Regex Tools MCP Server

mcp-regex-tools

Regex and text processing tools for AI agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Tools

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file:

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "regex-tools": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["D:/products/mcp-servers/mcp-regex-tools/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Usage with Claude Code

claude mcp add regex-tools node D:/products/mcp-servers/mcp-regex-tools/dist/index.js

Or add to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "regex-tools": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["D:/products/mcp-servers/mcp-regex-tools/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Examples

Test a regex

regex_test({ pattern: "(\\d{4})-(\\d{2})-(\\d{2})", text: "Today is 2026-03-19 and tomorrow is 2026-03-20" })

Replace with capture groups

regex_replace({ pattern: "(\\w+)\\s(\\w+)", replacement: "$2 $1", text: "hello world" })

Extract matches

regex_extract({ pattern: "[\\w.]+@[\\w.]+", text: "Contact us at info@example.com or support@example.com" })

Explain a regex

regex_explain({ pattern: "^(?:https?://)?(?:www\\.)?([\\w-]+)\\.\\w{2,}$", flags: "i" })

Transform text

text_transform({ text: "hello world example", transforms: ["PascalCase"] })
text_transform({ text: "some text\nwith\nlines\nwith\nduplicates\nlines", transforms: ["deduplicate_lines", "sort_lines"] })

License

MIT