mcp-for-stata

MCP-for-Stata (Stata-MCP): Run Stata with ANY Agent

MCP-for-Stata is an safety first open-source MCP server and CLI tool with Skills lets any AI agent you use invoke local Stata on your device for regression analysis, econometrics, paper replication, and empirical research. It provides command guards, resource monitoring, automatic log capture, and cross-platform client installation, while you retain control of your data and Stata license.

Turn Claude Code, Codex, and other AI agents into an on-demand research assistant.

Stata is a registered trademark of StataCorp LLC. This project is an independent community-developed tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by StataCorp LLC.

💡 Quick Start

You do not need to edit any configuration. Just tell your agent:

Install MCP-for-Stata for yourself globally following the instructions in the GitHub repository at SepineTam/mcp-for-stata.

🆕 News

• 📖 Skills installed by default: Stata-related skills are now installed together with the MCP, no separate setup needed. See the installation guide.
• 🚀 DeepSeek Harness Day 0 Support: Install MCP-for-Stata in DeepSeek Harness with uvx stata-mcp install -c dsh. See the DeepSeek Harness guide.
• 🧪 Claude Science Support: MCP-for-Stata now works in Claude Science with a sandbox allowlist. See the Claude Science guide.
• Find more in WeChat: Why I made it?, and 8 figures find out Stata-MCP
• 🦞 OpenClaw Support: Standalone CLI tools for OpenClaw integration (stata-mcp tool), see OpenClaw guide
• ✨ Claude Code Plugin Support: Official plugin package with MCP server and Stata LSP integration
• Use MCP-for-Stata in Claude Code, see Claude Code advanced usage, or in Codex see Codex advanced usage

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MCP or AI about Stata

- A session based MCP server for Stata, mcp-stata

- IDEs (VScode or Cursor) integrated stata-mcp for VSCode. Confused them? 💡 Comparison

Datasets and Information

- STOP Dataset: StataMCP-Team Opendata Project 📊, we have open-sourced a comprehensive dataset collection for social science research, aiming to enable the future of AI-driven and data-powered research paradigms.

Why AGPL 3.0 License?

The AGPL 3.0 License is a type of open-source license. It does not affect your daily use, and allows you to use, modify, and distribute this software free of charge, provided that you comply with its terms, such as retaining the original copyright notices.

Notes: While we strive to make open source accessible to everyone, we regret that we can no longer maintain the Apache-2.0 License. Due to individuals directly copying this project and claiming to be its maintainers, we have decided to change the license to AGPL-3.0 to prevent misuse of the project in ways that go against our original vision.

Notes: 尽管我们希望尽可能让所有人都能从开源中获益，但我们很遗憾地宣布无法继续保持 Apache-2.0 License。由于有人直接抄袭本项目并标榜其为项目维护者，我们不得不将 License 更改为 AGPL-3.0，以防止有人滥用本项目进行违背项目初心的事情。

Reason following:

Background: @jackdark425's repository directly copied this project and claimed to be the sole maintainer. We welcome open source collaboration based on forks, including but not limited to adding new features, fixing existing bugs, or providing valuable suggestions for the project, but we firmly oppose plagiarism and false attribution.

Update: The infringing project has been taken down via GitHub DMCA. View DMCA takedown details.

背景: @jackdark425 的仓库直接抄袭了本项目并标榜为项目唯一维护者。我们欢迎基于fork的开源协作，包括但不限于添加新的feature、修改已有bug或对项目提出您宝贵的意见，但坚决反对抄袭和虚假署名行为。

更新: 侵权项目已通过GitHub DMCA被takedown，查看DMCA下架详情。

Installation and Client Configuration

See the Installation Guide for installation methods, client setup, addon/extra options, and verification.

🚀 One-click installation for all clients!

No config, no manual JSON editing. Just one command installs MCP-for-Stata for every supported agent (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and more):

uvx stata-mcp install --all

Supported Agents 🤖 Based on our own experience and testing, we recommend using Claude Code, Codex, and OpenClaw. We have found that Claude and DeepSeek are the two best models across any framework.

Agent · Tag · Command Claude Desktop · claude · uvx stata-mcp install -c claude Claude Code · cc · uvx stata-mcp install -c cc Gemini CLI · gemini · uvx stata-mcp install -c gemini Cursor · cursor · uvx stata-mcp install -c cursor Cline (VScode Extension) · cline · uvx stata-mcp install -c cline Codex CLI & Codex Desktop · codex · uvx stata-mcp install -c codex OpenCode · opencode · uvx stata-mcp install -c opencode OpenClaw · openclaw · uvx stata-mcp install -c openclaw Claude Science · — · Manual config

If you don't have uv, see the uv installation guide to install it. Or, use our beta install script (auto-installs uv if missing):

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SepineTam/mcp-for-stata/master/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SepineTam/mcp-for-stata/master/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

If you don't know how to use them, download the installation scripts and double-click it in your device. install.bat for Windows users, and install.command for macOS users.

Advanced - Claude Code

As we find Claude Code is the best agent for MCP-for-Stata as its prefect agentic ability, we recommend using it, and there are lots of advanced usage following:

Before using it, please make sure you have ever install Claude Code, if you don't know how to install it, visit on GitHub

Generally, you can install MCP-for-Stata globally for one time, you can run:

claude mcp add stata-mcp --scope user -- uvx stata-mcp

Then, you do not need to watch it again.

Local and share with your partners

If you want to install it locally only for the certain workspace, you can cd to your working directory, and run:

claude mcp add stata-mcp --env STATA_MCP__CWD=$(pwd) --scope local -- uvx --directory $(pwd) stata-mcp

It would nothing happen, you can type claude and type /mcp to find the status.

Also, collaboration is an essential part of research. You can share your MCP config with your co-authors using:

claude mcp add stata-mcp --scope project -- uvx stata-mcp

In your working directory, you can find a file named .mcp.json, your mcp config will be placed here.

Then, you can use MCP-for-Stata in Claude Code. Here are some scenarios for using it:

• Paper Replication: Replicate empirical studies from economics papers
• Quick Hypothesis Testing: Validate economic hypotheses through regression analysis
• Stata Learning Assistant: Learn econometrics with step-by-step Stata explanations
• Code Organization: Review and optimize existing Stata do-files
• Result Interpretation: Understand complex statistical outputs and regression results

If you use Claude Code inside IDEs (either the integrated terminal or the Claude Code Extension), installing our plugin including MCP-for-Stata and Stata LSP maintained by @euglevi.

# Add the MCP-for-Stata marketplace
claude plugin marketplace add SepineTam/mcp-for-stata

# Install the plugin to local, project or user scope
claude plugin install stata-toolbox -s project

The language server gives AI-generated Stata code better syntax awareness and completion, which improves output quality. We package the LSP in compliance with its license and give full attribution to the original author.

Advanced - Codex

We find that many researchers are using Codex as their agent, therefore we also provide instructions for Codex users.

I figure that researchers are not using Codex CLI but Codex Desktop, so we can say it is easier to config MCP-for-Stata than other agents.

You just need to say Install MCP-for-Stata for yourself globally from https://aidea-labs.com/open/projects/mcp-for-stata or visit https://github.com/SepineTam/mcp-for-stata then restart your Codex Desktop after it say ready.

Also, if you want to install it manually, here are two ways:

A. Install in Codex Desktop GUI

1. Open your Codex Desktop APP
2. Click Settings in the bottom-left corner
3. Find MCP servers on the left side
4. Click Add server
5. Fill with the following:

Name: stata-mcp
    Command to launch: uvx
    Arguments: stata-mcp

1. Click Save
2. Then, restart your Codex Desktop and enjoy it.

B. Install with Codex CLI

For CLI mode, just run the following command in your terminal

uvx stata-mcp install -c codex

Or use

codex mcp add stata-mcp -- uvx stata-mcp

Advanced - Claude Science

Claude Science runs MCP servers inside a strict sandbox that blocks access to the home directory (~) by default. If you try to launch MCP-for-Stata the standard way, you may see:

Couldn't load tools: MCP error -32000: Connection closed
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

To fix this, allowlist the paths where uv tool install stata-mcp places its files. Create or edit ~/.claude-science/config.toml:

[sandbox]
user_write_paths = [
  "~/.local/bin",
  "~/.local/share/uv/tools/stata-mcp",
]

Then add the server in Claude Science:

• Name: stata-mcp
• Command: ~/.local/bin/stata-mcp

Restart Claude Science and the tools will load. For the full walkthrough, see the Claude Science guide.

Other Clients

Standard config requires: please make sure the stata is installed at the default path, and the stata cli (for macOS and Linux) exists.