Connect local clients to remote MCP
mcp-remotemcp_serversetup L2★0
geelen/mcp-remote ↗What it does
Proxy local stdio MCP clients to remote MCP servers with OAuth authentication support
Best for
Connect Claude Desktop or Cursor (stdio-only) to cloud-hosted MCP servers without client upgrade.
Inputs
- · remote MCP server URL
- · OAuth credentials
Outputs
- · stdio protocol tunnel to remote server
Requires
- · remote MCP server (HTTP/SSE)
- · OAuth provider
Preconditions
- · remote server must be accessible
- · client must support stdio only
Failure modes
- · OAuth flow not yet supported by many MCP clients
- · experimental status
Trust signals
- · new MCP Authorization spec
- · proof-of-concept implementation
- · addresses stdio-only client gap