Installing - Windows

Download

Download the the latest Windows msi installer package from github asset files

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Install

  • After the download finishes, open the File Explorer and navigate to the download folder.

  • Right click the msi file and select Properties
    properties

  • In the properties window that opens, check the Unblock checkbox on the General Tab in the Security section; and then click Apply.
    unblock

  • Double click the mcp-guardian_x86_64-windows.msi file to launch the installer.
    installer

  • Click the Next button, accepting all defaults, then click Install. You'll get a prompt from the User Account Control asking for permission to make changes to your device; select Yes
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  • After the installer completes, click Finish and the MCP Guardian UI will launch automatically.

Proxy Setup

To make it easier to call the MCP Guardian Proxy, we'll now add the install location to your system path.

  1. Open the Start Menu and search for "Environment Variables" and select "Edit the system environment variables".
    start menu
  2. In the System Properties window, click on the "Environment Variables" button.
    start menu
  3. In the Environment Variables window, find the "Path" variable in the "System variables" section and select it, then click "Edit". start menu
  4. In the Edit Environment Variable window, click "New" and add C:\Program Files\mcp-guardian
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  5. Click Apply or Ok in each of those windows to close them
  • Open a PowerShell shell and run sh mcp-guardian-proxy --help and you should see output like this:
    proxy cli

MCP Guardian is now installed. Check out the intro and tutorials to start using MCP Guardian with Claude Desktop.