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Rubber Duck MCP Server

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Rubber Duck runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 263 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Sep 2026.

Bridge to multiple LLMs and CLI agents: councils, debates, voting, and more

Installs per day peak 182 · avg 45 · -13% w/w
a month agotoday
263
Installs / week
npm · mcp-rubber-duck
176
Stars
27 open issues
15 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 1 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.

    const child = spawn(command, args, {
    return Object.keys(process.env).some((key) => key.startsWith('MCP_SERVER_'));

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key (starts with sk-)), GEMINI_API_KEY (Google Gemini API key), GROQ_API_KEY (Groq API key (starts with gsk_)), DEFAULT_PROVIDER (Default LLM provider to use). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Rubber Duck — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Rubber Duck?
Rubber Duck 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 mcp-rubber-duck was installed 263 times last week.
How do I connect Rubber Duck?
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 mcp-rubber-duck straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Rubber Duck?
The npm package mcp-rubber-duck was installed 263 times in the last week. Week over week that is -13%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Rubber Duck open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 176 stars on GitHub and 27 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.