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Skim MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 55 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Jul 2026.

Lossless skim-then-expand reading of big files, repos, and command output with far fewer tokens

Installs per day peak 16 · avg 8 · -20% w/w
a month agotoday
55
Installs / week
pypi · skim-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
4 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call skim_run.command → src/skim/server.py:274, skim_run.command → src/skim/server.py:114
        proc = subprocess.Popen(command, **kwargs)
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.

        out = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "--collect-only", "-q"],
Builds a file path from a variable [пакет] eval/accuracy_bench.py:40, [пакет] eval/score_expand_loop.py:42
        r = skim_file(os.path.join(_EVAL, fname))

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

A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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

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Skim MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Skim MCP?
Skim MCP 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 skim-mcp was installed 55 times last week.
How do I connect Skim MCP?
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 skim-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Skim MCP?
The pypi package skim-mcp was installed 55 times in the last week. Week over week that is -20%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Skim MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 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.