feat: add homebrew installation support for toolbox

[bpranava]

Fixes #820

• Added installation and upgrade support for toolbox via homebrew -mcp-toolbox: rename from genai-toolbox Homebrew/homebrew-core#231149, genai-toolbox 0.9.0 (new formula) Homebrew/homebrew-core#230590
• This PR updates the documentation files to include the same.

Install toolbox via homebrew with:

brew install mcp-toolbox

Start the server using the command:

toolbox --tools-file "tools.yaml"

[kurtisvg]

@bpranava Thanks for the PR! This is great.

Is it too late to change the name of the package to toolbox or mcp-toolbox?

[bpranava]

@bpranava Thanks for the PR! This is great.

Is it too late to change the name of the package to toolbox or mcp-toolbox?

Hi @kurtisvg , I did go with "toolbox" initially, but they mentioned that "toolbox" was too generic - Homebrew/homebrew-core#230590 (comment)
Only for installations we would be using the name "genai-toolbox" and the artifact would still remain to be "toolbox".

That said, there seems to be a process for renaming homebrew formulae - https://docs.brew.sh/Rename-A-Formula.
Happy to update it to mcp-toolbox if really needed

[kurtisvg]

@bpranava it would defiantly be helpful to use mcp-toolbox -- we would have renamed the repo by now, but it would break the links to the docs (github does not redirect those for some reason) 🙈

[bpranava]

@bpranava it would defiantly be helpful to use mcp-toolbox -- we would have renamed the repo by now, but it would break the links to the docs (github does not redirect those for some reason) 🙈

Got it! Just want to clarify the user experience once again,

Installation

brew install mcp-toolbox

Usage

toolbox --tools-yaml "tools.yaml"

is this correct?

[kurtisvg]

@bpranava LGTM

[bpranava]

Homebrew PR - Homebrew/homebrew-core#230744
Once merged, I'll update the docs

[bpranava]

@kurtisvg , since the project name is still genai-toolbox, homebrew maintainers are asking us to create an alias instead of renaming the formula - Homebrew/homebrew-core#230824 (comment)
Whenever you rename the repo, I can go ahead and remove the genai-toolbox package, but for now I'll keep it as is.

PR for adding alias - Homebrew/homebrew-core#230957

[kurtisvg]

@bpranava -- Super appreciate it! I don't know if it'll help, but I tried to comment on the PR as well.

[bpranava]

@kurtisvg thanks for following up with the homebrew-core team. I have verified that we are able to install mcp-toolbox package now and I have updated the documentation

[kurtisvg]

@bpranava really appreciate your contributions so far!

[chenrui333]

@bpranava it would defiantly be helpful to use mcp-toolbox -- we would have renamed the repo by now, but it would break the links to the docs (github does not redirect those for some reason) 🙈

👋 any timeline for the repo rename?