Homebrew’s MCP Server

Homebrew’s MCP Server is the official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Homebrew, enabling AI assistants like Cursor, VS Code or Claude Code to interact with Homebrew directly, providing tools for various Homebrew commands e.g. brew search, brew install, brew uninstall, brew upgrade.

You don’t need to do anything to install it. It’s provided by default with Homebrew through the brew mcp-server command.

Usage

Run brew mcp-server to launch the Homebrew MCP Server.

$ brew mcp-server
==> Started Homebrew MCP server...

Press Ctrl-D or Ctrl-C to terminate it.

Configuration

Example configuration for Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Homebrew": {
      "command": "brew mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Example configuration for VSCode

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "Homebrew": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "brew",
        "args": ["mcp-server"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Example configuration for Zed

{
  "context_servers": {
    "Homebrew": {
      "command": {
        "path": "brew",
        "args": ["mcp-server"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Example configuration for Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Homebrew": {
      "command": "brew mcp-server"
    }
  }
}