# My UV MCP Server
This is a simple **Model Context Protocol (MCP) server** built using Python and the `uv` package manager.
It demonstrates creating a basic MCP server with tools and connecting it to **Claude Desktop**.
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## Quick Start
Follow these steps to set up and run the MCP server:
| Step | Command | Description |
| ---- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| 1 | `uv init my-mcp-server` | Create new Python MCP project |
| 2 | `uv add mcp[cli]` | Add MCP SDK with CLI |
| 3 | `source venv/bin/activate` | Activate virtual environment |
| 4 | `server.py` | Write your server code |
| 5 | `mcp dev server.py` | Test and debug MCP server |
| 6 | `mcp install server.py` | Add it to Claude Desktop |
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## 1. Create the MCP Server
Create a file `server.py` with the following code:
```python
from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
mcp = FastMCP("My UV MCP Server")
@mcp.tool()
def greet(name: str) -> str:
"""Return a greeting message."""
return f"Hello, {name}! đź‘‹"
if __name__ == "__main__":
mcp.run()
```