Tool
MCP Inspector
Official debugging UI/CLI to inspect MCP server tools, resources, and prompts
About
Visual testing tool for MCP servers. Contribute to modelcontextprotocol/inspector development by creating an account on GitHub.
Features
- Platform AI CODE CREATION GitHub Copilot Write better code with AI
- GitHub Copilot app Direct agents from issue to merge
- MCP Registry Integrate external tools
- DEVELOPER WORKFLOWS Actions Automate any workflow
- Codespaces Instant dev environments
- Issues Plan and track work
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Pricing detail
- OSS
- Platforms
- Local / CLI
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