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cli-mcp — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Inspects MCP server status, triggers tools, manages scopes, and controls transports through the omniroute command-line interface.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add cheaper-inference/OmniRoute --skill cli-mcp -a claude-code
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What cli-mcp does

The skill provides agent workflows for interacting with an MCP server via omniroute. It covers checking server health with omniroute mcp status, restarting the daemon, and enabling or disabling transports.

Tool execution runs through omniroute mcp call <tool> [argsJson]. This subcommand accepts parameters inline, loads them from a file via --args-file, handles --stream, and restricts execution using --scope. Permissions and scopes are inspected via omniroute mcp scopes.

This skill relies entirely on the omniroute CLI being available on your system via npm or npx. Running commands will fail if omniroute is not installed beforehand.

What it helps with

  • check MCP server status in the terminal
  • invoke MCP tools with JSON arguments or files
  • restart the running MCP server instance
  • inspect tool scopes and access levels

Example prompts for the agent

  • Check the MCP server status with JSON output
  • Call the search tool passing arguments from args.json with streaming enabled
  • Restart the MCP server using omniroute

How to install cli-mcp

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add cheaper-inference/OmniRoute --skill cli-mcp -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/cli-mcp/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cli-mcp/

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Questions about cli-mcp

How to install cli-mcp in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add cheaper-inference/OmniRoute --skill cli-mcp -a claude-code in your terminal.

What does cli-mcp do?

It teaches your agent how to inspect MCP server status, restart the daemon, configure transports, and invoke registered tools using the omniroute CLI.

What are the prerequisites for cli-mcp?

You need the omniroute package installed globally with npm install -g omniroute or executable via npx omniroute.

Source text

SKILL.md · MIT 
---
name: cli-mcp
description: Inspect the MCP server status, list registered tools and scopes, run tool invocations, and manage MCP audit logs from the CLI.
---
<!-- generated by src/lib/agentSkills/generator.ts; manual edits will be overwritten -->

## Overview

Inspect the MCP server status, list registered tools and scopes, run tool invocations, and manage MCP audit logs from the CLI.

## Quick install

```bash
npm install -g omniroute   # or: npx omniroute
omniroute --version
```

## Subcommands

### `mcp`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp
```

### `mcp status`

Show MCP server status

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp status
```

### `mcp restart`

Restart the MCP server

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp restart
```

### `mcp enable`

**Flags:**

- `--transport <transport>`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp enable
```

### `mcp disable`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp disable
```

### `mcp call <tool> [argsJson]`

**Flags:**

- `--args <json>`
- `--args-file <path>`
- `--stream`
- `--scope <s>`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp call <tool> [argsJson]
```

### `mcp scopes`

**Flags:**

- `--tool <name>`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute mcp scopes
```

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