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# add

Adds an MCP server dependency to the project

## Synopsis

Adds an MCP server dependency to the project. `mcpd` will search the registry for the named server and attempt to return information on the version specified, or 'latest' if no version specified

```
mcpd add <server-name> [flags]
```

## Options

```
      --allow-deprecated   Optional, allows server installations marked as deprecated to be added
      --cache-dir string   Directory for caching registry manifests (default "/home/runner/.cache/mcpd/registries")
      --cache-ttl string   Time-to-live for cached registry manifests (e.g. 1h, 30m, 24h) (default "24h")
      --format format      Specify the output format (one of: json, text, yaml) (default text)
      --no-cache           Disable registry manifest caching
      --refresh-cache      Force refresh of cached registry manifests
      --runtime string     Optional, specify the runtime of the server (e.g. uvx, npx)
      --source string      Optional, specify the source registry of the server (e.g. mozilla-ai)
      --tool stringArray   Optional, when specified limits the available tools on the server (can be repeated)
      --version string     Specify the version of the server package
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --config-file string    path to config file (default ".mcpd.toml")
      --log-level string      log level for mcpd logs (default "info")
      --log-path string       log file path to use for log output
      --runtime-file string   path to runtime (execution context) file that contains env vars, and arguments for your MCP servers (default "/home/runner/.config/mcpd/secrets.dev.toml")
```

## SEE ALSO

* [mcpd](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd.md) - `mcpd` CLI is the primary interface for developers to interact with, and configure `mcpd`

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