Npm Search MCP Server

🚀 npm Search MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows you to search for npm packages by invoking the npm search command.

🚀 Quick Start

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables you to search for npm packages by using the npm search command.

✨ Features

Available Tools

• search_npm_packages - Search for npm packages.
  • Required parameters:
    • query (string): Search query.

📦 Installation

Install with Smithery

Automatically install npm search for Claude Desktop via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install npm-search-mcp-server --client claude

Install with NPM (Recommended)

Alternatively, you can install npm-search-mcp-server via npm:

npm install -g npm-search-mcp-server

After installation, you can run it using the following command:

npm-search-mcp-server

Install with uv

When using uv, no specific installation is required. We'll use uvx to directly run npm-search-mcp-server.

📚 Documentation

Configuration

Configure for Claude.app

Add the following to your Claude settings:

Configure for Zed

Add the following to your Zed settings.json:

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

1. Search for npm packages:

{
  "name": "search_npm_packages",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "express"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "express",
      "description": "Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework",
      "version": "4.17.1",
      "author": "TJ Holowaychuk",
      "license": "MIT"
    }
  ]
}

🔧 Technical Details

Required Permissions

This tool requires the following permissions:

• Read network content - Used to connect to the npm registry and search for package information.