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Claude Octopus MCP Server

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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.

Spawn multiple specialized Claude Code agents as MCP servers, each independently configured.

Installs per day peak 24 · avg 11 · -31% w/w
a month agotoday
81
Installs / week
npm · claude-octopus
21
Stars
1 open issues
18 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
ISC
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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.

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

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Claude Octopus?
Claude Octopus 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 claude-octopus was installed 81 times last week.
How do I connect Claude Octopus?
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 claude-octopus straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Claude Octopus?
The npm package claude-octopus was installed 81 times in the last week. Week over week that is -31%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Claude Octopus open source?
Yes — it is published under the ISC licence, written in TypeScript, 21 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.