Cargo is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server: Structured Rust cargo operations (build, test, clippy) as typed JSON. In practice that means any MCP-compatible AI assistant can call Cargo's tools directly — the model decides when to use them in a conversation or agent run.
It runs locally: the npm package @paretools/cargo speaks MCP over stdio on your machine. No credentials are required — it works out of the box. The current release is v0.7.1, published under the MIT license, with source at Dave-London/Pare on GitHub, where it has earned 138 stars.
Cargo is listed under Development on mcp.site and works with any MCP client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed and the rest of the ecosystem — using the install snippets below. If you maintain Cargo for Dave-London, claim this listing to verify ownership, earn the Verified badge, and keep the details current.