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Allow installing mcp servers from pypi

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start from the mcp install CLI entry point and trace how the current server.py argument is resolved and launched. Determine how a PyPI package name should be accepted alongside the local-file form; done means the requested uv run --with command can install and configure a server distributed through PyPI.

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Description

enhancement needs decision P3

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Distribution of python mcp servers is not possible via pypi.

Describe the solution you'd like
Right now we can install mcp servers like:
uv run --with mcp[cli] mcp install server.py but that means that the mcp server
has to exist locally

but it'd be helpful to be able to do:

uv run --with mcp[cli], cratedb-mcp install cratedb-mcp, where cratedb-mcp is a mcp server available in pypi, installed with the uv run --with commands.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Extra scripting.

Dominant language
Python
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