Installing - Windows
Download
Download the the latest Windows msi installer package from github
You may need to show all assets to find the installer.
Install
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After the download finishes, open the File Explorer and navigate to the download folder.
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Right click the msi file and select
Properties
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In the properties window that opens, check the
Unblock
checkbox on the General Tab in the Security section; and then clickApply
.
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Double click the
mcp-guardian_x86_64-windows.msi
file to launch the installer.
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Click the
Next
button, accepting all defaults, then clickInstall
. You'll get a prompt from the User Account Control asking for permission to make changes to your device; selectYes
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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.
- Open the Start Menu and search for "Environment Variables" and select "Edit the system environment variables".
- In the System Properties window, click on the "Environment Variables" button.
- In the Environment Variables window, find the "Path" variable in the "System variables" section and select it, then click "Edit".
- In the Edit Environment Variable window, click "New" and add
C:\Program Files\mcp-guardian
- Click
Apply
orOk
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:
MCP Guardian is now installed. Check out the intro and tutorials to start using MCP Guardian with Claude Desktop.