# JSON MCP

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The **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** server empowers **LLMs** to efficiently interact with JSON files. With JSON MCP, you can **split**, **merge**, and **find specific data**, **validate** within JSON files based on defined conditions.

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## 🌟 Key Features

✅ **Fast and lightweight**  
✅ **LLM-friendly functionality**

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## 🎥 Demo

Below is a demo showcasing the `split` functionality:

![Demo: Split JSON](./assets/split-demo.gif)

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## 🔧 Use Cases (Tools)

### 1. **`split`**

Split a JSON file into a specified number of objects.

> **Note:** The file path must be provided.

**Prompt Example:**

```plaintext
Split JSON file from /Users/json-mcp/tests/merged.json
5 objects per file
```

### 2. **`merge`**

Merge JSON files into a one JSON file

> **Note:** The folder path should be provided

**Prompt Example:**

```plaintext
Merge json files from /Users/json-mcp/tests
```

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### ⚙️ Configuration

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#### VS Code Manual Configuration

To configure the JSON MCP server manually in VS Code, update the **User Settings (JSON)** file:

```json
{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "json-mcp-server": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["json-mcp-server@latest"]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### Installation in VS Code

You can install the JSON MCP server using the VS Code CLI:

```bash
# For VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"json-mcp-server","command":"npx","args": ["json-mcp-server@latest"]}'
```

After installation, the JSON MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code.

#### Claude Desktop

To install json-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@VadimNastoyashchy/json-mcp):

```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @VadimNastoyashchy/json-mcp --client claude
```

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### ⚙️ Installation Server

#### Install globally

```bash
npm install -g json-mcp-server@latest
```

#### Run after global installation

```bash
json-mcp-server
```

#### Using npx with latest version (recommended)

```bash
npx json-mcp-server@latest
```