Init MCP Server

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Init runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 722 installs a week from npm. Last commit 31 Oct 2026.

Init is the backend engineer for your coding agent.

Installs per day peak 334 · avg 47 · +6464% w/w

a month agotoday

722

Installs / week

npm · @init-computer/mcp

Stars

0 open issues

31 Oct 2026

Last commit

9 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

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

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add init -e 'INIT_API_KEY=<INIT_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @init-computer/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "init": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@init-computer/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INIT_API_KEY": "<INIT_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.init]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@init-computer/mcp"]
env = { INIT_API_KEY = "<INIT_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "init": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@init-computer/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INIT_API_KEY": "<INIT_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "init": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@init-computer/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INIT_API_KEY": "<INIT_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <INIT_API_KEY> (Your Init API key). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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Init — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Init?

Init 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 @init-computer/mcp was installed 722 times last week.

How do I connect Init?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @init-computer/mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Init?

The npm package @init-computer/mcp was installed 722 times in the last week. Week over week that is +6464%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Init open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript 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.