Claude Octopus runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 81 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.
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Today is the operative word: we check Claude Octopus every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 claude-octopus -- npx -y claude-octopus
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-octopus": {
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-octopus"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.claude-octopus]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "claude-octopus"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-octopus": {
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-octopus"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-octopus": {
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-octopus"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key (leave unset to inherit from parent process)), CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME (Tool name prefix (default: claude_code)), CLAUDE_MODEL (Model: sonnet, opus, haiku, or full ID), CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE (Permission mode: default, acceptEdits, bypassPermissions, plan), CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS (Comma-separated list of available tools (e.g. Read,Grep,Glob for read-only)), CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT (Additional system prompt appended to the default), CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY (Set to true to expose only the factory wizard tool).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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