Quick start
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Prerequisites
Python is not a prerequisite in itself. Each route below states what it needs.
Install in Claude Code
The plugin
The shortest path: two lines, no pip install, no MCP configuration to edit. Adds four
skills and a crash-analyst agent on top of the ten tools, with symbols preconfigured.
/plugin marketplace add svnscha/mcp-windbg
/plugin install mcp-windbg-uvx@mcp-windbg
Needs uv, which supplies uvx: winget install astral-sh.uv. The
plugin uses it to fetch the pinned server from PyPI on first use, so there is nothing else to
install. See the plugin README for symbols and options.
Registering the server yourself
If you would rather not use the plugin, or you already run the package:
pip install mcp-windbg
claude mcp add mcp-windbg -s user -e _NT_SYMBOL_PATH="SRV*C:\Symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols" -- python -m mcp_windbg
Needs Python 3.10 or higher. The tools are identical; the skills and the agent are not included.
Install in another client
pip install mcp-windbg
Needs Python 3.10 or higher. Then point the client at python -m mcp_windbg. For VS Code
(GitHub Copilot), press F1 and select MCP: Open User Configuration to enable it in every
workspace:
{
"servers": {
"mcp_windbg": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "mcp_windbg"],
"env": {
"_NT_SYMBOL_PATH": "SRV*C:\\Symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols"
}
}
}
}
See the client configuration guide for
Claude Desktop, Copilot CLI, Autohand Code, HTTP, and from-source setups.