foundry-mcp

Foundry MCP Server

A simple, lightweight and fast MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides Solidity development capabilities using the Foundry toolchain (Forge, Cast, and Anvil).

Overview

This server connects LLM assistants to the Foundry ecosystem, enabling them to:

• Interact with nodes (local Anvil instances or remote RPC endpoints)
• Analyze smart contracts and blockchain data
• Perform common EVM operations using Cast
• Manage, deploy, and execute Solidity code and scripts
• Work with a persistent Forge workspace

Features

Network Interaction

• Start and manage local Anvil instances
• Connect to any remote network (just specify the RPC)
• Get network/chain information

Contract Interaction

• Call contract functions (read-only)
• Send transactions to contracts (if PRIVATE_KEY is configured)
• Get transaction receipts
• Read contract storage
• Analyze transaction traces
• Retrieve contract ABIs and sources from block explorers

Solidity Development

• Maintain a dedicated Forge workspace
• Create and edit Solidity files
• Install dependencies
• Run Forge scripts
• Deploy contracts

Utility Functions

• Calculate contract addresses
• Check contract bytecode size
• Estimate gas costs
• Convert between units (hex to decimals, etc.,)
• Generate wallets
• Get event logs
• Lookup function and event signatures

Installation & Usage

Manual Setup

1. Ensure Foundry tools (Forge, Cast, Anvil) are installed on your system:

   curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash
   foundryup
   

2. Clone and build the server.

   bun i && bun build

3. Update your client config (eg: Claude desktop):

 "mcpServers": {
    "foundry": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "foundry-mcp"],
      "env" :{
        "PRIVATE_KEY": "0x1234"
      }
    }
 }

[!NOTE] PRIVATE_KEY is optional

NPM Package

You can install the server as an NPM package (after it is published):

npm install foundry-mcp

Or run directly with npx:

npx -y foundry-mcp

Docker Image

You can pull and run the official Docker image (after it is published):

docker pull alexbakers/foundry-mcp:latest
docker run -p 3000:3000 alexbakers/foundry-mcp:latest

Or use in your mcpServers config:

 "mcpServers": {
    "foundry": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-v",
        "/path/to/your/project:/path/to/your/project",
        "-e",
        "PRIVATE_KEY",
        "alexbakers/foundry-mcp"
      ],
      "env" :{
        "PRIVATE_KEY": "0x1234"
      }
    }
 }

Development & Publishing

Build Locally

npm install
npm run build

Publish to NPM & Docker Hub

Publishing is automated via GitHub Actions on every release tag (vX.Y.Z).

• NPM: Requires NPM_TOKEN secret in GitHub.
• Docker: Requires DOCKERHUB_USERNAME and DOCKERHUB_TOKEN secrets in GitHub.

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mcpServers Usage

To use the server in your mcpServers setup, either:

• Install from NPM:

  npm install foundry-mcp

• Or use the Docker image:

  docker pull alexbakers/foundry-mcp:latest

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Configuration

The server supports the following environment variables:

• RPC_URL: Default RPC URL to use when none is specified (optional)
• PRIVATE_KEY: Private key to use for transactions (optional)

[!CAUTION] Do not add keys with mainnet funds. Even though the code uses it safely, LLMs can hallicunate and send malicious transactions. Use it only for testing/development purposes. DO NOT trust the LLM!!

Workspace

The server maintains a persistent Forge workspace at ~/.mcp-foundry-workspace for all Solidity files, scripts, and dependencies.

Tools

Anvil

• anvil_start: Start a new Anvil instance
• anvil_stop: Stop a running Anvil instance
• anvil_status: Check if Anvil is running and get its status

Cast

• cast_call: Call a contract function (read-only)
• cast_send: Send a transaction to a contract function
• cast_balance: Check the ETH balance of an address
• cast_receipt: Get the transaction receipt
• cast_storage: Read contract storage at a specific slot
• cast_run: Run a published transaction in a local environment
• cast_logs: Get logs by signature or topic
• cast_sig: Get the selector for a function or event signature
• cast_4byte: Lookup function or event signature from the 4byte directory
• cast_chain: Get information about the current chain

Forge

• forge_script: Run a Forge script from the workspace
• install_dependency: Install a dependency for the Forge workspace

File Management

• create_solidity_file: Create or update a Solidity file in the workspace
• read_file: Read the content of a file from the workspace
• list_files: List files in the workspace

Utilities

• convert_eth_units: Convert between EVM units (wei, gwei, hex)
• compute_address: Compute the address of a contract that would be deployed
• contract_size: Get the bytecode size of a deployed contract
• estimate_gas: Estimate the gas cost of a transaction

Changelog

1.1.1

• Next release: describe your new features or bugfixes here.

1.1.0

• Refactored all handler registrations for clarity and maintainability
• Enforced explicit type signatures for all resource/tool handlers
• Improved error handling and code comments
• Prepared for production deployment (NPM/Docker)

Usage in Claude Desktop App

Once the installation is complete, and the Claude desktop app is configured, you must completely close and re-open the Claude desktop app to see the tavily-mcp server. You should see a hammer icon in the bottom left of the app, indicating available MCP tools, you can click on the hammer icon to see more details on the available tools.

Now claude will have complete access to the foundry-mcp server. If you insert the below examples into the Claude desktop app, you should see the foundry-mcp server tools in action.

Examples

1. Transaction analysis:

Can you analyze the transaction and explain what it does? 
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xcb73ad3116f19358e2e649d4dc801b7ae0590a47b8bb2e57a8e98b6daa5fb14b

2. Querying Balances:

Query the mainnet ETH and USDT balances for the wallet 0x195F46025a6926968a1b3275822096eB12D97E70.

3. Sending transactions:

Transfer 0.5 USDC to 0x195F46025a6926968a1b3275822096eB12D97E70 on Mainnet. 

4. Deploying contracts/Running scripts:

Deploy a mock ERC20 contract to a local anvil instance and name it "Fire Coin".

Acknowledgments

• Model Context Protocol for the MCP specification
• Anthropic for Claude Desktop

Disclaimer

The software is being provided as is. No guarantee, representation or warranty is being made, express or implied, as to the safety or correctness of the software. They have not been audited and as such there can be no assurance they will work as intended, and users may experience delays, failures, errors, omissions, loss of transmitted information or loss of funds. The creators are not liable for any of the foregoing. Users should proceed with caution and use at their own risk.