arcade-mcp
Arcade.dev - Tool Calling platform for Agents
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. Active, production-stable framework with low install friction, permissive MIT license, and no known vulnerabilities. Install if you need to build MCP servers with OAuth-authorized tool calling for LLM agents. Skip if you only consume pre-built tools from Arcade.dev's catalog or don't need agent tool integration.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low friction install via wheel distribution.
- Active maintenance with release 4 days old.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — MIT License permits commercial and private use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—only requiring license and copyright notice retention.
last release 2026-08-10 (4 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 96,376 downloads/mo, #13,216 on PyPI
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# Install
pip install arcade-mcp
# Minimal server
from arcade_mcp_server import MCPApp
from typing import Annotated
app = MCPApp(name="my_server", version="1.0.0")
@app.tool
def greet(name: Annotated[str, "Name to greet"]) -> str:
"""Greet a person by name."""
return f"Hello, {name}!"
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(transport="stdio")- Whether the 22 pre-built OAuth helper classes (GitHub, Slack, etc.) cover the specific providers your integration needs.
- Performance characteristics and rate-limiting behavior when hosting multiple tools on Arcade Cloud.
- Whether Arcade Cloud deployment incurs hosting costs or usage fees beyond the open-source framework itself.
What it is and what it does
Arcade-mcp is a Python framework for building MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers—the standardized interface that lets LLM agents and clients call tools. It abstracts away the protocol complexity behind a decorator API, so you define tools as simple Python functions and the framework handles MCP serialization, transport (stdio or HTTP), and client negotiation.
The framework's main value is authorized tool calling: you declare which OAuth scopes or API keys a tool needs (e.g., `requires_auth=GitHub(scopes=["repo"])`), and Arcade handles the OAuth flow, token storage, refresh, and per-call injection—all without exposing secrets to the LLM or client. It ships with 22 pre-built OAuth helpers for common providers and a generic OAuth2 class for custom APIs. Beyond tools, it supports MCP resources, prompts, sampling, progress reporting, and logging. You can run servers standalone over stdio or HTTP, or deploy to Arcade Cloud for managed hosting and observability.
Use it for
- Build an internal API tool that your LLM agent can call with OAuth-protected access to your company's systems.
- Scaffold a GitHub integration tool that lists or modifies repos on behalf of an authenticated user, with token lifecycle handled automatically.
- Create a multi-tool MCP server combining custom business logic with pre-built OAuth helpers (Slack, Notion, etc.) for a unified agent interface.
- Deploy a tool server to Arcade Cloud and expose it to multiple LLM clients (Claude, Cursor, VS Code) without managing infrastructure.
- Test tool-call accuracy against real LLMs using the `arcade evals` command before production deployment.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
Active, production-stable framework with low install friction, permissive MIT license, and no known vulnerabilities. Install if you need to build MCP servers with OAuth-authorized tool calling for LLM agents. Skip if you only consume pre-built tools from Arcade.dev's catalog or don't need agent tool integration.
Install
arcade-mcp on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install via wheel distribution. Active maintenance with release 4 days old. Supports Python 3.10–3.13 and marked Production/Stable.
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT License permits commercial and private use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—only requiring license and copyright notice retention.
Quickstart
# Install
pip install arcade-mcp
# Minimal server
from arcade_mcp_server import MCPApp
from typing import Annotated
app = MCPApp(name="my_server", version="1.0.0")
@app.tool
def greet(name: Annotated[str, "Name to greet"]) -> str:
"""Greet a person by name."""
return f"Hello, {name}!"
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(transport="stdio")Verify before relying
- Whether the 22 pre-built OAuth helper classes (GitHub, Slack, etc.) cover the specific providers your integration needs.
- Performance characteristics and rate-limiting behavior when hosting multiple tools on Arcade Cloud.
- Whether Arcade Cloud deployment incurs hosting costs or usage fees beyond the open-source framework itself.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 12 packagesarcade-corearcade-mcp-serverarcadepyauthlibclickjinja2packagingplatformdirspython-dateutilrichtqdmtyper |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 4 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 96,376 / month, #13,216 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13 |
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