smol-mcp

DharuNamikaze/smol-mcp

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This document provides a comprehensive overview of a locally running naive MCP Server built using the Typescript SDK.

Introduction

This is a Locally running naive MCP Server built using Typescript-sdk from the official documentation.

First things first, Run this command to install the SDK for Typescript to get started

npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk

⚠️ Make sure that MCP requires Node.js v18.x or higher to work fine.

Quick Start

Run the server by the follwing command:

npm run server:inspect

we are using mcp-inspector for a reason which we'll see it later.

In this project we are currently utilizing StdioServerTransport as a Transport layer between the AI application and our MCP Server.

Understanding the MCP Server syntax

We are the McpServer() class takes name, version, title, blah...

the game is in the capabilities of the server which takes three main arguments resources,tools,prompts

so coming to the build, we can use vscode to create

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go to the cmd palette -> search for >mcp:add server

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select stdio as we are currently using it

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Enter the configured build command

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Enter a name for the server

now let's configure the local mcp build (your_mcp.json)

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change it to your configuration or take a refernce here

Final Steps to see if the tool is actually working

  1. Click the restart to start the server running

  2. The output window aside terminal shows the entire conversation between our server and any client

  3. Mention the server file #your_mcp.json and the tool #your_toolto copilot and tada!🎉💃

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