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Colab-MCP (unofficial) MCP Server

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Colab-MCP (unofficial) runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 113 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Oct 2026.

Unofficial MCP server for Google Colab: runtimes, code, long jobs, files and notebooks.

Installs per day peak 291 · avg 20 · -35% w/w
a month agotoday
113
Installs / week
pypi · colab-cli-mcp
4
Stars
0 open issues
16 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add colab-mcp -- uvx colab-cli-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.colab-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["colab-cli-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR (The only local folder the server reads and writes. Defaults to the current directory), COLAB_MCP_DRIVE (Set to 1 to enable the optional Google Drive tools (they need a one-time sign-in, see the README)).

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Colab-MCP (unofficial) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Colab-MCP (unofficial)?
Colab-MCP (unofficial) runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package colab-cli-mcp was installed 113 times last week.
How do I connect Colab-MCP (unofficial)?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls colab-cli-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Colab-MCP (unofficial)?
The pypi package colab-cli-mcp was installed 113 times in the last week. Week over week that is -35%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Colab-MCP (unofficial) open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 4 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.