From ed57b4cd42698582c754e197850b8d3a96ff031f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremiah Lowin <153965+jlowin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:08:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify proxy load

---
 src/fastmcp/cli/cli.py |  8 ++++----
 src/fastmcp/cli/run.py | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fastmcp/cli/cli.py b/src/fastmcp/cli/cli.py
index 4e82efae2..3f06e507b 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/cli/cli.py
@@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ def run(
     """Run an MCP server or connect to a remote one.
 
     The server can be specified in four ways:
-    1. Module approach: server.py - runs the module directly, looking for an object named 'mcp', 'server', or 'app'
-    2. Import approach: server.py:app - imports and runs the specified server object
-    3. URL approach: http://server-url - connects to a remote server and creates a proxy
-    4. MCPConfig file: mcp.json - runs as a proxy server for the MCP Servers in the MCPConfig file
+    1. Module approach: "server.py" - runs the module directly, looking for an object named 'mcp', 'server', or 'app'
+    2. Import approach: "server.py:app" - imports and runs the specified server object
+    3. URL approach: "http://server-url" - connects to a remote server and creates a proxy
+    4. MCPConfig file: "mcp.json" - runs as a proxy server for the MCP Servers in the MCPConfig file
 
     Server arguments can be passed after -- :
     fastmcp run server.py -- --config config.json --debug
diff --git a/src/fastmcp/cli/run.py b/src/fastmcp/cli/run.py
index 1fa173307..1efd34e30 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/cli/run.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/cli/run.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """FastMCP run command implementation with enhanced type hints."""
 
 import importlib.util
+import json
 import re
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -146,13 +147,11 @@ def create_client_server(url: str) -> Any:
 def create_mcp_config_server(mcp_config_path: Path) -> FastMCP[None]:
     """Create a FastMCP server from a MCPConfig."""
     from fastmcp import FastMCP
-    from fastmcp.client import Client
-    from fastmcp.client.transports import MCPConfigTransport
-    from fastmcp.mcp_config import MCPConfig
 
-    mcp_config = MCPConfig.from_file(mcp_config_path)
-    client = Client[MCPConfigTransport](mcp_config)
-    server = FastMCP.as_proxy(client)
+    with mcp_config_path.open() as src:
+        mcp_config = json.load(src)
+
+    server = FastMCP.as_proxy(mcp_config)
     return server