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# MCP Server Logger
console.log for your stdio MCP server
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## Why?
When developing an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with stdio transport, console.log interferes with the protocol communication.
For example, this is what you normally get in MCP inspector `npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector` when calling `console.log` in your MCP server code:
```
Error from MCP server: SyntaxError: Unexpected token S in JSON at position 0
```
## Solution
This package patches the console methods (log, warn, error, debug) and redirects logs to a separate terminal.
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## Usage
Start the logger in a terminal where you want to see the logs:
```shell
npx mcps-logger
```
Install the logger in your MCP server:
```shell
npm install mcps-logger
```
Add it to your MCP server entry file:
```typescript
import "mcps-logger/console";
```
Or if you want to use in development mode only:
```typescript
if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
import("mcps-logger/console");
}
```
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