Lorem Ipsum

You run the lorem-ipsum MCP server to expose a lightweight Model Context Protocol service locally and offer an HTTP endpoint for real-time interactions via SSE. It’s useful for testing model-context workflows, generating sample responses, and wiring simple clients to a local MCP server for development and demos.

How to use

You interact with this MCP server from a client that understands the MCP protocol. Start the server locally and connect your client to the provided HTTP endpoint or use the standard I/O entry point to run the server directly from your shell. When the HTTP interface is running, you’ll access the base URL at the server host and port, with an SSE stream available at the designated path to push updates.

How to install

Prerequisites you need before installing are Node.js and npm. Ensure you have Node.js installed on your system so you can run the MCP server and its CLI.

# Install the MCP server globally using npm
npm install -g lorem-ipsum-mcp

# Or run directly with npx without installing
npx lorem-ipsum-mcp

Additional notes

The server provides two ways to start: you can run the MCP server directly if it’s installed globally, or you can run it on demand with npx. The HTTP interface serves at http://localhost:3001 and exposes an SSE endpoint at http://localhost:3001/sse. This setup is ideal for local development, testing, and demonstrations where you need a small, self-contained MCP endpoint.

Available tools

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Generate or fetch images from picsum.photos with options to specify size, grayscale, blur, format, and output type (URL or file).