MCP Gdbserver

MCP server for remote debugging with gdbserver

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gdbserver": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gdbserver"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

mcp-gdbserver

MCP server for remote debugging with gdbserver - provides full debugging capabilities including process management, breakpoint control, stepping, memory inspection, and more.

Install

Terminal

pip install mcp-gdbserver

Usage

server.ts

from mcp_gdbserver import GdbDebugger

# Create debugger instance
debugger = GdbDebugger()

# Start gdbserver to debug a program
session = debugger.start_gdbserver(port=2345, program="/bin/myapp", args=["--debug"])

# Get session info
sessions = debugger.list_sessions()

# Stop session
debugger.stop_session("session_1")

CLI

bash

mcp-gdbserver --help

Tools

The MCP server provides 19 debugging tools organized into 4 categories:

Process Management

gdbserver_start - Start gdbserver to debug a program remotely
gdbserver_start_multi - Start gdbserver in multi-process mode
gdbserver_attach - Attach to a running process
gdbserver_list_sessions - List all active sessions
gdbserver_stop - Stop a debugging session

Breakpoint Control

gdbserver_set_breakpoint - Set a breakpoint at a location
gdbserver_delete_breakpoint - Delete a breakpoint

Execution Control

gdbserver_continue - Continue execution
gdbserver_step - Step one instruction (into functions)
gdbserver_next - Execute one instruction (over functions)
gdbserver_interrupt - Interrupt execution

Inspection

gdbserver_stack_frames - Get call stack frames
gdbserver_local_variables - Get local variables
gdbserver_list_threads - List all threads
gdbserver_select_thread - Switch to a thread
gdbserver_read_register - Read CPU registers
gdbserver_read_memory - Read memory contents
gdbserver_evaluate - Evaluate an expression
gdbserver_load_symbols - Load symbol file

MCP Configuration

Add to your MCP config:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gdbserver": {
      "command": "mcp-gdbserver",
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Development

bash

git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-gdbserver.git
cd mcp-gdbserver
pip install -e ".[test]"

# run tests
pytest

# format
ruff format src/ tests/

# lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# type check
mypy src/

mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-gdbserver

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "mcp-gdbserver": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-gdbserver"] } }

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Documentation Overview

mcp-gdbserver

MCP server for remote debugging with gdbserver - provides full debugging capabilities including process management, breakpoint control, stepping, memory inspection, and more.

Install

Terminal

pip install mcp-gdbserver

Usage

server.ts

from mcp_gdbserver import GdbDebugger

# Create debugger instance
debugger = GdbDebugger()

# Start gdbserver to debug a program
session = debugger.start_gdbserver(port=2345, program="/bin/myapp", args=["--debug"])

# Get session info
sessions = debugger.list_sessions()

# Stop session
debugger.stop_session("session_1")

CLI

bash

mcp-gdbserver --help

Tools

The MCP server provides 19 debugging tools organized into 4 categories:

Process Management

gdbserver_start - Start gdbserver to debug a program remotely
gdbserver_start_multi - Start gdbserver in multi-process mode
gdbserver_attach - Attach to a running process
gdbserver_list_sessions - List all active sessions
gdbserver_stop - Stop a debugging session

Breakpoint Control

gdbserver_set_breakpoint - Set a breakpoint at a location
gdbserver_delete_breakpoint - Delete a breakpoint

Execution Control

gdbserver_continue - Continue execution
gdbserver_step - Step one instruction (into functions)
gdbserver_next - Execute one instruction (over functions)
gdbserver_interrupt - Interrupt execution

Inspection

gdbserver_stack_frames - Get call stack frames
gdbserver_local_variables - Get local variables
gdbserver_list_threads - List all threads
gdbserver_select_thread - Switch to a thread
gdbserver_read_register - Read CPU registers
gdbserver_read_memory - Read memory contents
gdbserver_evaluate - Evaluate an expression
gdbserver_load_symbols - Load symbol file

MCP Configuration

Add to your MCP config:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gdbserver": {
      "command": "mcp-gdbserver",
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Development

bash

git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-gdbserver.git
cd mcp-gdbserver
pip install -e ".[test]"

# run tests
pytest

# format
ruff format src/ tests/

# lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# type check
mypy src/

mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-gdbserver