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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. 100 installs a week from npm. Last commit 31 Oct 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 32 · avg 10 · -18% w/w
a month agotoday
100
Installs / week
npm · claude-octopus
21
Stars
1 open issue
31 Oct 2026
Last commit
1 release 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": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.claude-octopus]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "claude-octopus"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: 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).

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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 100 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 in the form 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 100 times in the last week. Week over week that is -18%. 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.