mcp-toolbox: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

mcp-toolbox CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from im-girisankar/mcp-toolbox. It costs 214 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for developing mcp-toolbox, a Python project with a registry of small tools and a command-line server. They describe its layout, development commands, and how to add a tool.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to install the project, run linting and tests, or register a new tool in the toolbox.
Why use it?
They reduce uncertainty about where code belongs and which checks to run when extending the project.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is im-girisankar/mcp-toolbox's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on mcp-toolbox itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything mcp-toolbox configures →

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What it actually says

mcp-toolbox working notes

Architecture

  • src/mcp_toolbox/registry.py — central tool registry (dict + decorator)
  • src/mcp_toolbox/tools/ — individual tool modules, auto-register on import
  • src/mcp_toolbox/server.py — MCP stdio server; lazy-imports mcp.server.fastmcp.FastMCP; requires [server] extra (pip install 'mcp-toolbox[server]')
  • src/mcp_toolbox/config.py — ToolboxConfig dataclass + YAML loader
  • src/mcp_toolbox/cli.py — argparse CLI: serve / list / dump

Dev workflow

pip install -e ".[dev]"
ruff check src tests
pytest -q

Adding a new tool

  1. Create src/mcp_toolbox/tools/my_tool.py
  2. Decorate with @register("my_tool")
  3. Import in src/mcp_toolbox/tools/__init__.py
Changes

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