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R mcptools

Name: R mcptools
Author: posit-dev

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An R SDK for creating R-based MCP servers and retrieving functionality from third-party MCP servers as R functions.

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Install

npx -y r-mcptools

Required environment variables

GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKENSet in your MCP config

YOUR_TOKENSet in your MCP config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "r-mcptools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "r-mcptools"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "YOUR_TOKEN": "<YOUR_YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file. Find it at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS.

What this does

R mcptools exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.