CLI has no --quiet/--silent flag to suppress non-essential output
Author: CloneOfAlexCreated Sep 18, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelsenhancementv2
Which client?
CLI
The problem
Every CLI invocation prints banner/status lines in addition to the actual result. That gets in the way when the CLI is called from a script and only the result payload matters (e.g. piped to jq) -- right now the only way to isolate it is fragile text-processing of the full output.
Solution you have in mind (optional)
Add a --quiet/-q flag that suppresses everything except the result payload (or the error, on failure), consistent with common CLI conventions.
Alternatives or workarounds you have tried
No response
Already built it locally?
No response
Before you submit
- I searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate.
- This is a request for the Inspector itself, not for the MCP specification or an SDK.
Source: modelcontextprotocol/inspector