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grad-agent MCP Server

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grad-agent runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 109 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.

Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.

Installs per day peak 72 · avg 23 · -36% w/w
a month agotoday
109
Installs / week
pypi · grad-agent
4
Stars
0 open issues
16 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

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

This code can reach further than it looks

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.

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key used by Claude Haiku for hook synthesis and verification.), SMTP_SERVER (SMTP host for the review mailer.), SMTP_PORT (SMTP port.), SMTP_USERNAME (SMTP username; used as From address by default.), SMTP_PASSWORD (SMTP password. Gmail App Password recommended.), SMTP_FROM (Envelope From address for drafts emailed to the user's review inbox.), GITHUB_TOKEN (Optional. Personal access token used to enumerate the user's public and private GitHub repos during catalog sync.), HF_TOKEN (Optional. HuggingFace token used to enumerate the user's published models and datasets during catalog sync.), GRAD_AGENT_HOME (Optional. Override the default ~/.grad-agent/ location for profile, programs, secrets, and data.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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grad-agent — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for grad-agent?
grad-agent 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 grad-agent was installed 109 times last week.
How do I connect grad-agent?
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 grad-agent straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use grad-agent?
The pypi package grad-agent was installed 109 times in the last week. Week over week that is -36%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is grad-agent open source?
We cannot say either way: written in Python and 4 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.