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## Installation

We recommend using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) to manage your Python projects:
### Adding MCP to your python project

We recommend using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) to manage your Python projects. In a uv managed python project, add mcp to dependencies by:

```bash
uv add "mcp[cli]"
```

Alternatively:
Alternatively, for projects using pip for dependencies:
```bash
pip install mcp
```

### Running the standalone MCP development tools

To run the mcp command with uv:

```bash
uv run mcp
```

## Quickstart

Let's create a simple MCP server that exposes a calculator tool and some data:
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