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MCP Django Shell

joshuadavidthomas/mcp-django-shell

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing Django project exploration resources and optional stateful shell access for LLM assistants to interact with Django projects.

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Install

pip install mcp-django

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "django": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "mcp_django"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE": "<DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
Author
@joshuadavidthomas
Category
Developer Tools, AI Chatbot
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Project exploration - MCP resources for discovering apps, models, and configuration

  • Package discovery - Search and browse Django Packages for third-party packages

  • Zero configuration - No schemas, no settings, just Django

  • Stateless shell - shell executes Python code with fresh state each call

  • Always fresh - Code changes take effect immediately, no stale modules

  • Export sessions - Save debugging sessions as Python scripts

  • Clear history - Start fresh when exploration gets messy

  • LLM-friendly - Designed for LLM assistants that already know Python

  • Multiple transports - STDIO, HTTP, SSE support

Tools (11)

  • get_project_info

    Get comprehensive project information including Python environment and Django configuration

  • get_setting

    Get a Django setting value by key

  • list_apps

    List all installed Django applications with their models

  • list_models

    Get detailed information about Django models with optional filtering by app or scope

  • list_routes

    Introspect Django URL routes with filtering support for HTTP method, route name, or URL pattern

  • execute_command

    Execute Django management commands with arguments and options

  • list_commands

    List all available Django management commands with their source apps

  • execute

    Execute Python code in a stateless Django shell

  • export_history

    Export session history as a Python script

  • clear_history

    Clear the session history for a fresh start

  • djangopackages.org

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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