The Nothing MCP Server

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The Nothing runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 24 Oct 2026.

Mr. Decoupler: a do-nothing MCP seam between AI and your databases. Sometimes less is more.

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npm · the-nothing-mcp

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24 Oct 2026

Last commit

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MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check The Nothing 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 the-nothing -- npx -y the-nothing-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-nothing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-nothing-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.the-nothing]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "the-nothing-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-nothing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-nothing-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "the-nothing": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-nothing-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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The Nothing — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for The Nothing?

The Nothing 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 the-nothing-mcp.

How do I connect The Nothing?

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 the-nothing-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is The Nothing 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.