explain — Contraptify MCP Tool
explain
(explain) is one of 5 tools on the
Contraptify
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call explain from your client
- Claude Code Contraptify explain run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Contraptify explain ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Contraptify explain ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Contraptify explain .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Contraptify explain ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Contraptify explain ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Contraptify explain ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Contraptify explain ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Contraptify explain .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT Contraptify explain Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai Contraptify explain Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain Contraptify explain pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http contraptify https://mcp.contraptify.com/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 11 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.