CrewOne runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 33 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 May 2026.
Taiwan film equipment rates, studios, photographer/director references; AI pre-production tools.
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Today is the operative word: we check CrewOne 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 mcp add crewone-mcp-server -- npx -y @crewone/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"crewone-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@crewone/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.crewone-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@crewone/mcp-server"]{
"mcpServers": {
"crewone-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@crewone/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"crewone-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@crewone/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
CREWONE_API_KEY (CrewOne API key for paid tools (create_project, get_project, export_pdf). Get one at https://crewone.ai/dashboard/settings/api. Free tools (search_equipment, search_studios, get_photographer, list_photographers, get_director, list_directors) work without a key.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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