Overview: This MCP server implements two cryptographic hashing tools exposed via the Model Context Protocol for MD5 and SHA-256. It enables LLMs and MCP clients to request hashes for given text, returning deterministic results quickly. The server exposes two tools: calculate_md5 and calculate_sha256. It is designed to work with MCP clients such as VS Code Copilot Chat, Claude Desktop, and other MCP-enabled interfaces. The repository provides instructions to run via Docker or directly in Python (hashing-mcp-server package). The Docker option lets you pull the image and run with docker run -i --rm; the Python option uses a standard virtual environment and pip install hashing-mcp-server, with commands hashing-mcp-server or python -m hashing_mcp.cli. The project is distributed on PyPI and Docker Hub (hashing-mcp-server, kunalpathak13/hashing-mcp-server). The README includes tutorials, installation steps, testing guidance, and development/release instructions to facilitate building, testing, and contributing. The server targets hashing workloads within MCP-enabled LLM workflows, aiming to reduce latency and simplify integration for cryptographic requests.