ExerciseBank runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 33 installs a week from npm. Last commit 20 Sep 2026.
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Today is the operative word: we check ExerciseBank 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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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 exercisebank-mcp -e 'EB_KEY=<EB_KEY>' -- npx -y exercisebank-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"exercisebank-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exercisebank-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EB_KEY": "<EB_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.exercisebank-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "exercisebank-mcp"]
env = { EB_KEY = "<EB_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"exercisebank-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exercisebank-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EB_KEY": "<EB_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"exercisebank-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exercisebank-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EB_KEY": "<EB_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<EB_KEY> (Your ExerciseBank API key. Free sandbox key, no card: https://exercisebank.net/signup).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
EB_END_USER (Optional. An opaque id for the person at this machine; enables get_media_urls (signed video and still URLs). Counts as an end user on the plan).
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