mcptools 0.2.0 is on CRAN! mcptools implements the Model Context Protocol in #rstats, allowing ellmer users to share context and tools more easily between LLM applications.
Read more: github.com/posit-dev/mc...
Read more: github.com/posit-dev/mc...
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
mcptools 0.2.0 is on CRAN! mcptools implements the Model Context Protocol in #rstats, allowing ellmer users to share context and tools more easily between LLM applications.
Read more: github.com/posit-dev/mc...
Read more: github.com/posit-dev/mc...
I sincerely apologize for the mcptools package not having a cute lil feller on its hex sticker in its first release. This will be corrected in the next #rstats CRAN release!!!
posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I sincerely apologize for the mcptools package not having a cute lil feller on its hex sticker in its first release. This will be corrected in the next #rstats CRAN release!!!
posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
🚀 MCP Tools has a new logo!
Big thanks to @fatih.co for the awesome design!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
Try it out on macOS:
brew tap f/mcptools
brew install mcp
Big thanks to @fatih.co for the awesome design!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
Try it out on macOS:
brew tap f/mcptools
brew install mcp
April 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🚀 MCP Tools has a new logo!
Big thanks to @fatih.co for the awesome design!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
Try it out on macOS:
brew tap f/mcptools
brew install mcp
Big thanks to @fatih.co for the awesome design!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
Try it out on macOS:
brew tap f/mcptools
brew install mcp
A new release of mcptools, an #rstats package implementing the Model Context Protocol, is now on CRAN! It's a patch release with several security-oriented fixes. github.com/posit-dev/mc...
Release mcptools 1.0.1 · posit-dev/mcptools
This release includes several security-oriented fixes, in addition to a couple quality of life improvements for multi-user and multi-session workspaces:
The server now chooses its R session at too...
github.com
July 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A new release of mcptools, an #rstats package implementing the Model Context Protocol, is now on CRAN! It's a patch release with several security-oriented fixes. github.com/posit-dev/mc...
mcptools 1.0.0, an R SDK for the Model Context Protocol, is now on #rstats CRAN! This release introduces complete auth support for remote MCP servers, deployment on Posit Connect, and images in tool results.
opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
mcptools 1.0.0
The first major release of mcptools, an R SDK for the Model Context Protocol, is now on CRAN.
opensource.posit.co
July 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
mcptools 1.0.0, an R SDK for the Model Context Protocol, is now on #rstats CRAN! This release introduces complete auth support for remote MCP servers, deployment on Posit Connect, and images in tool results.
opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
🚀 MCPTools is working on Windows too 🥰
Just install Go and run `go install github.com/f/mcptools/cmd/mcptools@latest`
Just install Go and run `go install github.com/f/mcptools/cmd/mcptools@latest`
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚀 MCPTools is working on Windows too 🥰
Just install Go and run `go install github.com/f/mcptools/cmd/mcptools@latest`
Just install Go and run `go install github.com/f/mcptools/cmd/mcptools@latest`
mcptools, a package implementing the Model Context Protocol in #rstats, is now on CRAN!🌉
We see significant opportunity with MCP and, at the same time, want to note that it's still a nascent ecosystem with serious security risks. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
We see significant opportunity with MCP and, at the same time, want to note that it's still a nascent ecosystem with serious security risks. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
R and the Model Context Protocol
The newly released mcptools package makes coding assistants better at writing R code and applications built with ellmer more powerful.
www.tidyverse.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
mcptools, a package implementing the Model Context Protocol in #rstats, is now on CRAN!🌉
We see significant opportunity with MCP and, at the same time, want to note that it's still a nascent ecosystem with serious security risks. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
We see significant opportunity with MCP and, at the same time, want to note that it's still a nascent ecosystem with serious security risks. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My latest open source toolset MCPTools just hit ⭐️ 150+ stars on @github.com, and people are really loving it!
I’m hopeful it’ll become one of the best utilities for inspecting and debugging MCP servers 🥹
github.com/f/mcptools
I’m hopeful it’ll become one of the best utilities for inspecting and debugging MCP servers 🥹
github.com/f/mcptools
GitHub - f/mcptools: A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport.
A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport. - f/mcptools
github.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My latest open source toolset MCPTools just hit ⭐️ 150+ stars on @github.com, and people are really loving it!
I’m hopeful it’ll become one of the best utilities for inspecting and debugging MCP servers 🥹
github.com/f/mcptools
I’m hopeful it’ll become one of the best utilities for inspecting and debugging MCP servers 🥹
github.com/f/mcptools
I’m trying to create a cool logo for github.com/f/mcptools using ChatGPT / Sora, but haven’t come up with anything convincing yet.
If anyone can design a great one, I’ll happily replace the current logo with it! 😌
If anyone can design a great one, I’ll happily replace the current logo with it! 😌
GitHub - f/mcptools: A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport.
A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport. - f/mcptools
github.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’m trying to create a cool logo for github.com/f/mcptools using ChatGPT / Sora, but haven’t come up with anything convincing yet.
If anyone can design a great one, I’ll happily replace the current logo with it! 😌
If anyone can design a great one, I’ll happily replace the current logo with it! 😌
mcptools just hit 300 stars 🌟!
Huge thanks to everyone who’s using it, giving feedback, and contributing.
The goal is to make it a truly great development tool for everyone. Thanks for being part of the journey! 🚀🙌
github.com/f/mcptools
Huge thanks to everyone who’s using it, giving feedback, and contributing.
The goal is to make it a truly great development tool for everyone. Thanks for being part of the journey! 🚀🙌
github.com/f/mcptools
April 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
mcptools just hit 300 stars 🌟!
Huge thanks to everyone who’s using it, giving feedback, and contributing.
The goal is to make it a truly great development tool for everyone. Thanks for being part of the journey! 🚀🙌
github.com/f/mcptools
Huge thanks to everyone who’s using it, giving feedback, and contributing.
The goal is to make it a truly great development tool for everyone. Thanks for being part of the journey! 🚀🙌
github.com/f/mcptools
Despite claims that "R is dead" on social media, 2025 has been an incredible year for #rstats:
💻 {ellmer} wrapping LLM APIs;
💻 {mcptools} & {mcpr} implementing MCP connections for R;
💻 Native parallel processing in {purrr} via {mirai}
What else are you excited about?
💻 {ellmer} wrapping LLM APIs;
💻 {mcptools} & {mcpr} implementing MCP connections for R;
💻 Native parallel processing in {purrr} via {mirai}
What else are you excited about?
July 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Despite claims that "R is dead" on social media, 2025 has been an incredible year for #rstats:
💻 {ellmer} wrapping LLM APIs;
💻 {mcptools} & {mcpr} implementing MCP connections for R;
💻 Native parallel processing in {purrr} via {mirai}
What else are you excited about?
💻 {ellmer} wrapping LLM APIs;
💻 {mcptools} & {mcpr} implementing MCP connections for R;
💻 Native parallel processing in {purrr} via {mirai}
What else are you excited about?
Read more on GitHub repo: github.com/f/mcptools/b...
github.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Read more on GitHub repo: github.com/f/mcptools/b...
📢 I'm excited to share MCP Tools - an open-source CLI I built to solve my own struggles with testing Model Context Protocol servers. If you're working with MCPs, this might make your life easier too. Simple and interactive.
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
GitHub - f/mcptools: A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport.
A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport. - f/mcptools
github.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📢 I'm excited to share MCP Tools - an open-source CLI I built to solve my own struggles with testing Model Context Protocol servers. If you're working with MCPs, this might make your life easier too. Simple and interactive.
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
4 MCPs worth installing before your next Claude or Codex build: context.dev, Chrome DevTools, Supabase, and Vercel. Current docs, live testing, real data, auto-deploy. The system handles the build from brief to production
#MCPTools #AIBuilder
#MCPTools #AIBuilder
September 25, 2026 at 1:42 AM
4 MCPs worth installing before your next Claude or Codex build: context.dev, Chrome DevTools, Supabase, and Vercel. Current docs, live testing, real data, auto-deploy. The system handles the build from brief to production
#MCPTools #AIBuilder
#MCPTools #AIBuilder
For the early adopters of acquaint, a package implementing the Model Context Protocol in #rstats: the package has been renamed to mcptools and no longer exports btw's tools by default.
See the package website for more info posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
See the package website for more info posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
Model Context Protocol Server For Your R Sessions
Implements a model context protocol (MCP) server for your R sessions, allowing MCP-compatible apps like Claude Desktop and Claude Code to run R code in your active R sessions in order to better answer...
posit-dev.github.io
July 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For the early adopters of acquaint, a package implementing the Model Context Protocol in #rstats: the package has been renamed to mcptools and no longer exports btw's tools by default.
See the package website for more info posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
See the package website for more info posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/
mcptools 0.2.1 is now on #rstats CRAN! A patch release with a couple tightenings-up that should make MCP servers deployed with the package compatible with GitHub Copilot. github.com/posit-dev/mc...
Release mcptools 0.2.1 · posit-dev/mcptools
mcp_server() now ensures that inputSchema always includes a properties
field, even for tools with no arguments (#91 by @itkonen).
mcp_server() now negotiates the protocol version with clients, su...
github.com
March 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
mcptools 0.2.1 is now on #rstats CRAN! A patch release with a couple tightenings-up that should make MCP servers deployed with the package compatible with GitHub Copilot. github.com/posit-dev/mc...
🤘I’m on the GitHub Blog — again, within a month! 😂
My project github.com/f/mcptools is featured as one of the top 10 open-source AI projects on GitHub!
Read full post 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
My project github.com/f/mcptools is featured as one of the top 10 open-source AI projects on GitHub!
Read full post 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
April 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🤘I’m on the GitHub Blog — again, within a month! 😂
My project github.com/f/mcptools is featured as one of the top 10 open-source AI projects on GitHub!
Read full post 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
My project github.com/f/mcptools is featured as one of the top 10 open-source AI projects on GitHub!
Read full post 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
🚀 New post! (with a new mcptools version)
I wrote about the new feature in MCP Tools that lets you quickly spin up MCP server projects with a single command: `mcp new`. Skip the boilerplate and jump straight into what really matters.
I wrote about the new feature in MCP Tools that lets you quickly spin up MCP server projects with a single command: `mcp new`. Skip the boilerplate and jump straight into what really matters.
April 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🚀 New post! (with a new mcptools version)
I wrote about the new feature in MCP Tools that lets you quickly spin up MCP server projects with a single command: `mcp new`. Skip the boilerplate and jump straight into what really matters.
I wrote about the new feature in MCP Tools that lets you quickly spin up MCP server projects with a single command: `mcp new`. Skip the boilerplate and jump straight into what really matters.
This post demoes out both directions of the http protocol: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
mcptools 1.0.0
The first major release of mcptools, an R SDK for the Model Context Protocol, is now on CRAN.
opensource.posit.co
August 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM
This post demoes out both directions of the http protocol: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
🚀 New in the tidyverse: mcptools 0.1.0 introduces the Model Context Protocol—a powerful way to streamline model outputs in R!
🔗 Dive into the blog post: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
🔗 Dive into the blog post: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
R and the Model Context Protocol
The newly released mcptools package makes coding assistants better at writing R code and applications built with ellmer more powerful.
tidyverse.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🚀 New in the tidyverse: mcptools 0.1.0 introduces the Model Context Protocol—a powerful way to streamline model outputs in R!
🔗 Dive into the blog post: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
🔗 Dive into the blog post: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
⭐ MCP Tools just passed 400 stars!
It’s a CLI toolkit for MCP servers. Everything you need for MCP development in one place.
That’s why I love building open source: You create useful tools and get to see their impact right away!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
It’s a CLI toolkit for MCP servers. Everything you need for MCP development in one place.
That’s why I love building open source: You create useful tools and get to see their impact right away!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
April 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
⭐ MCP Tools just passed 400 stars!
It’s a CLI toolkit for MCP servers. Everything you need for MCP development in one place.
That’s why I love building open source: You create useful tools and get to see their impact right away!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
It’s a CLI toolkit for MCP servers. Everything you need for MCP development in one place.
That’s why I love building open source: You create useful tools and get to see their impact right away!
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
🫠 MCP server debugging just got way easier with mcp tools and its mocking features. I can now easily test tool-calling LLM apps using mock MCPs is so smooth! 🥰
Simply install and start testing now:
$ brew tap f/mcptools
$ brew install mcp
Simply install and start testing now:
$ brew tap f/mcptools
$ brew install mcp
March 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🫠 MCP server debugging just got way easier with mcp tools and its mocking features. I can now easily test tool-calling LLM apps using mock MCPs is so smooth! 🥰
Simply install and start testing now:
$ brew tap f/mcptools
$ brew install mcp
Simply install and start testing now:
$ brew tap f/mcptools
$ brew install mcp
🚀 New in MCP Tools v0.1.0: Proxy Mode!
Run shell scripts as MCP tools with zero coding. Just register your scripts with:
mcp proxy tool add_operation "Adds a and b" "a:int,b:int" -e "echo $(($a+$b))"
Try it out! 🛠️
P.S. I need your contributions!
github.com/f/mcptools
Run shell scripts as MCP tools with zero coding. Just register your scripts with:
mcp proxy tool add_operation "Adds a and b" "a:int,b:int" -e "echo $(($a+$b))"
Try it out! 🛠️
P.S. I need your contributions!
github.com/f/mcptools
March 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚀 New in MCP Tools v0.1.0: Proxy Mode!
Run shell scripts as MCP tools with zero coding. Just register your scripts with:
mcp proxy tool add_operation "Adds a and b" "a:int,b:int" -e "echo $(($a+$b))"
Try it out! 🛠️
P.S. I need your contributions!
github.com/f/mcptools
Run shell scripts as MCP tools with zero coding. Just register your scripts with:
mcp proxy tool add_operation "Adds a and b" "a:int,b:int" -e "echo $(($a+$b))"
Try it out! 🛠️
P.S. I need your contributions!
github.com/f/mcptools
one criticism i haven’t heard: gpt-oss is a bad agent
they say lots of bad stuff about it, but its tool calling and long-horizon reasoning seems on point
what if this is the plan — gpt-oss on the edge, only to agentify local resources
they say lots of bad stuff about it, but its tool calling and long-horizon reasoning seems on point
what if this is the plan — gpt-oss on the edge, only to agentify local resources
August 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
one criticism i haven’t heard: gpt-oss is a bad agent
they say lots of bad stuff about it, but its tool calling and long-horizon reasoning seems on point
what if this is the plan — gpt-oss on the edge, only to agentify local resources
they say lots of bad stuff about it, but its tool calling and long-horizon reasoning seems on point
what if this is the plan — gpt-oss on the edge, only to agentify local resources