A MCP server for Hide – headless IDE.
The server implements two tools adapted from Anthropic's computer-use-demo:
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.
A persistent bash shell with support for common Linux/Python packages, background processes and automatic output truncation.
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Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration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" ] } } ```To prepare the package for distribution:
- Sync dependencies and update lockfile:
uv sync- Build package distributions:
uv buildThis will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.
- Publish to PyPI:
uv publishNote: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
- Token:
--tokenorUV_PUBLISH_TOKEN - Or username/password:
--username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAMEand--password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD
To package the service into a standalone executable:
uv run pyinstaller hide-mcp.specThis will create a standalone executable in the dist/ directory.
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-mcpUpon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.