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MCP Forge — Data skill for Claude Code

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Turn HTTP APIs and SQL databases into curated MCP tools for Claude and other AI agents, from one self-hosted binary with a web UI.

How to install MCP Forge

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open jaydip187/mcp-forge and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What MCP Forge does

Turn HTTP APIs and SQL databases into curated MCP tools for Claude and other AI agents, from one self-hosted binary with a web UI.

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README

mcp-forge

Turn HTTP APIs and SQL databases into **curated MCP tools** for Claude and other AI agents, from one self-hosted binary with a web UI.

HTTP APIs: describe requests by hand, or import an OpenAPI 3.x / Swagger 2.0 spec, then rename, trim and reshape what agents see (jq).
Databases (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL): saved queries with typed parameters, optional schema exploration and agent-written SQL, all read-only by default, with writes as a deliberate opt-in.
Safe by default: listens on localhost only, stores secrets as references (never values), and checks every SQL statement before it reaches your database.
Serves each project over MCP streamable HTTP (/mcp/) and stdio.

Everything runs on your machine. mcp-forge only connects to the APIs and databases you configure, and to spec URLs you import on purpose. No telemetry.

Install
Quick start (5 minutes)
Connect Claude and other MCP clients
Secrets
Databases
Security model
Docker
CLI reference
Troubleshooting
Building from source

Install

**macOS / Linux**

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/jaydip187/mcp-forge/releases/latest/download/mcp-forge-installer.sh | sh

**Windows (PowerShell)**

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/jaydip187/mcp-forge/releases/latest/download/mcp-forge-installer.ps1 | iex"

The installers put `mcp-forge` in `~/.cargo/bin`; open a new terminal afterwards so it's on your `PATH`. Prefer a manual install? Download the archive for your platform from the [releases page](https://github.com/jaydip187/mcp-forge/releases), unpack it and put the binary anywhere on your `PATH`. Builds exist for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux