Ethpandaops Panda Install MCP

Install panda MCP Server

Register panda as an MCP server in the user's AI coding assistants. Panda exposes an SSE transport at http://localhost:2480/sse by default.

Steps

1. Detect which clients are installed by checking for their config directories.
2. For each detected client, read the existing config file (or start with {}).
3. Merge the mcpServers.panda entry — preserve all existing keys.
4. Write the updated config back.
5. Report what was configured.

Client Configurations

Claude Code

• Detection: ~/.claude/ directory exists
• Config file: ~/.claude.json
• Entry to merge into mcpServers:

{
  "panda": {
    "type": "sse",
    "url": "http://localhost:2480/sse"
  }
}

Claude Desktop (macOS)

• Detection: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ directory exists
• Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Entry to merge into mcpServers:

{
  "panda": {
    "url": "http://localhost:2480/sse"
  }
}

Cursor

• Detection: ~/.cursor/ directory exists
• Config file: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
• Entry to merge into mcpServers:

{
  "panda": {
    "url": "http://localhost:2480/sse"
  }
}

Rules

• Read the full config file before writing. Never overwrite — always merge.
• If mcpServers does not exist in the config, create it.
• If panda is already registered, tell the user and skip unless they ask to overwrite.
• Use 2-space JSON indentation with a trailing newline.
• If no supported clients are detected, tell the user and list the supported clients.

Source: ethpandaops/panda — distributed by TomeVault.