portel-dev / ncp
Natural Context Provider (NCP). Your MCPs, supercharged. Find any tool instantly, load on demand, run on schedule, ready for any client. Smart loading saves tokens and energy.
Why this job: topics: mcp-server, mcp-client, claude-desktop, mcp

What it does
- Local .ncp directory exists → Uses project configuration
- No local .ncp directory → Falls back to global ~/.ncp
- Zero profile management needed → Everything goes to default all.json
- Claude Code projects (project-specific MCP tooling)
- Team consistency (ship .ncp folder with your repo)
Get started
npm install -g @portel/ncp You need: Node.js 22+ (Node.js 24 recommended; CI uses 24) (Download here); npm (included with Node.js) or npx for running packages; Command line access (Terminal on Mac/Linux, Command Prompt/PowerShell on Windows)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 9 days ago
- Stars
- 101
- On GitHub
- Licence
- Custom
- Read before business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- 3.0.0
- Released 22 days ago
- Built with
- TypeScript
- 93% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 92% closed
- 1 still open
- Pull requests
- 4 merged
- 0 waiting
- Releases
- 23
- 6 in the last year
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- TypeScript 93%
- JavaScript 6%
- Shell <1%
Topics
- ai-agents
- claude
- claude-desktop
- gemini
- mcp
- mcp-client
- mcp-server
- openai
- orchestrator
- vector-search
Project record
- JobMCP servers
- StatusListed
- Commits889
- Forks9
- Watching1
- Stars in 28 days+1
- CreatedSep 15, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026
