read the file and confirm the entry exists.
For global: run
claude mcp list
to verify.
Explain reload requirement
MCP servers are loaded at session start; ask the user to restart the session.
Notes
Infer type from config:
url
key = HTTP,
command
/
args
keys = stdio.
When multiple sources define the same name, confirm which to use.
For stdio servers using
npx
, the package downloads when the server first runs.
VMark Example
// .mcp.json
{
"mcpServers"
:
{
"tauri"
:
{
"command"
:
"npx"
,
"args"
:
[
"-y"
,
"@hypothesi/tauri-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}