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.
We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
proc = subprocess.run(
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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.
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.
claude mcp add colab-mcp -- uvx colab-cli-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"colab-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"colab-cli-mcp"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.colab-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["colab-cli-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"colab-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"colab-cli-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"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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