IBM watsonx.ai Granite
local MCP serverIBM watsonx.ai Granite is a local MCP server: IBM watsonx.ai MCP by three.ws: chat, text generation, embeddings, and tokenization. Install it from npm as @three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add ibm-watsonx -e WATSONX_API_KEY=... -e WATSONX_PROJECT_ID=... -e WATSONX_SPACE_ID=... -e WATSONX_URL=... -e WATSONX_MODEL_ID=... -e WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID=... -e WATSONX_API_VERSION=... -- npx -y @three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"ibm-watsonx": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WATSONX_API_KEY": "...",
"WATSONX_PROJECT_ID": "...",
"WATSONX_SPACE_ID": "...",
"WATSONX_URL": "...",
"WATSONX_MODEL_ID": "...",
"WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID": "...",
"WATSONX_API_VERSION": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
WATSONX_API_KEY,WATSONX_PROJECT_ID,WATSONX_SPACE_ID,WATSONX_URL,WATSONX_MODEL_ID,WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID,WATSONX_API_VERSION
Summary
IBM watsonx.ai MCP by three.ws: chat, text generation, embeddings, and tokenization.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM watsonx.ai Granite | 218 | Local | Yes | npm |
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Questions
It reads 7 environment variables: WATSONX_API_KEY, WATSONX_PROJECT_ID, WATSONX_SPACE_ID, WATSONX_URL, WATSONX_MODEL_ID, WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID, WATSONX_API_VERSION. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Node.js 18+ (runs with npx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
IBM watsonx.ai Granite is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp.
Run: claude mcp add ibm-watsonx -e WATSONX_API_KEY=... -e WATSONX_PROJECT_ID=... -e WATSONX_SPACE_ID=... -e WATSONX_URL=... -e WATSONX_MODEL_ID=... -e WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID=... -e WATSONX_API_VERSION=... -- npx -y @three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp
Run: codex mcp add ibm-watsonx --env WATSONX_API_KEY=... --env WATSONX_PROJECT_ID=... --env WATSONX_SPACE_ID=... --env WATSONX_URL=... --env WATSONX_MODEL_ID=... --env WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID=... --env WATSONX_API_VERSION=... -- npx -y @three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp
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