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What is the io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server?

Bridge Codex and other MCP clients with Anthropic Claude Code CLI for read-only second opinions

How to install io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL

    Default Claude model alias or full model name (default: opus)

  • ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL

    Claude CLI fallback when the default is overloaded or unavailable (default: sonnet)

  • ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS

    Timeout for Claude CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 600000 = 10 minutes)

  • GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL

    Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error (default: warn)

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ask-claude": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add ask-claude --env ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL=<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL> --env ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL=<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL> --env ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS=<YOUR_ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS> --env GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @ask-llm/claude-mcp

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