MCP Server

io.github.xiaolai/claude-octopus MCP Server

Name: io.github.xiaolai/claude-octopus MCP Server
Author: io.github.xiaolai

io.github.xiaolai/claude-octopus

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What is the io.github.xiaolai/claude-octopus MCP server?

Spawn multiple specialized Claude Code agents as MCP servers, each independently configured.

How to install io.github.xiaolai/claude-octopus

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
secret
Anthropic API key (leave unset to inherit from parent process)
CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME
Tool name prefix (default: claude_code)
CLAUDE_MODEL
Model: sonnet, opus, haiku, or full ID
CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE
Permission mode: default, acceptEdits, bypassPermissions, plan
CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS
Comma-separated list of available tools (e.g. Read,Grep,Glob for read-only)
CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT
Additional system prompt appended to the default
CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY
Set to true to expose only the factory wizard tool

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME>",
        "CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE>",
        "CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS>",
        "CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT>",
        "CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME>",
        "CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE>",
        "CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS>",
        "CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT>",
        "CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME>",
        "CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE>",
        "CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS>",
        "CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT>",
        "CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME>",
        "CLAUDE_MODEL": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE>",
        "CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS>",
        "CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT>",
        "CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY": "<YOUR_CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add claude-octopus --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> --env CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME=<YOUR_CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME> --env CLAUDE_MODEL=<YOUR_CLAUDE_MODEL> --env CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE=<YOUR_CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE> --env CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS=<YOUR_CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS> --env CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT=<YOUR_CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT> --env CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY=<YOUR_CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY> -- npx -y claude-octopus

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