# Install
npm install @thirdstrandstudio/mcp-tool-chainer

# Or use with npx directly
npx -y @thirdstrandstudio/mcp-tool-chainer

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/thirdstrandstudio/mcp-tool-chainer.git
cd mcp-tool-chainer

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the package
npm run build

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp_tool_chainer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@thirdstrandstudio/mcp-tool-chainer", "`claude_desktop_config.json` or `mcp.json`"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp_tool_chainer": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp-tool-chainer/dist/index.js", "`claude_desktop_config.json` or `mcp.json`"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

// Fetch a webpage and then extract specific content with XPath
const result = await callTool("mcp_chain", { 
  "mcpPath": [
    {
      "toolName": "mcp_browser_mcp_fetch_url",
      "toolArgs": "{\"url\": \"https://example.com\"}"
    },
    {
      "toolName": "mcp_xpath_xpath",
      "toolArgs": "{\"xml\": CHAIN_RESULT, \"query\": \"//h1\"}"
    }
  ]
});

// Fetch a webpage, extract specific content with XPath, then extract part of the result
const result = await callTool("mcp_chain", { 
  "mcpPath": [
    {
      "toolName": "mcp_fetch_fetch",
      "toolArgs": "{\"url\": \"https://api.example.com/data\"}"
    },
    {
      "toolName": "web_search",
      "toolArgs": "{\"search_term\": CHAIN_RESULT}",
      "inputPath": "$.results[0].title",     // Extract only the first result's title from previous output
      "outputPath": "$.snippets[*].text"     // Extract only the text snippets from the search results
    },
    {
      "toolName": "another_tool",
      "toolArgs": "{\"content\": CHAIN_RESULT}"
    }
  ]
});

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the server
node dist/index.js config.json

# List available tools
node dist/index.js config.json discover_tools