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MCP Server and CLI for IronBee DevTools

build.protocol_tooling.mcp#ai#mcp#mcp-server#browser#dev-tools#debug

Install devtools in your MCP client

devtools is a Model Context Protocol server. Add it to your MCP client config once, restart, and the server's tools become available to your AI assistant. The same JSON snippet below works across all four major clients — only the config file path differs.

  1. Locate your client's MCP config file.
    • Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
    • Claude Desktop (macOS): ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
    • Claude Desktop (Windows): %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
    • VS Code: Settings → Extensions → MCP
    • Windsurf: Settings → MCP Servers
  2. Add devtools to the mcpServers map — paste the snippet below into your config file. If you already have other MCP servers, merge the entry into the existing mcpServers object.
  3. Restart your client so it picks up the new server.
  4. Verify — ask the assistant to list available tools; devtools's tools should appear.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devtools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ironbee-ai/devtools"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install devtools in Cursor

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json in your editor, paste the snippet above into mcpServers, save, and restart Cursor. devtools will show up in the assistant's tool list on next launch.

Install devtools in Claude Desktop (macOS)

Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json in your editor, paste the snippet above into mcpServers, save, and restart Claude Desktop (macOS). devtools will show up in the assistant's tool list on next launch.

Install devtools in Claude Desktop (Windows)

Open %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json in your editor, paste the snippet above into mcpServers, save, and restart Claude Desktop (Windows). devtools will show up in the assistant's tool list on next launch.

Install devtools in VS Code

Open Settings → Extensions → MCP in your editor, paste the snippet above into mcpServers, save, and restart VS Code. devtools will show up in the assistant's tool list on next launch.

npm package: @ironbee-ai/devtools

Transport

devtools supports the following MCP transports. Most AI clients use stdio by default for locally-installed servers.

stdio

From the devtools README

<p align="center"> <img src="https://browser-devtools.com/assets/icons/icon.svg" alt="IronBee DevTools" width="128" height="128"> <br> <strong style="font-size: 2em;">IronBee DevTools</strong> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ironbee-ai/devtools"><img src="https://badge.fury.io/js/@ironbee-ai%2Fdevtools.svg" alt="NPM Version"></a> <a href="https://ironbee.ai/products/browser-devtools-mcp"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Elastic--2.0-blue" alt="License"></a> </p> <p align="center"> A powerful <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io">Model Context Protocol (MCP)</a> server that provides AI coding assistants with comprehensive automation and debugging capabilities across multiple platforms. This server enables both <strong>execution-l

Other Model Context Protocol servers in the same space as devtools. Each one adds different capabilities to your AI assistant — pick based on the data sources or workflows you need.

Browse the full MCP server directory or use Stork's one-line install to let your agent pick the right server automatically.