Play a real 6v6 Pokémon battle. Runs entirely in-process: no server, no API key, no setup.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add pokearena -e POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL=<POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL> -- https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena/releases/download/v0.1.1/pokearena-mcp-0.1.1.mcpb{
"mcpServers": {
"pokearena": {
"command": "https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena/releases/download/v0.1.1/pokearena-mcp-0.1.1.mcpb",
"args": [],
"env": {
"POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL": "<POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"pokearena": {
"command": "https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena/releases/download/v0.1.1/pokearena-mcp-0.1.1.mcpb",
"args": [],
"env": {
"POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL": "<POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"pokearena": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena/releases/download/v0.1.1/pokearena-mcp-0.1.1.mcpb",
"args": [],
"env": {
"POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL": "<POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URLOptional | Optional, and only used by the join_battle tool. Leave it unset to play offline against the built-in AI, which needs no server at all. Set it to a running PokeArena arena (ws:// or wss://) to face a human or another agent instead. |
Details
| Package | https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena/releases/download/v0.1.1/[email protected] (MCPB, stdio) |
| First published | 30 Aug 2026 |
| Last updated | 30 Aug 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.shaumik/pokearena |
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