Cadlens MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 53 installs a week from npm. Last commit 11 Aug 2026.
Model Context Protocol server that wraps the CADLens REST API.
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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 cadlens-mcp -e 'CADLENS_API_KEY=<CADLENS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cadlens/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"cadlens-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cadlens/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CADLENS_API_KEY": "<CADLENS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.cadlens-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cadlens/mcp-server"]
env = { CADLENS_API_KEY = "<CADLENS_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"cadlens-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cadlens/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CADLENS_API_KEY": "<CADLENS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"cadlens-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cadlens/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CADLENS_API_KEY": "<CADLENS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CADLENS_API_KEY> (Your CADLens API key).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
CADLENS_API_BASE (API base URL (default: https://api.cadlens.co/v1)), WEBHOOK_PUBLIC_URL (Public URL for webhook auto-registration (optional)).
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