MCP Upgrade — AI skill for Claude Code

mcp-upgrade

**Archived (October 2026).** This tool tried to upgrade every MCP server on a machine with one command. That is the wrong model: `npx -y pkg` and `uvx pkg` already resolve the newest version at each launch, and the real risk is an unreviewed update that changes what a tool tells the agent. Pin an exact version in each client config (`pkg@1.2.3`, `pkg==1.2.3` for uvx) and bump it through a reviewed pull request, as you would any dependency. The Homebrew tap never held a formula; the last binaries are v0.1.2 on the releases page.

Universal upgrade tool for [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) (Model Context Protocol) servers across all AI coding clients and package ecosystems.

No AI coding client has built-in MCP server upgrade commands. `mcp-upgrade` fills that gap — it auto-discovers your servers, checks for updates, and upgrades them.

Features

• Auto-discovery — finds MCP servers from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Cline, Continue, Zed, and Codex CLI
• Type detection — infers whether each server is npm, pip, Go, Docker, or a GitHub release binary
• Version checking — queries npm, PyPI, GitHub Releases, and Docker Hub for latest versions
• Upgrade execution — upgrades servers using the appropriate package manager
• Deduplication — same binary referenced by multiple clients shows once
• JSON output — machine-readable output for scripting

Install

Homebrew

brew install GeiserX/mcp-upgrade/mcp-upgrade

Go

go install github.com/GeiserX/mcp-upgrade@latest

From releases

Download the binary for your platform from [Releases](https://github.com/GeiserX/mcp-upgrade/releases).

Usage

Scan

Discover all MCP servers across your installed clients:

mcp-upgrade scan

Found 3 client(s), 9 server(s)

Clients:
  Claude Code (~/.claude.json)
  C