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Helmdeck MCP Server

io.github.tosin2013/helmdeck

What is the Helmdeck MCP server?

Self-hosted MCP server: sandboxed browser, desktop, vision, code-edit packs for any agent.

How to install Helmdeck

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

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

    Base URL of your helmdeck control plane (e.g. http://localhost:3000 for a local Compose install, or your reverse-proxied https URL)

  • HELMDECK_TOKEN
    required
    secret

    JWT bearer token minted from your helmdeck control plane. Generate with: curl -X POST $HELMDECK_URL/api/v1/auth/login -d '{"username":"admin","password":"..."}'

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helmdeck": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@helmdeck/mcp-bridge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HELMDECK_URL": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_URL>",
        "HELMDECK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helmdeck": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@helmdeck/mcp-bridge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HELMDECK_URL": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_URL>",
        "HELMDECK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helmdeck": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@helmdeck/mcp-bridge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HELMDECK_URL": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_URL>",
        "HELMDECK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "helmdeck": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@helmdeck/mcp-bridge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HELMDECK_URL": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_URL>",
        "HELMDECK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HELMDECK_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add helmdeck --env HELMDECK_URL=<YOUR_HELMDECK_URL> --env HELMDECK_TOKEN=<YOUR_HELMDECK_TOKEN> -- npx -y @helmdeck/mcp-bridge

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