Configuration - Multivon Docs

multivon-mcp is a stdio MCP server installed as the console script multivon-mcp. Point any MCP-compatible agent at it.

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multivon": {
      "command": "multivon-mcp",
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-...",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-proj-...",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "AIza..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude. The 19 tools appear in the tool drawer; ask Claude "use multivon to evaluate this RAG output" and it picks the right tool.

Claude Code

The same claude_desktop_config.json is read by Claude Code. If you prefer per-project scope, add an .mcp.json to the project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multivon": {
      "command": "multivon-mcp"
    }
  }
}

API keys then come from the shell environment, not the config — useful for keeping secrets out of the repo.

Cursor

cursor.json or via Settings → MCP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multivon": {
      "command": "multivon-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline / OpenCode / any MCP-compatible agent

Same shape — point at the multivon-mcp console script. All MCP clients speak stdio.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multivon": {
      "command": "multivon-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Local development & debugging

mcp dev multivon_mcp.server

This opens the MCP Inspector UI in your browser. You can call any tool by name, see the JSON schemas, and watch the request/response trace. Useful when you’re debugging tool selection in an agent — drive it manually first to confirm the inputs / outputs match what you expect.

Provider API keys are read from environment variables (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY). The MCP server never prompts for them and never accepts them as tool arguments — they stay in the agent’s process env.

​Claude Desktop

​Claude Code

​Cursor

​Cline / OpenCode / any MCP-compatible agent

​Local development & debugging

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

Cursor

Cline / OpenCode / any MCP-compatible agent

Local development & debugging