> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.groundforge.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# MCP Workflows

> Discover and govern remote or local MCP providers from the CLI.

Use `providers` for registered MCP providers and `discover mcp` for an explicit discovery workflow.

## Registered provider

```bash theme={null}
gforge providers list
gforge providers describe <provider-id> -o yaml
gforge providers test <provider-id>
gforge providers discover <provider-id>
gforge providers inventory <provider-id>
```

## Recommendations

```bash theme={null}
gforge providers recommendations <provider-id>
gforge providers apply <provider-id> \
  --recommendation <recommendation-id> \
  --dry-run -o yaml
```

## Local stdio discovery

```bash theme={null}
gforge discover mcp local-tools \
  --stdio \
  --command "python /absolute/path/server.py" \
  --upload \
  --debug
```

Keep local MCP environment secrets in the local process environment. Discovery uploads metadata and schemas, not raw secret values.

Use `gforge proxy mcp --help` and `gforge mcp --help` for the installed local proxy and client-shim options.


## Related topics

- [MCP Providers](/concepts/mcp-providers.md)
- [Weather MCP Example](/examples/weather-mcp.md)
- [Supported Features](/features.md)
- [Usage Notes](/operations/usage-notes.md)