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claude mcp add ask-claude -e ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL=<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL> -e ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL=<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL> -e ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS=<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS> -e GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL=<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @ask-llm/[email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"ask-claude": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ask-llm/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
"ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
"ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
"GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"ask-claude": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ask-llm/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
"ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
"ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
"GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"ask-claude": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ask-llm/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
"ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
"ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
"GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
ASK_CLAUDE_MODELOptional | Default Claude model alias or full model name (default: opus) |
ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODELOptional | Claude CLI fallback when the default is overloaded or unavailable (default: sonnet) |
ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MSOptional | Timeout for Claude CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 600000 = 10 minutes) |
GMCPT_LOG_LEVELOptional | Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error (default: warn) |
Details
| Package | @ask-llm/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 27 Sep 2026 |
| Last updated | 27 Sep 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude |
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