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Symbols MCP Server

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Symbols MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 4 660 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Symbols.app MCP — docs, code generation, publishing, CLI/SDK reference

Installs per day peak 1 867 · avg 404 · +120% w/w
a month agotoday
4 660
Installs / week
pypi · symbols-mcp
1
Stars
2 open issues
1 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
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License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call audit_and_fix_frankability.symbols_dir → symbols_mcp/server.py:42, audit_and_fix_frankability.symbols_dir → symbols_mcp/server.py:43, audit_and_fix_frankability.symbols_dir → symbols_mcp/server.py:45
        result = subprocess.run(
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.

    execSync(process.platform === 'win32' ? `where ${name}` : `command -v ${name}`, { stdio: 'ignore', shell: true })
  const srcPath = path.join(TEMPLATES_DIR, src)
        result = subprocess.run(

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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

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Symbols MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Symbols MCP?
Symbols MCP 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 symbols-mcp was installed 4 660 times last week.
How do I connect Symbols MCP?
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 symbols-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Symbols MCP?
The pypi package symbols-mcp was installed 4 660 times in the last week. Week over week that is +120%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Symbols MCP open source?
We cannot say either way: written in Python, 1 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.