MCP Echo Server
About
A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that echoes input back as-is. It is intended for testing, debugging, or demonstration of MCP tool calls.
Details
- Author
- Hinaser
- Downloads
- 140
- Categories
- Other
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- Single tool: echo(message: str) -> str
- Returns the input message unchanged
- Installed via pip or uv
- Runs standalone or inside Claude Desktop
- Minimal and lightweight MCP server
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"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
MCP Echo ServerCommand (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
Install with pip install -e . or uv pip install -e ., then run directly with python src/echo_server.py. For Claude Desktop, add the server to the mcpServers configuration with the command python and the path to echo_server.py.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp echo server": {
"mcp-sample-hinaser": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"-e",
"."
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-sample-hinaser": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"-e",
"."
]
}
}MCP Echo Server
A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that echoes input back as-is.
Installation
Using pip:
pip install -e .
Using uv:
uv pip install -e .
Usage
Running directly
python src/echo_server.py
Using with Claude Desktop
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"echo-server": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["/path/to/mcp-sample/src/echo_server.py"]
}
}
}
Available Tools
- echo(message: str) -> str: Returns the input message unchanged
Project Structure
mcp-sample/
├── src/
│ └── echo_server.py # Main server implementation
├── examples/ # Example servers (optional)
├── pyproject.toml # Package configuration
└── README.md # This file
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