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# list-clients

> List MCP config file locations

## Synopsis

```bash theme={null}
mcpconfig list-clients [--all]
```

## Description

**list-clients** finds and lists MCP config files that your AI coding apps use. By default it shows only configs that **exist** on your system, with their full paths. Use **--all** to show every known config location (including ones that don't exist yet).

## Options

| Option    | Short  | Description                                            |
| --------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **--all** | **-a** | Show all known config locations (found and not found). |

## Examples

```bash theme={null}
# Show only configs that were found on disk
mcpconfig list-clients

# Show every known config location
mcpconfig list-clients --all
```

## Output

For each config you see:

* **App name** — e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex.
* **✓ or ✗** — Whether the config file was found.
* **Path** — Full path to the config file when found.

**list-servers**, **add-server**, and **delete-server** use only JSON and Codex TOML configs; other TOML and YAML configs are listed here but not parsed or written.

## See also

* [list-servers](/commands/list-servers) — List MCP servers from found JSON and Codex TOML configs.
* [Supported apps](/reference/supported-apps) — Config paths for each app.