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🚀 Obox MCP: Project Setup & Integration

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This guide explains how to install and integrate Obox MCP into your coding environment.

Obox MCP is a comprehensive development toolkit designed to supercharge your IDE. It provides:

• Project Automation: Manage dependencies and run tasks with just.

• Language Tools: Manage Node.js, Python, and .NET environments.

• File System: Advanced file search and navigation with fd and ripgrep.

• System Utilities: Cross-platform installers and shell integration.

🆚 Why Obox MCP?

❌ Without Obox MCP

LLMs are isolated execution environments. They cannot see your system or run code. You get:

• ❌ Manual Execution: The AI code suggests commands, but you have to switch to the terminal to run them.

• ❌ Blind Guessing: The AI hallucinates file paths or project structures it can't see.

• ❌ Outdated Context: You have to manually copy-paste file contents for the AI to understand your project.

✅ With Obox MCP

Obox MCP gives your AI agent hands and eyes. It can autonomously run commands, manage files, and navigate your project without you lifting a finger.

Add use obox to your prompt:

"Find all Python files containing 'TODO' and list their locations."

"Initialize a new FastAPI project, install dependencies, and run the server."

Obox MCP fetches real-time project info, executes complex build tasks, and manages your environment directly. No tab-switching, no manual copy-pasting, just results.

Related MCP server: Nexus-MCP

🛠 Prerequisites

Obox MCP is optimized to run using Astral uv. Ensure you have uv installed on your system:

# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows (PowerShell)
powershell -c "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Force"
powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

🔌 Client Configuration

Cursor MCP docs

Cursor Configuration

1. Go to: Settings -> Cursor Settings -> General -> MCP -> Add new global MCP server.

2. Paste the following configuration into your Cursor ~/.cursor/mcp.json file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obox": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--project",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code MCP docs

VS Code Configuration

1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P).

2. Type: MCP: Open User Configuration.

3. Paste the content into the file.

{
  "servers": {
    "obox": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--project",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code MCP docs

CLI Command

Run the following command in your terminal to add the MCP server:

claude mcp add obox -- uv run --project /absolute/path/to/obox /absolute/path/to/obox/main.py

Manual Configuration (Claude Desktop)

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obox": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--project",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Antigravity MCP docs

Antigravity Configuration

1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P).

2. Type: Antigravity: Manage MCP Servers.

3. Click View Raw Config.

4. Paste the content into the file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obox": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--project",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox",
        "/absolute/path/to/obox/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Important Tips

Add a Rule

To avoid typing use obox in every prompt, add a rule to your MCP client to automatically invoke Obox tools for development tasks.

Recommendation: Copy the content of .github/copilot-instructions.md into:

• Cursor: Cursor Settings > Rules

• Claude Code: CLAUDE.md

• Other Clients: The equivalent system prompt or rules setting.