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# config

Manages configuration for MCP servers

## Synopsis

Manages configuration for MCP servers, dealing with environment variables, command line args and exporting config

## 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`
* [mcpd config args](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_args.md) - Manages MCP server command line args configuration
* [mcpd config daemon](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_daemon.md) - Manages daemon configuration
* [mcpd config env](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_env.md) - Manages environment variable configuration for MCP servers
* [mcpd config export](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_export.md) - Exports current configuration, generating a pair of safe and portable configuration files
* [mcpd config plugins](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_plugins.md) - Manage plugin configuration
* [mcpd config tools](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_tools.md) - Manages tools configuration for a registered MCP server
* [mcpd config volumes](/mcpd/cli-reference/mcpd_config_volumes.md) - Manages volume configuration for MCP servers

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