FastMCP CLI

The FastMCP CLI is a developer command-line tool for running, inspecting, installing, and debugging MCP servers built with FastMCP. It can launch servers under any transport, inspect their tool/resource/prompt manifests, install servers into Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and Gemini CLI, generate boilerplate, and manage authentication artifacts.

FastMCP CLI is one of 6 APIs that FastMCP publishes on the APIs.io network.

Tagged areas include MCP, CLI, and Developer Tools. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

API entry from apis.yml

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aid: fastmcp:fastmcp-cli
name: FastMCP CLI
description: The FastMCP CLI is a developer command-line tool for running, inspecting, installing, and
  debugging MCP servers built with FastMCP. It can launch servers under any transport, inspect their tool/resource/prompt
  manifests, install servers into Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and Gemini CLI, generate
  boilerplate, and manage authentication artifacts.
humanURL: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/overview
baseURL: ''
tags:
- MCP
- CLI
- Developer Tools
properties:
- type: Documentation
  name: CLI Overview
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/overview
- type: Documentation
  name: Running Servers
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/running
- type: Documentation
  name: Client Commands
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/client
- type: Documentation
  name: Installing MCP Servers
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/install-mcp
- type: Documentation
  name: Inspecting Servers
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/inspecting
- type: Documentation
  name: Generate CLI
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/generate-cli
- type: Documentation
  name: Auth Utilities
  url: https://gofastmcp.com/cli/auth