@standardbeagle/mcp-debug

MCP Debug

A debugging and development tool for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Installation

# Run directly with npx (recommended)
npx @standardbeagle/mcp-debug --help

# Or install globally
npm install -g @standardbeagle/mcp-debug
mcp-debug --help

Features

• Hot-Swap Development - Replace server binaries without disconnecting MCP clients
• Session Recording & Playback - Record JSON-RPC traffic for debugging and testing
• Development Proxy - Multi-server aggregation with tool prefixing
• Dynamic Server Management - Add/remove servers at runtime

Quick Start

# Start proxy with config
npx @standardbeagle/mcp-debug --proxy --config config.yaml

# Record a session
npx @standardbeagle/mcp-debug --proxy --config config.yaml --record session.jsonl

# Playback recorded requests
npx @standardbeagle/mcp-debug --playback-client session.jsonl | ./your-mcp-server

Programmatic Usage

const { binaryPath } = require("@standardbeagle/mcp-debug");
const { spawn } = require("child_process");

const child = spawn(binaryPath, ["--proxy", "--config", "config.yaml"]);

Documentation

See the GitHub repository for full documentation.

License

MIT License