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No SDK, no API keys, no API. These are guides for using MCPOrbit and concepts about MCP. Short, focused, kept current.
Get started
Connect your first MCP server
Open MCPOrbit, click Add Server, paste a command or URL, hit Connect. Your tools appear within a second.
Walk through the first-launch wizard
What MCPOrbit asks on first run, why it asks, and what changes if you say no.
Install MCPOrbit on macOS
Download the .dmg, drag the app to /Applications, launch. macOS 14+. No account needed.
Concepts
What drift testing means in practice
Snapshot a server's tools today. Re-run later. MCPOrbit shows every change colour-coded by severity.
What MCP actually does
MCP is a protocol for tool calling. Servers expose tools, prompts, and resources; clients (like MCPOrbit) call them.
What Server Cards are
A JSON file at .well-known/mcp.json that lists every MCP server a domain publishes. Decentralised discovery for MCP.
How-to
Add a tested server to Claude Desktop
Vetted server in MCPOrbit → Add to IDE → Claude Desktop → preview the diff → Apply.
Compare two servers on the same prompt
Open Comparison Mode, add both servers, pick a model, type a prompt, run.
Build a custom registry adapter
Implement the adapter interface in TypeScript, drop it into the adapters folder, toggle it on in Settings.
Export a server's schema as OpenAPI
Right-click a server → Export → OpenAPI 3.1. Pipe into Swagger UI, Postman, or your docs.
Snapshot a baseline and run drift later
Right-click a server → Save baseline. Later, right-click → Run drift. MCPOrbit diffs the two.
Looking for the MCP specification? It lives at github.com/modelcontextprotocol/specification. We track it; we don't replace it.
