mcp-server-modal
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mcp-server-modal is an MCP server that allows users to deploy Python scripts to Modal, a cloud platform for serverless computing and AI workloads.
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- Deploy Python scripts to Modal from Claude
- Receive a shareable link to the deployed application
- Integrates with Modal’s serverless infrastructure
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
mcp-server-modalCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
First install Modal (pip install modal and python3 -m modal setup). Then configure the server in your Claude desktop app using a uv command and the provided JSON snippet. Finally, in Claude, give a Python script and ask it to create and deploy a Modal application for you, then share the resulting link.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-modal": {
"mcp-server-modal": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/mcp-server-modal",
"run",
"modal-server"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/Users/user/Desktop/",
"/path/to/other/dir"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-server-modal": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/mcp-server-modal",
"run",
"modal-server"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/Users/user/Desktop/",
"/path/to/other/dir"
]
}
}mcp-server-modal
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DcrSKbcsXrzCoyMe0XtAsDcE3IgBV1bLirUG80VxPq8/edit?tab=t.0
An MCP Server that allows users to deploy python scripts to modal.
Installation
Make sure that modal is setup:
pip install modal
python3 -m modal setup
Then setup the server with the filesystem server in your Claude desktop app:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-modal": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/mcp-server-modal",
"run",
"modal-server"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/Users/user/Desktop/",
"/path/to/other/dir"
]
}
}
}
Usage
In claude, give a python script and ask it to create a modal application and deploy it for you. After code generation, you will get a link to the modal application which you can try out and share with others.
Development
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/mcp-server-modal run modal-server
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