Resource Watcher — MCP resources, subscriptions, and roots

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Showcase of MCP resources, resource templates, subscriptions, change notifications, and client root listing. Includes a config panel widget with live updates when resources change.

Try it now

Connect to the hosted instance:

https://fragrant-term-zmdks.run.mcp-use.com/mcp

Or open the Inspector to test it interactively.

Setup on ChatGPT

1. Open Settings > Apps and Connectors > Advanced Settings and enable Developer Mode
2. Go to Connectors > Create, name it "Resource Watcher", paste the URL above
3. In a new chat, click + > More and select the Resource Watcher connector

Setup on Claude

1. Open Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
2. Paste the URL above and save

Features

• MCP resources — static and templated resources with URIs
• Subscriptions — resources/subscribe with change notifications
• Resource templates — dynamic resources with URI template params
• Client roots — server.listRoots() to discover client workspace roots
• Config panel widget — live config editing with resource sync

Tools

Tool	Description
show-config	Show the current configuration in a live panel
update-config	Update a configuration key/value pair
toggle-feature	Toggle a feature flag on or off
list-roots	List all client workspace roots

Available Widgets

Widget	Preview
config-panel

Local development

git clone https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-resource-watcher.git
cd mcp-resource-watcher
npm install
npm run dev

Deploy

npx mcp-use deploy

Built with

• mcp-use — MCP server framework

License

MIT