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ask-claude

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Bridge Codex and other MCP clients with Anthropic Claude Code CLI for read-only second opinions

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)
Env varsASK_CLAUDE_MODEL ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL
Claude Code
claude mcp add --env ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL= --env ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL= --env ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS= --env GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL= ask-claude -- npx @ask-llm/claude-mcp
Cursor

Add to Cursor

If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"ask-claude","command":"npx","args":["@ask-llm/claude-mcp"],"env":{"ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL":"","ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL":"","ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS":"","GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL":""}}'
JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.