MCP Server for rattler

[iamthebot]

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What is the idea?

It would be neat to be able to execute conda-related operations as part of an agentic development workflow. While agentic tools can certainly invoke CLIs (eg; pixi or CLIs using rattler), MCP offers a typed interface that provides more stability even if APIs change.

I'd imagine that pixi could simply extend the MCP server in rattler for pixi-specific operations.

Why is this needed?

Agentic workflows are becoming more common for automating certain tedious tasks. As we explore helping automate eg; boostrapping a project having MCP servers available for the operations that need to be performed helps ensure the workflows are reliable even if the tools themselves evolve over time.

What should happen?

A possible inspiration is uv-mcp-server.

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[iamthebot]

I'd possibly be interested in putting together an MVP.

[baszalmstra]

I would be very interested in an MVP as that sounds super interesting.