hide-mcp MCP server

A MCP server for Hide

Components

Tools

The server implements two tools adapted from Anthropic’s computer-use-demo :

Text Editor

For viewing and editing files. Features file viewing with line numbers, directory listing, file creation, string replacement with exact matching, line insertion, and edit history.

Bash

A persistent bash shell with support for common Linux/Python packages, background processes and automatic output truncation.

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration

``` "mcpServers": { "hide-mcp": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/path/to/hide-mcp", "run", "hide-mcp" ] } } ```

Published Servers Configuration

``` "mcpServers": { "hide-mcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "hide-mcp" ] } } ```

Development

Building and Publishing

To prepare the package for distribution:

Sync dependencies and update lockfile:


uv sync

Build package distributions:


uv build

This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.

Publish to PyPI:


uv publish

Note: You’ll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:

Token: --token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN
Or username/password: --username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD

Packaging

To package the service into a standalone executable:


uv run pyinstaller hide-mcp.spec

This will create a standalone executable in the dist/ directory.

Debugging

Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector .

You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:


npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/hide-mcp run hide-mcp

Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.