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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="mcp-server-cli",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    description="A CLI tool that creates a local Model Context Protocol (MCP) server",
+    author="MCP Contributors",
+    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
+    package_dir={"": "src"},
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
+    install_requires=[
+        "fastapi>=0.104.0",
+        "click>=8.1.0",
+        "pydantic>=2.5.0",
+        "pyyaml>=6.0.0",
+        "aiofiles>=23.2.0",
+        "httpx>=0.25.0",
+        "gitpython>=3.1.0",
+        "uvicorn>=0.24.0",
+        "sse-starlette>=1.6.0",
+    ],
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "mcp-server=mcp_server_cli.main:main",
+        ],
+    },
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": [
+            "pytest>=7.4.0",
+            "pytest-asyncio>=0.21.0",
+            "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
+        ],
+    },
+)