MCP Environment Setup

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MCP Environment Installation

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open-source protocol designed to provide context information to large language models (LLMs) in a standardized manner. For more details about MCP, see Knowledge Base.

Using MCP in Cherry Studio

The following demonstrates how to use MCP in Cherry Studio using the fetch feature as an example. Detailed information can be found in the documentation.

Prerequisites: Installing uv and bun

Cherry Studio currently only uses built-in uv and bun, and will not reuse uv or bun already installed on your system.

In Settings > MCP Server, click the Install button to automatically download and install them. Downloads are sourced directly from GitHub and may be slow with a high probability of failure. Installation success should be verified by checking for files in the directories mentioned below.

Executable Installation Directories:

Windows: C:\Users\username\.cherrystudio\bin

macOS/Linux: ~/.cherrystudio/bin

bin directory

If unable to install normally:

You can create symlinks from the system's corresponding commands to these locations. If the directory doesn't exist, create it manually. Alternatively, manually download executables and place them in this directory:

Bun: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases UV: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases