Heurist MCP Installer
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CLI utillity to install Server Side Events based MCP tools by heurist.ai to various clients.
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- Installs Heurist MCP tools into multiple supported clients
- Works with both full tool URLs and short tool IDs
- Optional client auto‑detection with prompting
- Built for Claude Desktop, Windsurf, Cursor, VS Code, VS Code Insiders
- Installable via npm, bun, or pnpm
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Heurist MCP InstallerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
npx -y heurist-mcp-cli
CLI tool to install Heurist MCP tools into compatible clients.
bashnpx -y heurist-mcp-cli <tool-url-or-id> <api-key> [client]
- <tool-url-or-id>: The full URL of the Heurist MCP tool, or just the short tool ID (e.g., 0f1234de).
- <api-key>: Your API key for verification.
- [client] (optional): Specify a client (claude, windsurf, cursor, vscode, vscode-insiders). If omitted, you will be prompted to select one from the detected clients.
Example:
bashnpx -y heurist-mcp-cli 0f1234de your_api_key_here cursor
```
npx -y heurist-mcp-cli <tool-url-or-id> <api-key> [client]
- <tool-url-or-id>: The full URL of the Heurist MCP tool, or just the short tool ID (e.g., 0f1234de).
- <api-key>: Your API key for verification.
- [client] (optional): Specify a client (claude, windsurf, cursor, vscode, vscode-insiders). If omitted, you will be prompted to select one from the detected clients.
Example:
npx -y heurist-mcp-cli 0f1234de your_api_key_here cursor
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"heurist mcp installer": {
"mcp-cli-heurist-network": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"heurist-mcp-cli"
]
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"mcp-cli-heurist-network": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"heurist-mcp-cli"
]
}
}
CLI tool to install Heurist MCP tools into compatible clients.
Installation
```bash
npx -y heurist-mcp-cli
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