Forge MCP MCP Server

Name: Forge MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.frmoded

io.github.frmoded/forge-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the Forge MCP MCP server?

MCP server + tools for the Forge E-- generative-music authoring loop (compile / run / commit).

How to install Forge MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL
Base URL of the forge-transpile service. Provides /catalog, /compile, /run, /resolve-slot endpoints backing the read/author tools.
FORGE_VAULT_PATH
Local vault directory used by forge_read_notes_in_vault + forge_commit_recipe. Must exist and be writable.
FORGE_MCP_BEARER
required
secret
Bearer token forwarded to forge-transpile. Rotate by updating FORGE_TRANSPILE_SECRET on the upstream service and re-setting this. Dev fallback only when clients don't set Authorization on each request.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forge-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "forge-recipe-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL": "<YOUR_FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL>",
        "FORGE_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_FORGE_VAULT_PATH>",
        "FORGE_MCP_BEARER": "<YOUR_FORGE_MCP_BEARER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forge-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "forge-recipe-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL": "<YOUR_FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL>",
        "FORGE_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_FORGE_VAULT_PATH>",
        "FORGE_MCP_BEARER": "<YOUR_FORGE_MCP_BEARER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forge-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "forge-recipe-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL": "<YOUR_FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL>",
        "FORGE_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_FORGE_VAULT_PATH>",
        "FORGE_MCP_BEARER": "<YOUR_FORGE_MCP_BEARER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "forge-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "forge-recipe-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL": "<YOUR_FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL>",
        "FORGE_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_FORGE_VAULT_PATH>",
        "FORGE_MCP_BEARER": "<YOUR_FORGE_MCP_BEARER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add forge-mcp --env FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL=<YOUR_FORGE_TRANSPILE_URL> --env FORGE_VAULT_PATH=<YOUR_FORGE_VAULT_PATH> --env FORGE_MCP_BEARER=<YOUR_FORGE_MCP_BEARER> -- uvx forge-recipe-mcp