github/github-mcp-server · error

--stdio-server-cmd is required

Error message

--stdio-server-cmd is required

What it means

Error "--stdio-server-cmd is required" thrown in github/github-mcp-server.

Source

Thrown at cmd/mcpcurl/main.go:112

	}
)

var (
	// Create root command
	rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "mcpcurl",
		Short: "CLI tool with dynamically generated commands",
		Long:  "A CLI tool for interacting with MCP API based on dynamically loaded schemas",
		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
			// Skip validation for help and completion commands
			if cmd.Name() == "help" || cmd.Name() == "completion" {
				return nil
			}

			// Check if the required global flag is provided
			serverCmd, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("stdio-server-cmd")
			if serverCmd == "" {
				return fmt.Errorf("--stdio-server-cmd is required")
			}
			return nil
		},
	}

	// Add schema command
	schemaCmd = &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "schema",
		Short: "Fetch schema from MCP server",
		Long:  "Fetches the tools schema from the MCP server specified by --stdio-server-cmd",
		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
			serverCmd, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("stdio-server-cmd")
			if serverCmd == "" {
				return fmt.Errorf("--stdio-server-cmd is required")
			}

			// Build the JSON-RPC request for tools/list
			jsonRequest, err := buildJSONRPCRequest("tools/list", "", nil)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/mcpcurl/main.go:112 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of github/github-mcp-server@0ea1f775a7 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/dafc307e1e5d28a9. Report an issue: GitHub.