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# An LLM-Powered Chatbot MCP Client written in Rust
See the [Build an MCP client](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/develop/build-client) tutorial for more information.
An interactive chatbot MCP client: it launches an MCP server over stdio, lists its tools, and hands them to Claude, which can call them while answering your questions.
This example accompanies the [Build an MCP client](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/develop/build-client) tutorial.
## Prerequisites
- Rust (stable) and Cargo
- An [Anthropic API key](https://console.anthropic.com/) (optional — see below)
## Setup
Export your API key, or put it in a `.env` file in this directory (the `.env` file is optional):
```bash
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
```
## Run the client
Pass the command that starts the server — a binary or a script — after `--`:
```bash
cargo run -- ../weather-server-rust/target/release/weather
```
(Build the server first with `cargo build --release` in its directory.)
Type a question (for example, "What's the weather in Sacramento?") and Claude answers using the server's tools. Type `quit` to exit.
Without an `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, the client still connects, prints the server's tools, and exits — useful for verifying the MCP wiring without credentials.
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