openai-tool2mcp

# Install from PyPI
pip install openai-tool2mcp

# Or install the latest development version
pip install git+https://github.com/alohays/openai-tool2mcp.git

# Recommended: Install uv for better MCP compatibility
pip install uv

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

# Recommended: Use uv for MCP compatibility (recommended by MCP documentation)
uv run openai_tool2mcp/server_entry.py --transport stdio

# Or use the traditional method with the CLI
openai-tool2mcp start --transport stdio

{
 "mcpServers": {
 "openai-tools": {
 "command": "uv",
 "args": [
 "--directory",
 "/absolute/path/to/your/openai-tool2mcp",
 "run",
 "openai_tool2mcp/server_entry.py"
 ]
 }
 }
}

# server_script.py
from openai_tool2mcp import MCPServer, ServerConfig, OpenAIBuiltInTools

# Configure with OpenAI web search
config = ServerConfig(
 openai_api_key="your-api-key",
 tools=[OpenAIBuiltInTools.WEB_SEARCH.value]
)

# Create and start server with STDIO transport (for MCP compatibility)
server = MCPServer(config)
server.start(transport="stdio")

uv run server_script.py

# openai_tools_server.py
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from openai_tool2mcp import MCPServer, ServerConfig, OpenAIBuiltInTools

# Load environment variables
load_dotenv()

# Create a server with multiple tools
config = ServerConfig(
 openai_api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
 tools=[
 OpenAIBuiltInTools.WEB_SEARCH.value,
 OpenAIBuiltInTools.CODE_INTERPRETER.value
 ]
)

# Create and start the server with stdio transport for MCP compatibility
server = MCPServer(config)
server.start(transport="stdio")

{
 "mcpServers": {
 "openai-tools": {
 "command": "uv",
 "args": [
 "--directory",
 "/absolute/path/to/your/project/folder",
 "run",
 "openai_tools_server.py"
 ]
 }
 }
}

sequenceDiagram
 participant Claude as "Claude App"
 participant MCP as "MCP Client"
 participant Server as "openai-tool2mcp Server"
 participant OpenAI as "OpenAI API"

 Claude->>MCP: User query requiring tools
 MCP->>Server: MCP request
 Server->>OpenAI: Convert to OpenAI format
 OpenAI->>Server: Tool response
 Server->>MCP: Convert to MCP format
 MCP->>Claude: Display result

{
 "mcpServers": {
 "openai-tools": {
 "command": "openai-tool2mcp",
 "args": [
 "start",
 "--transport",
 "stdio",
 "--tools",
 "retrieval",
 "code_interpreter"
 ]
 }
 }
}

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/alohays/openai-tool2mcp.git
cd openai-tool2mcp

# Install in development mode
make install

# Run tests
make test

# Run linting
make lint

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