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posit-dev/mcptools — Model Context Protocol For R AgentRank score: 73.5/100.

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The mcptools MCP server was last committed 29d ago and has 10 contributors. Issue health: 70% of issues resolved. AgentRank freshness score reflects real-time maintenance activity.

mcptools MCP Server

Name: posit-dev/mcptools
Rating: 3.9 (1 reviews)
Author: posit-dev

posit-dev/mcptools

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Overview

posit-dev/mcptools is a R MCP server. Model Context Protocol For R Topics: mcp-server, r.

Ranked #3395 out of 24846 indexed tools.

Has 10 contributors.

Ecosystem

R NOASSERTION

mcp-serverr

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Stars 15% 200

200 stars → growing community

Freshness 25% 29d ago

Last commit 29d ago → recently updated

Issue Health 25% 70%

55/79 issues closed → decent issue management

Contributors 10% 10

10 contributors → active community

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

npm Downloads N/A

PyPI Downloads N/A

Forks 23

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Stars: 200
Forks: 23
Open Issues: 24
Closed Issues: 55
Contributors: 10
Dependents: —
Language: R
License: NOASSERTION
Last Commit: 29d ago

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From the README

# mcptools <a href="https://posit-dev.github.io/mcptools/"></a>

[![Lifecycle:
experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#experimental)
[![CRAN
status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/mcptools)](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mcptools)

mcptools implements the [Model Context
Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) in R. There are two sides to
mcptools:

**R as an MCP server**:

When configured with mcptools, MCP-enabled tools like Claude Desktop,
Claude Code, and VS Code GitHub Copilot can run R code *in the sessions
you have running* to answer your questions. While the package supports
configuring arbitrary R functions, you may be interested in the
[btw](https://posit-dev.github.io/btw/) package’s integrated support for
mcptools, which provides a default set of tools to to peruse the
documentation of packages you have installed, check out the objects in
your global environment, and retrie

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