detect

MCP tool from MCP Stata by tmonk

Returns metadata about the Stata installation (version, flavor, OS) and optionally SSC packages.

How to use it

detect is exposed by the MCP Stata MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the detect tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install MCP Stata

$uvx --refresh --refresh-package mcp-stata --from mcp-stata@latest mcp-stata

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Other tools in MCP Stata (4)

action

describe, codebook, summary, search, list, get, or lint.

history_diff

returns tracked changes in variables/macros and dataset dimensions.

history_stats

returns retained window metadata (historysize, earliestcommand, latestcommand, maxhistoryentries).

lint

performs static analysis of .do and .ado files for modern best practices.