gws8820/text-counter

Text Counter MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that calculates basic text metrics for input text.

Features

• get_text_count(text: str): Returns basic metrics for the provided text
  • characters: total character count
  • characters_without_space: character count excluding whitespace
  • words: word count

Example:

{
  "characters": 12,
  "characters_without_space": 11,
  "words": 2
}

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• uv installed

All Python dependencies are defined in pyproject.toml and will be resolved by uv.

Run locally

From this directory:

uv run python main.py

Or from anywhere using an explicit directory:

uv run --directory /home/gws8820/devochat/mcp-proxy/servers/text-counter python main.py

Use with an MCP client

Add the following in your MCP client configuration (example servers.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "text-counter": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["text-counter"]
    }
  }
}

Once connected, call the tool get_text_count with a text string argument.

License

Distributed under the .