Stata MCP server

Let LLM help you achieve your regression analysis with Stata. This MCP (Model Context Protocol) server enables interaction between Large Language Models and Stata, helping automate statistical analysis. Currently supports macOS only (as of April 2025), with Windows support expected by the end of April 2025.

Prerequisites

• uv - Package installer and virtual environment manager
• Claude, Cline, ChatWise, or other LLM service
• Stata License
• Your API-KEY from LLM

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sepinetam/stata-mcp.git
cd stata-mcp

# Copy example config
cp example.config.py config.py

# Using uv (recommended)
uv run stata_mcp.py 17 se  # Test run with Stata 17 SE

Alternative setup with pip:

python3.11 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

MCP Server Configuration

Claude

{
  "stata-mcp": {
    "command":"uv",
    "args":[
      "--directory",
      "/Users/yourname/path/to/repo/",
      "run",
      "stata_mcp.py",
      "17",
      "se"
    ]
  }
}

ChatWise

Open ChatWise app and navigate to the tools tab (subscription required):

type: stdio
ID: stata-mcp
command: uv --directory /Users/yourname/path/to/repo/ run stata_mcp.py 17 se

Cline

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stata-mcp": {
      "command":"uv",
      "args":[
        "--directory",
        "/Users/yourname/path/to/repo/",
        "run",
        "stata_mcp.py",
        "17",
        "se"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Usage

For more detailed usage information, visit the Usage guide.

Disclaimer

This project is for research purposes only. The author is not responsible for any damage caused by this project. Please ensure you have proper licensing to use Stata.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "stata-mcp" '{"command":"uv","args":["--directory","/Users/yourname/path/to/repo/","run","stata_mcp.py","17","se"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "stata-mcp": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/Users/yourname/path/to/repo/",
                "run",
                "stata_mcp.py",
                "17",
                "se"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "stata-mcp": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/Users/yourname/path/to/repo/",
                "run",
                "stata_mcp.py",
                "17",
                "se"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect