llmstudio-mcp

llmstudio-mcp

MCP server that connects LLM agents to a local LM Studio instance, enabling model management, OpenAI-compatible chat completions, text completions, and embeddings through a set of tools.

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llmstudio-mcp

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MCP server exposing a local LM Studio instance to LLM agents — list / load / unload models, run chat and text completions, generate embeddings, and reach any other LM Studio REST endpoint via a raw escape hatch.

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Tools

Tool Parameters Description
list_models type: "all" | "llm" | "embedding" | "vlm" = "all" Lists downloaded models with metadata (type, state, context length, quant)
get_model model_key: str Info about a single model
get_loaded_models — Models currently resident in memory
load_model model_key, context_length?, flash_attention?, offload_kv_cache_to_gpu?, num_experts?, eval_batch_size? Loads a model into memory
unload_model instance_id: str Frees a model from memory
chat model, messages, temperature?, max_tokens?, top_p?, top_k?, stop?, stream?, tools? OpenAI-compatible chat completion (/v1/chat/completions)
complete model, prompt, temperature?, max_tokens?, top_p?, top_k?, stop?, stream? OpenAI-compatible text completion (/v1/completions)
embed model, input, normalize=false OpenAI-compatible embeddings (/v1/embeddings)
raw_request method, path, json_body? Escape hatch for any LM Studio REST endpoint

Environment variables

Variable Required Default Description
LMSTUDIO_MCP_BASE_URL no http://localhost:1234 LM Studio server URL
LMSTUDIO_MCP_API_KEY no empty API token (only if you enabled token auth in LM Studio's Developer tab)
LMSTUDIO_MCP_TIMEOUT no 60.0 HTTP timeout in seconds; raise for slow models or large generations

Prerequisites

LM Studio running with its API server enabled — either the desktop app with the Developer tab toggle on, or lms server start from the CLI. At least one model downloaded (lms get <model>).

Wiring it up

Only requirement: uv (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). Nothing else to install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add llmstudio-mcp -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/dam2452/llmstudio-mcp.git llmstudio-mcp

If you enabled API token auth in LM Studio:

claude mcp add llmstudio-mcp -e LMSTUDIO_MCP_API_KEY=<token> -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/dam2452/llmstudio-mcp.git llmstudio-mcp

Claude Desktop / other MCP client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "llmstudio-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/dam2452/llmstudio-mcp.git", "llmstudio-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

After pushing a new version: uv cache clean and restart the client.

Local run

uv run --directory . llmstudio-mcp

Tests (manual):

uv run --directory . --with pytest pytest test/

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