Cantrip MCP Server

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Cantrip runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 40 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Mar 2026.

MCP server for Cantrip — AI-powered GTM engine for solo founders

Installs per day peak 16 · avg 6 · +47% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · mcp-server-cantrip

Stars

0 open issues

13 Mar 2026

Last commit

no releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Cantrip 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 cantrip -e 'CANTRIP_API_KEY=<CANTRIP_API_KEY>' -- npx -y mcp-server-cantrip

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cantrip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-cantrip"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANTRIP_API_KEY": "<CANTRIP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.cantrip]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-server-cantrip"]
env = { CANTRIP_API_KEY = "<CANTRIP_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cantrip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-cantrip"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANTRIP_API_KEY": "<CANTRIP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "cantrip": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-cantrip"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANTRIP_API_KEY": "<CANTRIP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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Cantrip — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Cantrip?

Cantrip 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-server-cantrip was installed 40 times last week.

How do I connect Cantrip?

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

How many people use Cantrip?

The npm package mcp-server-cantrip was installed 40 times in the last week. Week over week that is +47%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Cantrip open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 1 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.