@himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub

@himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub

Unified MCP (Model Context Protocol) Hub for managing multiple MCP servers. Works with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code and other MCP-compatible tools.

Quick Start

# Initialize configuration
npx @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub init

# Start server in STDIO mode (for Claude Code)
# NOTE: STDIO mode requires a config file path
npx @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub serve --stdio --config ./hatago.config.json

# Start server in HTTP mode (for development/debugging)
npx @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub serve --http --port 3535

Installation

As a Command Line Tool (Recommended)

# Use directly with npx (no installation needed)
npx @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub init
# STDIO requires config
npx @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub serve --stdio --config ./hatago.config.json
# Or HTTP without config (for demo/dev)
npx @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub serve --http

# Or install globally
npm install -g @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub
hatago init
hatago serve

As a Project Dependency

npm install @himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub

Commands

hatago init

Create a default configuration file with interactive mode selection:

hatago init                    # Interactive mode selection
hatago init --mode stdio       # Create config for STDIO mode
hatago init --mode http        # Create config for StreamableHTTP mode
hatago init --force            # Overwrite existing config

hatago serve

Start the MCP Hub server:

hatago serve --stdio --config ./hatago.config.json  # STDIO mode (default, requires config)
hatago serve --http                                 # HTTP mode (config optional)
hatago serve --config custom.json  # Use custom config file
hatago serve --verbose         # Enable debug logging
hatago serve --env-file ./.env # Load variables from .env before start (can repeat)
hatago serve --env-override    # Override existing process.env with values from env-file(s)

Environment Variables from Files

--env-file <path...> loads environment variables from one or more files before configuration is parsed. This allows ${VAR} and ${VAR:-default} placeholders in hatago.config.json to resolve without exporting variables manually.

• Supports lines like KEY=VALUE, export KEY=VALUE, comments starting with #, and empty lines.
• Quotes are stripped from values; \n, \r, \t escapes are expanded.
• Relative paths are resolved from the current working directory; ~/ is expanded to the home directory.
• By default, existing process.env keys are preserved. Use --env-override to overwrite.

Examples:

hatago serve --http --env-file ./.env
hatago serve --http --env-file ./base.env ./secrets.env
hatago serve --http --env-file ./local.env --env-override

Usage with MCP Clients

Terminology: In this document, "HTTP mode" refers to the MCP SDK's StreamableHTTP transport. We mention "StreamableHTTP" only once here for clarity; elsewhere we say "HTTP mode". [ISA]

STDIO Mode

Claude Code, Gemini CLI

Add to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hatago": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub",
        "serve",
        "--stdio",
        "--config",
        "./hatago.config.json"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI

Add to your ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.hatago]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub", "serve", "--stdio", "--config", "./hatago.config.json"]

HTTP Mode (StreamableHTTP transport)

Claude Code, Gemini CLI

Add to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hatago": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3535/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI

Add to your ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.hatago]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-remote", "http://localhost:3535/mcp"]

Note: Codex CLI connects via STDIO; use mcp-remote to bridge HTTP endpoints.

MCP Inspector

Start in HTTP mode and connect:

hatago serve --http --port 3535

# Connect MCP Inspector to:
# - Endpoint: http://localhost:3535/mcp

### Metrics (opt-in)

Enable lightweight metrics and expose an endpoint (HTTP mode only):

```bash
HATAGO_METRICS=1 hatago serve --http --port 3535
# Then visit: http://localhost:3535/metrics

JSON logs can be enabled with HATAGO_LOG=json (respects HATAGO_LOG_LEVEL).

## Configuration

### Basic Configuration

Create a `hatago.config.json`:

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub/main/schemas/config.schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "logLevel": "info",
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/tmp"]
    },
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Remote Server Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepwiki": {
      "url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/sse",
      "type": "sse"
    },
    "custom-api": {
      "url": "https://api.example.com/mcp",
      "type": "http",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration Inheritance

Hatago supports configuration inheritance through the extends field:

{
  "extends": "~/.hatago/base.config.json",
  "mcpServers": {
    "local-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["./server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Features:

• Single or multiple parent configs: "extends": ["./base1.json", "./base2.json"]
• Path resolution: Supports ~ for home directory, relative and absolute paths
• Deep merging: Child values override parent values
• Environment variable deletion: Use null to remove inherited env vars

Example with env override:

{
  "extends": "~/.hatago/global.json",
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${WORK_GITHUB_TOKEN}",
        "DEBUG": null
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

Hatago supports Claude Code-compatible environment variable expansion:

• ${VAR} - Expands to the value of VAR (error if undefined)
• ${VAR:-default} - Uses default value if VAR is undefined

Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api-server": {
      "url": "${API_URL:-https://api.example.com}/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Features

🎯 Core Features

• Unified Interface: Single endpoint for multiple MCP servers
• Tool Name Management: Automatic collision avoidance with prefixing
• Session Management: Independent sessions for multiple AI clients
• Multi-Transport: STDIO, HTTP, SSE support

🔄 Dynamic Updates

• Configuration: Requires restart (use nodemon/PM2 for auto-restart; see Operations in docs/configuration.md)
• Tool List Updates: Dynamic tool registration with notifications/tools/list_changed
• Progress Notifications: Real-time operation updates from child servers

🧩 Built-in Internal Resource

• hatago://servers: Returns a JSON snapshot of currently connected servers and their basic details.

🚀 Developer Experience

• Zero Configuration (HTTP mode): Works out of the box without a config file
• Interactive Setup: Guided configuration with hatago init
• NPX Ready: No installation required for basic usage
• Multi-Runtime: Supports Node.js and Cloudflare Workers (Bun/Deno: WIP)

Programmatic Usage

Node.js API

import { startServer } from '@himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub';

// Start server programmatically
await startServer({
  mode: 'stdio',
  config: './hatago.config.json',
  logLevel: 'info'
});

Creating Custom Hub

import { createHub } from '@himorishige/hatago-mcp-hub';

const hub = createHub({
  mcpServers: {
    memory: {
      command: 'npx',
      args: ['@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory']
    }
  }
});

// Use hub directly in your application
const tools = await hub.listTools();

Architecture

Hatago uses a modular architecture with platform abstraction:

Client (Claude Code, etc.)
    ↓
Hatago Hub (Router + Registry)
    ↓
MCP Servers (Local, NPX, Remote)

Supported MCP Servers

Local Servers (via command)

• Any executable MCP server
• Python, Node.js, or binary servers
• Custom scripts with MCP protocol

NPX Servers (via npx)

• @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem
• @modelcontextprotocol/server-github
• @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory
• Any npm-published MCP server

Remote Servers (via HTTP/SSE)

• DeepWiki MCP (https://mcp.deepwiki.com/sse)
• Any HTTP-based MCP endpoint
• Custom API servers with MCP protocol

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

• "No onNotification handler set" warning

  • This is normal in HTTP mode when using StreamableHTTP transport
  • The hub automatically handles notifications appropriately

• Server connection failures

  • Check environment variables are set correctly
  • Verify remote server URLs are accessible
  • Review logs with --verbose flag

• Tool name collisions

  • Hatago automatically prefixes tools with server ID
  • Original tool names are preserved in the hub

Debug Mode

Enable verbose logging for troubleshooting:

hatago serve --verbose

Version History

• v0.0.4 - Config inheritance, timeouts schema, security hardening, docs/tests updates
• v0.0.3 - Docs and examples update
• v0.0.2 - Tag-based server filtering with multi-language support
• v0.0.1 - Initial lightweight release with full MCP support

License

MIT License

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see our GitHub repository for more information.

Links

• npm Package
• GitHub Repository
• MCP Protocol Specification