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Introducing acquaint, an R package that turns your R sessions into a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This allows MCP-enabled tools like Claude Desktop and Claude Code to run #rstats code _in your active R sessions_ to explore objects, read documentation, etc. posit-dev.github.io/acquaint/

Sharon Machlis

@smachlis.bsky.social

28 May 2025

Such a cool idea! Does this work in RStudio also? I had a little trouble getting it to work on my Windows machine with Claude Desktop. Maybe I should try with Positron?

Simon P. Couch

@simonpcouch.com

Please do file an issue if you struggled to get your config working! I would anticipate any of Windows/Linux/macOS should work, as well as R processes from Positron / RStudio / the command line.

28/5/25, 5:37 pm0 reposts2 likes

Sharon Machlis

@smachlis.bsky.social

2 June 2025

FYI I got it working 🎉

Sharon Machlis

@smachlis.bsky.social

28 May 2025

I will try again and file if it doesn't work thanks