PixInsight Connector MCP Server

io.github.mxcoppell/pixinsight-connector

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What is the PixInsight Connector MCP server?

Operate PixInsight from any MCP agent. Community project, not affiliated with Pleiades Astrophoto

How to install PixInsight Connector

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

PIXINSIGHT_BIN
Path to the PixInsight executable. When unset, the default install location for the OS is used.
PIXINSIGHT_DIR
PixInsight install root, from which the executable and its resources are derived. When unset, the default install location for the OS is used.
PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS
Comma-separated tool packs to load: pack directories and .mjs files (an npm package by the path to its folder). Empty: no packs.
PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART
0 stops the connector from starting PixInsight when a tool call finds it not running.
PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE
The target folder the tools work in (session files in its agentic folder, results in its output folder). When unset, the folder the connector was started in; the set_workspace tool overrides both.
PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE
Where the connector's session files (scratch, bridge, logs) go, resolved against the target folder. When unset, <target>/agentic.
PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG
0 turns off the per-session call logs in <target>/agentic/logs.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixinsight-connector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pixinsight-connector"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXINSIGHT_BIN": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_BIN>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_DIR": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_DIR>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG": "<YOUR_PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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