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#### Server Specification
<VersionBadge version="2.3.5" />
The server can be specified in three ways:
The server can be specified in four ways:
1. `server.py` - imports the module and looks for a FastMCP object named `mcp`, `server`, or `app`. Errors if no such object is found.
2. `server.py:custom_name` - imports and uses the specified server object
3. `http://server-url/path` or `https://server-url/path` - connects to a remote server and creates a proxy
4. `mcp.json` - runs servers defined in a standard MCP configuration file
<Tip>
When using `fastmcp run` with a local file, it **ignores** the `if __name__ == "__main__"` block entirely. Instead, it finds your server object and calls its `run()` method directly with the transport options you specify. This means you can use `fastmcp run` to override the transport specified in your code.
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fastmcp run https://example.com/mcp-server --log-level DEBUG
```
#### Running MCP Configuration Files
FastMCP can run servers defined in standard MCP configuration files (typically named `mcp.json`). When you run an mcp.json file, FastMCP creates a proxy server that runs all the servers referenced in the configuration.
**Example mcp.json:**
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"fetch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/Users/username/Documents"
]
}
}
}
```
**Run the configuration:**
```bash
# Run with default stdio transport
fastmcp run mcp.json
# Run with HTTP transport on custom port
fastmcp run mcp.json --transport http --port 8080
# Run with SSE transport
fastmcp run mcp.json --transport sse
```
### `dev`
Run a MCP server with the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector) for testing.

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if content := file_path.read_text().strip():
return cls.model_validate_json(content)
return cls(mcpServers={})
raise ValueError(f"No MCP servers defined in the config: {file_path}")
class CanonicalMCPConfig(MCPConfig):