---
title: Use local MCP
description: Serve Sift tools over stdio as the hosted MCP fallback.
product: local-mcp
lifecycle: stable
appliesTo: "@sift-wiki/cli@0.1.10"
sourceArtifact: "@sift-wiki/cli@0.1.10"
owner: CLI owner
raw: /raw/connect/local-mcp.md
---

```bash
npm install -g @sift-wiki/cli@0.1.10
sift login
sift doctor
sift mcp serve
```

Configure your client to spawn `sift mcp serve` over stdio. The CLI loads the local credential profile; never put a token in the MCP JSON. Restart the client, verify `contract.get`, then make a read-only call.

If no tools appear, run `sift doctor --json`, confirm `sift` is on the client's `PATH`, restart discovery, and check that the connected user has the required capabilities. Writes still require explicit intent and the connected user's authorization.