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KIP MCP Server

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KIP MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 52 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Jun 2026.

Reads a boat's Signal K data and helps an AI assistant design and install KIP dashboards.

Installs per day peak 47 · avg 12 · -53% w/w
a month agotoday
52
Installs / week
npm · kip-mcp-server
1
Stars
0 open issues
24 Jun 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check KIP MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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 kip-mcp-server -- npx -y kip-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.kip-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "kip-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SIGNALK_HOST (Signal K server host name or IP.), SIGNALK_PORT (Signal K server port.), SIGNALK_TLS (Set true if Signal K uses https/wss.), SIGNALK_TOKEN (Signal K token, needed to write dashboards (or use SIGNALK_USER/PASSWORD).), SIGNALK_USER (Signal K username, used with SIGNALK_PASSWORD instead of a token.), SIGNALK_PASSWORD (Signal K password, used with SIGNALK_USER.), KIP_URL (Override where KIP is served, if it is not the default.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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KIP MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for KIP MCP Server?
KIP MCP Server 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 npm package kip-mcp-server was installed 52 times last week.
How do I connect KIP MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls kip-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use KIP MCP Server?
The npm package kip-mcp-server was installed 52 times in the last week. Week over week that is -53%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is KIP MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 1 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.