llm-mcp-client 0.1a0

Simon Willison · Simon Willison · 2026-07-31

Simon Willison releases llm-mcp-client 0.1a0, an alpha plugin that adds stateless MCP client support to the LLM CLI tool, enabling users to invoke remote MCP server tools directly from command-line prompts.

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MCP Protocol Redesigned as Stateless to Unlock Enterprise Adoption

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Topics: model-context-protocolllm-toolingopen-source-release

Claims

llm-mcp-client 0.1a0 is an alpha plugin that integrates stateless MCP client functionality into the LLM CLI tool.
The plugin is a companion release to the datasette-mcp and mcp-explorer projects announced the same day.
Willison is considering promoting the MCP integration into LLM core if the alpha proves successful.

Key quotes

My LLM tool is long overdue for an official MCP integration. The new alpha llm-mcp-client plugin is my attempt at exactly that.