If you're building R packages and want Claude to handle the boilerplate, this server wraps the core workflow tools. It exposes usethis for scaffolding (creating files, adding dependencies), devtools for building and checking packages, renv for dependency management, and testthat for test setup. Reach for it when you're iterating on package structure and want to skip the console roundtrips. You can ask Claude to add a new function file, write its roxygen documentation, update DESCRIPTION, and run checks without leaving the conversation. The source doesn't detail specific commands, but the toolkit is standard R package development machinery.
claude mcp add --transport stdio io.github.b0ydt-r-packagedev-mcp uvx r-packagedev-mcp