# mcp-installer - A MCP Server to install MCP Servers
This server is a server that installs other MCP servers for you. Install it, and you can ask Claude to install MCP servers hosted in npm or PyPi for you. Requires `npx` and `uv` to be installed for node and Python servers respectively.
### How to install:
Put this into your `claude_desktop_config.json` (either at `~/Library/Application Support/Claude` on macOS or `C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\Claude` on Windows):
```json
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-installer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@anaisbetts/mcp-installer"
]
}
}
```
### Example prompts
> Hey Claude, install the MCP server named mcp-server-fetch
> Hey Claude, install the @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem package as an MCP server. Use ['/Users/anibetts/Desktop'] for the arguments
> Hi Claude, please install the MCP server at /Users/anibetts/code/mcp-youtube, I'm too lazy to do it myself.
> Install the server @modelcontextprotocol/server-github. Set the environment variable GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN to '1234567890'