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App-MCP-CLI-v0.0.1
/ App::MCP::CLI

NAME

App::MCP::CLI - Command line interface for MCP servers

VERSION

Version v0.0.1

SYNOPSIS

# Install and run via the bundled script
mcpcli list
mcpcli call <tool_name> [key=value ...]
mcpcli interactive --server myserver

DESCRIPTION

App::MCP::CLI is a Perl implementation of a command-line client for servers that implement the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a JSON-RPC 2.0-based protocol for exposing callable "tools" to AI agents and other automation clients.

The distribution provides five sub-commands:

  • list - enumerate all tools advertised by an MCP server.

  • call - invoke a specific tool, passing arguments inline or through an interactive prompt when none are supplied.

  • interactive (alias: chat) - start an agent-style REPL that routes natural-language queries through a local LLM (currently Ollama) to the appropriate MCP tool and streams the results back.

  • servers - show the servers defined in the configuration file.

  • version - print the installed version.

Both stdio servers and HTTP/SSE servers are supported by every command that talks to a server (list, call, chat), through the shared App::MCP::CLI::Client.

CONFIGURATION

Sub-command options (server path, LLM provider, model, config file) are documented under each command's --help output. See also App::MCP::CLI::Command::interactive for the JSON configuration file format.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Mohammad Sajid Anwar, <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com>

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/manwar/App-MCP-CLI

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at https://github.com/manwar/App-MCP-CLI/issues. I will be notified and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc App::MCP::CLI

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2026 Mohammad Sajid Anwar.

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