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title: "Config: mcp-tui-driver MCP server installed globally"
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# mcp-tui-driver MCP Server Configuration

## Installation

Installed from source via cargo:
```bash
cargo install --git https://github.com/michaellee8/mcp-tui-driver
```

Binary location: `~/.cargo/bin/mcp-tui-driver`

To update:
```bash
cargo install --git https://github.com/michaellee8/mcp-tui-driver --force
```

## Claude Code Integration

Added to `~/.claude/.mcp.json` globally with `type: stdio`.

Added wildcard permission to `~/.claude/settings.json`:
```json
"mcp__tui-driver__*"
```

## Available Tools (23 total)

- **Session management:** `tui_launch`, `tui_close`, `tui_list_sessions`, `tui_get_session`, `tui_resize`
- **Viewing:** `tui_text`, `tui_snapshot`, `tui_screenshot`
- **Keyboard input:** `tui_press_key`, `tui_press_keys`, `tui_send_text`
- **Mouse input:** `tui_click`, `tui_click_at`, `tui_double_click`, `tui_right_click`
- **Waiting:** `tui_wait_for_text`, `tui_wait_for_idle`
- **Scripting:** `tui_get_code_interface`, `tui_run_code`
- **Debug:** `tui_get_input`, `tui_get_output`, `tui_get_scrollback`, `tui_send_signal`