-MCP Stata-MCP will be one of the tool in your Claude Code, so we should install it in Claude Code, it is more easy to install it. ```bash export STATA_MCP_CWD=$(pwd) claude mcp add stata-mcp uvx stata-mcp ```