brew-mcp

Homebrew MCP Server

The project enables you to have a "natural language" conversation with brew. The most important commands are implemented:

[x] Install
[x] Uninstall
[x] Get specific package
[x] List installed packages and their versions
[x] Update
[x] Upgrade
[x] Info
[x] Search
[x] Print config

install

Build or download the latest binary from the Github releases section. Move the binary to /usr/local/bin/, or to any preferred location in $PATH.

Usage

Basic

Place the following json into your: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (or other location depending on your preferred Client).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brew": {
      "command": "brew-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Advanced

The tool lets you enable only specific tools to save context size.

Tools:

• install
• uninstall
• get_package_version
• list_installed_package_versions
• update_brew
• upgrade_specific_package
• info
• search
• config

To enable specific tools, use the -enabled-tools flag to list tools in a comma separated manner. Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brew": {
      "command": "brew-mcp-server",
      "args": ["-enabled-tools", "info,search,update_brew"]
    }
  }
}