Support (auto-)installing required MCP servers
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- Rust
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Description
We should add a new install section to the MCP configuration, e.g.:
{
"transport": {
"type": "Stdio",
"command": "bookworm",
},
"install": {
"command": "cargo install bookworm"
}
}
Which would then optionally ask the user, if an MCP server is missing, if they want to run the given command to install it. This should of course be optional, it should never install without asking, and a local configuration option should exist to "never ask for auto-install".
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Research direction
Start by locating the MCP configuration handling and the code path that detects a missing server. Define how the optional install command and local “never ask for auto-install” setting fit the existing configuration, then verify that installation is always explicitly confirmed and is skipped when disabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100