docs(mcp): fix #1 install failure — uv onboarding + troubleshooting + 1-click deeplinks - #35
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…oting + 1-click deeplinks People hit "MCP server failed to connect"; root cause is uvx not installed. - Quick Install now leads with the cross-platform `uv` install command - "first launch ~30s" note (avoids connect timeout on first run) - pip/pipx fallback elevated to a first-class no-uvx path - Troubleshooting section keyed to the exact "cannot/failed to connect" error (uvx --version check, manual handshake test, pip escape hatch) - One-click install for the top 3: Claude Code (CLI), Cursor + VS Code (verified deeplinks) - Capability summary block (products / transport / access / auth / tools) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
llms.txt is what AI clients read. It now carries an explicit self-heal recipe so when the gen MCP "fails to connect", the agent knows the cause (uv/uvx not installed) and the exact fix — install uv, pre-download, manual handshake test, or the pip no-uvx escape hatch — without a human in the loop. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Why
Users report "MCP server failed to connect." Root cause confirmed by reproduction: the config runs
uvx gen-mcp-server, butuvx(uv) isn't installed on the user's machine, so the client can't spawn it → surfaces as a connect failure. The package itself is healthy (clean stdout, validinitializehandshake).What changed (
guides/claude-code.mdx)uv(mac/Linux/Windows/brew), then "open a new terminal" so it's on PATH.pip/pipxfallback promoted to a first-class no-uvxpath (command: "gen-mcp-server").failed/cannot connecterror:uvx --versioncheck, a copy-paste manual handshake test, and the pip escape hatch.Verification
npm run buildgreen (65 pages) on a tree synced toorigin/main.🤖 Generated with Claude Code