MCP gateway — Register an MCP server
sbx mcp add registers an MCP server by name. The registration records the server definition on the host. It doesn't attach the server to a sandbox by itself. To expose a registered server to a sandbox, pass it with --static-mcp when you create the sandbox, or use sbx mcp load for a sandbox that's al
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sbx mcp add registers an MCP server by name. The registration records the server definition on the host. It doesn't attach the server to a sandbox by itself. To expose a registered server to a sandbox, pass it with --static-mcp when you create the sandbox, or use sbx mcp load for a sandbox that's already running.
Server names can contain letters, numbers, dots, hyphens, and underscores.
The --url flag can point to different kinds of input. The execution location depends on what you register
A remote endpoint URL identifies a running MCP server. The server runs remotely, and the sandbox gateway connects to it. A metadata URL with --local returns a registry entry, server.json, or server.yaml that describes an OCI-packaged stdio server. sbx resolves the image and runs it on the host with Docker. An explicit command runs on the host as a stdio MCP server.
Local stdio servers run on the h
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