Ts MCP Client Server

MCP client and server example\

src\
├── chat.ts   # command line chat interface to Claude completion\
├── client.ts # MCP client that starts MCP server with stdio transport\
├── index.ts  # Node run script to start MCP server or Chat CLI\
├── llm.ts    # Uses Anthropic SDK to talk to Claude API\
└── server.ts # MCP server that exposes tools and executes them\

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Depends\

NPM                  # install with your package manager of choice (Recommend nix)\
                     # nix shell nixpkgs#nodejs\
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='' # Put your key here in .env.local file\

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Build\

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npm run build\

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Run MCP stdio client/server demo\

npm run mcp\

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Run CLI chat with Anthropic using MCP\

npm run chat\

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TODO\

• [x] [Blog about how MCP works as a standalone client/server and with\

LLM](https://www.birkey.co/2025-05-25-mcp-explained-with-code.html)\ \ NOTE: Used Claude and Gemini web chat interface to generate some\ boiler plate code.