A Model Context Protocol server
This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that implements a simple notes system. It demonstrates core MCP concepts by providing:
- Resources representing text notes with URIs and metadata
- Tools for creating new notes
- Prompts for generating summaries of notes
- List and access notes via
note://
URIs - Each note has a title, content and metadata
- Plain text mime type for simple content access
create_note
- Create new text notes- Takes title and content as required parameters
- Stores note in server state
summarize_notes
- Generate a summary of all stored notes- Includes all note contents as embedded resources
- Returns structured prompt for LLM summarization
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the server:
npm run build
For development with auto-rebuild:
npm run watch
Load up a Datastax collection with the monster data.
Get the Datastax Astra DB API endpoint and token from the Astra DB UI.
Run pnpm install
to install the dependencies.
Run pnpm run build
to build the server.
Edit the claude_desktop_config.json
file to add the server config:
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"monster-server": {
"name": "monster-server",
"command": "[path to node]",
"args": ["[path to this repo]/build/index.js"],
"env": {
"ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT": "https://[dbname].apps.astra.datastax.com",
"ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN": "[token]"
}
}
}
}
Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:
npm run inspector
The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.
You will need to set the ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT
and ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN
environment variables in the inspector UI.