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# Hide MCP server
A MCP server for Hide – headless IDE.
## Components
### Tools
The server implements two tools adapted from [Anthropic's computer-use-demo](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-quickstarts/tree/main/computer-use-demo/computer_use_demo/tools):
#### Text Editor
For viewing and editing files. Features file viewing with line numbers, directory listing, file creation, string replacement with exact matching, line insertion, and edit history.
#### Bash
A persistent bash shell with support for common Linux/Python packages, background processes and automatic output truncation.
## Quickstart
### Install
#### Claude Desktop
On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
<details>
<summary>Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration</summary>
```
"mcpServers": {
"hide-mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/hide-mcp",
"run",
"hide-mcp"
]
}
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Published Servers Configuration</summary>
```
"mcpServers": {
"hide-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"hide-mcp"
]
}
}
```
</details>
## Development
### Building and Publishing
To prepare the package for distribution:
1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:
```bash
uv sync
```
2. Build package distributions:
```bash
uv build
```
This will create source and wheel distributions in the `dist/` directory.
3. Publish to PyPI:
```bash
uv publish
```
Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
- Token: `--token` or `UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN`
- Or username/password: `--username`/`UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME` and `--password`/`UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD`
### Packaging
To package the service into a standalone executable:
```bash
uv run pyinstaller hide-mcp.spec
```
This will create a standalone executable in the `dist/` directory.
### Debugging
Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging
experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector).
You can launch the MCP Inspector via [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) with this command:
```bash
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/hide-mcp run hide-mcp
```
Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.