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Add simple architecture overview with note on proxy role
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@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ The MCP inspector is a developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers.
![MCP Inspector Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/main/mcp-inspector.png)
## Architecture Overview
The MCP Inspector consists of two main components that work together:
- **MCP Inspector Client (MCPI)**: A React-based web UI that provides an interactive interface for testing and debugging MCP servers
- **MCP Proxy (MCPP)**: A Node.js server that acts as a protocol bridge, connecting the web UI to MCP servers via various transport methods (stdio, SSE, streamable-http)
Note that the proxy is not a network proxy for intercepting traffic. Instead, it functions as both an MCP client (connecting to your MCP server) and an HTTP server (serving the web UI), enabling browser-based interaction with MCP servers that use different transport protocols.
## Running the Inspector
### Requirements