# Opik's MCP server

Your coding assistant already writes the code. Connect it to Opik and it can also
see what that code does when it runs: read the traces, find the ones that failed,
score them, and fix the code against real data instead of your description of it.

## Install in 30 seconds

One command connects your assistant to your traces and teaches it how to create
them in the first place. It needs [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) and no Opik
SDK:

::::steps{titleSize="h3"}
:::step{title="Install uv, if you don't have it"}
```bash title="macOS / Linux"
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
```

```powershell title="Windows"
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
```

Open a new terminal afterwards so `uvx` is on your `PATH`.
:::

:::step{title="Run the setup command"}
```bash
uvx opik mcp configure
```

It detects your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, Codex,
opencode), picks the right server for your Opik deployment, configures it,
installs the Opik skill pack, and checks that what it just wrote works.
:::

:::step{title="Start a new session"}
Assistants read their configuration at startup, so **start a new session**
before trying anything. On Opik Cloud, complete the browser sign-in when your
client prompts for it, then ask your assistant to confirm the connection:

```text title="Check it worked"
List my Opik projects.
```
:::
::::

Cursor and VS Code can also be set up in one click, and any other coding agent
with a prompt you paste into it:

<img src="../img/apps/opik-documentation/documentation/fern/img/mcp/cursor.png" alt="">Cursor:icon[external-link]{icon="external-link"}
[<img src="../img/apps/opik-documentation/documentation/fern/img/mcp/vscode.png" alt="">VS Code:icon[external-link]{icon="external-link"}](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=opik-mcp\&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comet.com%2Fopik%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fmcp%22%7D)
[Install prompt:icon[copy]{icon="copy"}:icon[check]{icon="check"}:icon[x]{icon="x"}](#)

Writing the config yourself, or the CLI didn't detect your client?
[Advanced setup](/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-advanced-setup) has the exact block for each one.

## What you can do with it

::::card-grid
:::card{title="Instrument this project"}
It adds tracing in the right places for your framework, runs the app, and
reads the trace back to prove it arrived.
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:::card{title="Why did this trace fail?"}
It reads the whole span tree, the errors and the feedback scores directly,
instead of you pasting screenshots into chat.
:::

:::card{title="What's breaking in production?"}
It queries your failing, slowest and most expensive traces over any time
window, and tells you what they have in common.
:::

:::card{title="Build a test suite from real traces"}
It filters your traces, turns the interesting ones into suite items, and runs
an experiment over them.
:::
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[Use cases](/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-use-cases) has the prompts to paste for each of these.

## Go deeper

::::card-grid
:::card{title="Use cases" href="/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-use-cases"}
Prompts to paste, grouped by what you're trying to get done.
:::

:::card{title="MCP tools reference" href="/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-tools"}
Every tool the server exposes, what it can read and write, and what it can't.
:::

:::card{title="Advanced setup" href="/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-advanced-setup"}
Per-client config by hand, hosted vs. local server, workspaces, CI.
:::

:::card{title="FAQ and troubleshooting" href="/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-faq"}
It isn't connecting, or it's showing data you don't expect.
:::
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## Related pages

- [Use cases](./getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-use-cases.md)
- [MCP tools reference](./getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-tools.md)
- [Advanced setup](./getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-advanced-setup.md)
- [FAQ & troubleshooting](./getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server-faq.md)

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