Add MCP servers in Claude Code

claude mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp@latest
claude mcp add my_server -- python /path/to/server.py <args>

claude mcp add localmcp -- python3 /mnt/c/tools/mcp_server.py

All of these are stdio mcps, there is another type: http mcp with different syntax

– (two minus) is an argument separator

after add keyword is the name of the mcp server (can be any name)

after python script you can add arguments to that script (args)

To view all mcps:

claude mcp list

To remove an mcp:

claude mcp remove mcpname