sift MCP Server

io.github.slymnysr/sift

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What is the sift MCP server?

Runs a command, keeps every byte on disk, returns only the lines that matter

How to install sift

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

NVIDIA_API_KEY
secret
A free NVIDIA NIM key. Optional: without one every tool still runs the command, still keeps every byte, and still returns the exit code -- what is lost is the model's choice of lines, not the output. Also read from ~/.config/nvidia/api_key.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sift": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sift-cli",
        "--from",
        "sift-cli[mcp]",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NVIDIA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NVIDIA_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}