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An MCP server implementation that integrates the Sarvam API, providing comprehensive text processing capabilities for Indian languages.
Features
- Language Identification: Detect language and script of input text (e.g., en-IN, hi-IN, Latin, Devanagari)
- Text Analytics: Perform deep analysis and answer specific questions about text content
- Text Translation: Translate between languages with speaker gender, mode, and script controls
- Smart Processing: Support for numerals format, spoken form, and custom processing options
Tools
language-identification
- Identifies language and script of input text
- Inputs:
input(string): Text to identify language and script
text-analytics
- Performs comprehensive text analysis
- Inputs:
text(string): Text to analyzequestions(string[]): Array of questions to answer about the text
translate-text
- Translates text between languages
- Inputs:
input(string): Text to translatesource_language_code(string): Source language codetarget_language_code(string): Target language codespeaker_gender(string, optional): Speaker's gendermode(string, optional): Translation modemodel(string, optional): Translation modelenable_processing(boolean, optional): Enable additional processingoutput_script(string, optional): Target scriptnumerals_format(string, optional): Format for numerals
transliterate-text
- Converts text between different scripts
- Inputs:
input(string): Text to transliteratesource_language_code(string): Source language codetarget_language_code(string): Target language codenumerals_format(string, optional): Format for numeralsspoken_form(boolean, optional): Enable spoken formspoken_form_numerals_language(string, optional): Language for spoken numerals
Configuration
Getting an API Key
- Sign up for a Sarvam API account
- Generate your API key from the developer dashboard
Usage with Claude Desktop
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"sarvam": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"sarvam-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SARVAM_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
NPM Package
The package is available on npm as sarvam-mcp-server. Install it using:
npm install sarvam-mcp-server
Usage with Docker
The server is available as a Docker image at shbhtngpl/sarvam-mcp-server.
- Pull the image:
docker pull shbhtngpl/sarvam-mcp-server
- Run the container:
docker run -i --rm -e SARVAM_API_KEY=your_api_key_here shbhtngpl/sarvam-mcp-server
For Claude Desktop integration, use this configuration in your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"sarvam": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"SARVAM_API_KEY",
"shbhtngpl/sarvam-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SARVAM_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Development
Local Development
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Shobhit-Nagpal/sarvam-mcp-server.git
cd sarvam-mcp-server
- Install dependencies:
npm install
- Run the server:
npm start
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
Installing Sarvam
This server has no published package — it is built from source. Open the repository and follow its README.
▸ github.com/Shobhit-Nagpal/sarvam-mcp-serverFAQ
Is Sarvam MCP free?
Yes, Sarvam MCP is free — one-click install via Unyly at no cost.
Does Sarvam need an API key?
No, Sarvam runs without API keys or environment variables.
Is Sarvam hosted or self-hosted?
Self-hosted: the server runs locally on your machine via the install command above.
How do I install Sarvam in Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor?
Open Sarvam on unyly.org, pick your client tab (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) and press Install — the config is generated automatically, no JSON editing.
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