MCP-Server-Template

What is MCP-Server-Template?

It implements a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for web crawling capabilities, exposing crawlers as tools for any MCP-compliant client. It features a unified server architecture with centralized configuration.

How to use MCP-Server-Template?

Use Docker with docker-compose up --build, or run locally by installing dependencies (npm install), defining environment variables, building (npm run build), and starting (npm start). The server provides MCP Streamable HTTP at /mcp/v2 (recommended), legacy SSE at /mcp/sse, and API endpoints at /api/health and /api/version.

Key features of MCP-Server-Template

• Unified server architecture integrating Express and MCP
• Centralized configuration with module-specific settings
• Two MCP transports: Streamable HTTP and SSE
• Web crawling tools: crawl and crawlWithMarkdown
• Docker support for containerized deployment

Use cases of MCP-Server-Template

• Enable MCP clients to crawl web pages via the crawl tool
• Extract markdown content with the crawlWithMarkdown tool
• Integrate web crawling into AI-driven workflows
• Monitor web content programmatically via MCP endpoints

FAQ from MCP-Server-Template

What transport methods does MCP-Server-Template support?

The server