MCP SSE Launcher

A Python-based management system for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that automatically wraps stdio-based servers with Supergateway to expose them as SSE endpoints, plus provides a web-based inspector for testing.

Key Features

• Auto-update - keeps MCP servers up-to-date automatically
• Background monitoring - restarts crashed servers automatically
• Web inspector - debug and test MCP servers via browser
• SSE conversion - wraps stdio servers for HTTP/SSE access
• AI assistant integration - works with Cursor, Claude Desktop, etc.

Quick Start

# 1. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 2. Set up environment (copy .env.example to .env and add API keys)
cp .env.example .env

# 3. Start all MCP servers (with auto-restart)
make run-servers

# 4. Start web inspector for debugging
make run-inspector

# 5. View inspector at the URL shown in the output

Common Use Cases

Debug a specific MCP server

# Start inspector (will show URL with auth token)
make run-inspector
# Visit the URL shown in output to test MCP servers

Add a new MCP server

# Add GitHub MCP server
python mcp_servers.py add \
  --name github \
  --cmd npx \
  --args "-y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github" \
  --env GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here \
  --port 8094

Use with Cursor AI

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": { "url": "http://localhost:8090/sse" },
    "github": { "url": "http://localhost:8094/sse" },
    "brave-search": { "url": "http://localhost:8096/sse" }
  }
}

Restart a problematic server

# Kill conflicts and restart specific server
make restart-server SERVER=github

Run without auto-restart (for development)

make run-servers KEEP_ALIVE=0

What Happens Automatically

• Updates: npm packages and git repos are checked/updated before starting
• Port conflicts: conflicting processes are detected and can be killed
• Process monitoring: crashed servers restart up to 3 times
• Logging: each server logs to /tmp/<server_name>.log
• Cleanup: all processes are properly terminated on exit

Available MCP Servers

The default config includes popular servers like:

• filesystem (8090) - local file access
• github (8094) - GitHub repository interaction
• brave-search (8096) - web search
• fetch (8093) - HTTP requests
• youtube (8092) - YouTube search/info
• memory (8100) - persistent memory
• puppeteer (8101) - web automation

Troubleshooting

# Check what's using server ports
make check-server-ports

# Kill conflicting processes on server ports
make kill-server-conflicts

# Stop servers (inspector stops with Ctrl+C)
make stop-servers

# View server logs
tail -f /tmp/filesystem.log

Configuration

Servers are defined in mcp_config.json. Environment variables use ${VAR} syntax and are loaded from .env.

Example server config:

{
  "name": "github",
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"], 
  "env": {"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"},
  "port": 8094,
  "server_type": "stdio"
}