Pls Touch Grass

Name: Pls Touch Grass
Author: Rinava

by Rinavaversion 0.3.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.Rinava/pls-touch-grass

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

An MCP server that knows how long it's been since you touched grass

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: GRASS_STATE_FILE

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pls-touch-grass": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pls-touch-grass-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRASS_STATE_FILE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add pls-touch-grass --env GRASS_STATE_FILE=your-value -- npx -y pls-touch-grass-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pls-touch-grass": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pls-touch-grass-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRASS_STATE_FILE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pls-touch-grass": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pls-touch-grass-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRASS_STATE_FILE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

GRASS_STATE_FILE env
Path to the JSON file holding your grass-touching history. Defaults to ~/.pls-touch-grass.json

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Rinava, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
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– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32599 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 24% of the other 32599 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32599 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Pls Touch Grass safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.0) reached the registry 3 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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pls-touch-grass-mcp

An MCP server that knows how long it's been since you touched grass, and won't shut up about it.

You log grass, it tracks indoor time, it catches you raging at your AI and sends you to the nearest park, weather checked first. A joke, but one that teaches MCP: five tools, shared state, and descriptions that make the model call them unprompted.

Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add pls-touch-grass -s user -- npx -y pls-touch-grass-mcp

-s user, or the server only exists in the directory you ran that from. Working from a clone, skip the command: there's a .mcp.json in the root and Claude Code offers it when you open the folder.

Cursor

Or the JSON, in ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (per project):

"mcpServers": { "pls-touch-grass": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "pls-touch-grass-mcp"] } } }

Claude Desktop

.mcpb from Releases, then Settings → Extensions → Install Extension. Dependencies are bundled; installs offline. By hand it's the same JSON as Cursor, in claude_desktop_config.json (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows).

claude.ai

No. Custom connectors want a remote server over HTTPS; this is stdio on your own machine. HTTP transport is the first item under Homework.

From source

git clone https://github.com/Rinava/pls-touch-grass-mcp

cd pls-touch-grass-mcp npm ci && npm run build

Point any config above at node /absolute/path/to/dist/index.js instead.

npx -y downloads the package on first start — live audiences and venue wifi deserve a warm cache. Published on npm as pls-touch-grass-mcp, in the MCP Registry as io.github.Rinava/pls-touch-grass.

The five tools

Tool	What it does	When the model calls it
`touched_grass`	Logs that you went outside	"back from the park"
`gotta_go`	Do you need to go out?	"can I keep going?"
`frustration_detector`	Catches the rage and escalates	on its own, when you snap; that's the point
`grass_conditions`	Real weather (Open-Meteo, no key)	before sending you outside
`where_to_touch_grass`	Nearby parks with distances (OpenStreetMap)	"where should I go?", or when you name a place

Nobody teaches the model to detect frustration: the tool description does it alone. Type "NOTHING WORKS!!!" and watch.

Zero configuration

Location resolves fresh from your IP (ipwho.is) each run — city-level on purpose. Detection down: last known spot, then the Obelisco, like everyone else. Name a neighborhood or a street address to where_to_touch_grass and it sticks: known neighborhoods resolve offline, anything else is geocoded once through OpenStreetMap's Nominatim, and only the words you typed leave your machine. A place you named outranks a guess from your IP, until you name a different one.

Indoor tolerance defaults to a merciless 2 minutes; ask the model for clemency and it passes a bigger threshold_minutes to gotta_go. State is one JSON file, ~/.pls-touch-grass.json. Touching grass resets the rage counter. That's how absolution works.

The demo curse

Live demos summon it: the venue wifi dies the moment you say "watch this". Add --demo to the args and every answer goes canned — 22°C and clear, the Obelisco, the curated spots. Zero network calls, zero surprises. Off by default; real life should stay real.

Follow the workshop

The repo is tagged by step:

git checkout step-1   # stdio server + touched_grass

git checkout step-2 # + gotta_go (state and threshold) git checkout step-3 # + frustration_detector (the demo) git checkout step-4 # + grass_conditions (network with fallback) git checkout step-5 # + where_to_touch_grass and this README npm ci && npm test

Every step compiles and passes its own tests. Two dependencies total: the official MCP SDK and zod.

Homework

HTTP transport: createMcpHandler in SDK v2 serves the same factory over fetch, and it's what gets you onto claude.ai
Per-project thresholds instead of a global one
Streak tracking for consecutive grass days
Demo spots for your own city, via PR: one object per park in src/lib/demo.ts, with an opinion

Release

npm run build:mcpb packs dist and the production dependencies into pls-touch-grass-mcp- .mcpb, the file that goes on a GitHub Release. The manifest is generated from package.json; nothing to keep in sync by hand.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome — the Homework list is seeded as open issues, several tagged good first issue. See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup and the house rules (there are few, but the demo-spot opinion is mandatory).

License

MIT. The grass is free and so is this.

Pls Touch Grass

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Zendesk

README from the maker

pls-touch-grass-mcp

Install

Claude Code

Cursor

Claude Desktop

claude.ai

From source

The five tools

Zero configuration

The demo curse

Follow the workshop

Homework

Release

Contributing

License