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# Scaled MCP Server
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A horizontally scalable MCP (Message Context Protocol) server implementation that supports load-balanced deployments.
## Overview
The Scaled MCP Server is a Go library that implements the MCP 2025-03 specification with support for horizontal scaling. It's designed to be embedded in your application and provides flexible configuration options.
## Features
- **HTTP Transport**: Flexible HTTP transport with main `/mcp` endpoint, optional SSE endpoint, and capabilities negotiation
- **Session Management**: Distributed session management with Redis or in-memory options
- **Actor System**: Uses an actor-based architecture for handling sessions and message routing
- **Horizontal Scaling**: Support for load-balanced deployments across multiple nodes
## Installation
```bash
go get github.com/traego/scaled-mcp@latest
```
> **Note:** This library requires Go 1.24 or higher.
## Usage
### Basic Server with Static Tool
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"os"
"os/signal"
"syscall"
"github.com/traego/scaled-mcp/pkg/config"
"github.com/traego/scaled-mcp/pkg/resources"
"github.com/traego/scaled-mcp/pkg/server"
)
func main() {
// Configure logging
logHandler := slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug})
slog.SetDefault(slog.New(logHandler))
// Create a server with default configuration
cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
// Use in-memory session store for simplicity
cfg.Session.UseInMemory = true
// Create a static tool registry
registry := resources.NewStaticToolRegistry()
// Define and register a simple calculator tool
calculatorTool := resources.NewTool("calculator").
WithDescription("Performs basic arithmetic operations").
WithInputs([]resources.ToolInput{
{
Name: "operation",
Type: "string",
Description: "Operation to perform (add, subtract, multiply, divide)",
Required: true,
},
{
Name: "a",
Type: "number",
Description: "First operand",
Required: true,
},
{
Name: "b",
Type: "number",
Description: "Second operand",
Required: true,
},
}).
Build()
// Register the tool with the registry
registry.RegisterTool(calculatorTool)
// Define a prompt for the server
prompt := "You are a helpful AI assistant that can perform calculations using the calculator tool."
// Create the server with the tool registry and prompt
srv, err := server.NewMcpServer(cfg,
server.WithToolRegistry(registry),
server.WithServerInfo("Example MCP Server", "1.0.0"),
server.WithPrompt(prompt),
)
if err != nil {
slog.Error("Failed to create server", "error", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
// Set up the tool handler
registry.SetToolHandler("calculator", func(ctx context.Context, params map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
// Extract parameters
operation, ok := params["operation"].(string)
if !ok {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: operation must be a string", resources.ErrInvalidParams)
}
a, ok := params["a"].(float64)
if !ok {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: a must be a number", resources.ErrInvalidParams)
}
b, ok := params["b"].(float64)
if !ok {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: b must be a number", resources.ErrInvalidParams)
}
// Perform the calculation
var result float64
switch operation {
case "add":
result = a + b
case "subtract":
result = a - b
case "multiply":
result = a * b
case "divide":
if b == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: division by zero", resources.ErrInvalidParams)
}
result = a / b
default:
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: unknown operation %s", resources.ErrInvalidParams, operation)
}
return map[string]interface{}{
"result": result,
}, nil
})
// Start the server in a goroutine
go func() {
if err := srv.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
slog.Error("Failed to start server", "error", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}()
slog.Info("Server started", "host", cfg.HTTP.Host, "port", cfg.HTTP.Port)
// Wait for termination signal
sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(sig, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
<-sig
// Shutdown the server
slog.Info("Shutting down server...")
shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), cfg.HTTP.ShutdownTimeout)
defer cancel()
if err := srv.Stop(shutdownCtx); err != nil {
slog.Error("Failed to stop server", "error", err)
}
slog.Info("Server stopped")
}
### Using an External HTTP Server
You can use your own HTTP server with the MCP transport:
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"log"
"net/http"
"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
"github.com/go-chi/cors"
"github.com/traego/scaled-mcp/pkg/config"
"github.com/traego/scaled-mcp/pkg/server"
"github.com/traego/scaled-mcp/pkg/transport"
)
func main() {
// Create a server with default configuration
cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
cfg.Session.UseInMemory = true
// Create the MCP server but don't start the HTTP server
srv, err := server.NewServer(cfg)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to create server: %v", err)
}
// Create a custom router
r := chi.NewRouter()
// Add middleware
r.Use(middleware.RequestID)
r.Use(middleware.RealIP)
r.Use(middleware.Logger)
r.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
// Add CORS middleware - important when using an external server
r.Use(cors.Handler(cors.Options{
AllowedOrigins: []string{"*"},
AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "OPTIONS"},
AllowedHeaders: []string{"Accept", "Authorization", "Content-Type", "X-CSRF-Token"},
ExposedHeaders: []string{"Link"},
AllowCredentials: true,
MaxAge: 300,
}))
// Add your custom routes
r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
w.Write([]byte("Welcome to the MCP server!"))
})
// Create the HTTP transport with the custom router
httpTransport := transport.NewHTTPTransport(
cfg,
srv.GetActorSystem(),
srv.GetSessionManager(),
transport.WithExternalRouter(r),
)
// Start the MCP server without HTTP
if err := srv.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to start server: %v", err)
}
// Start the HTTP transport
if err := httpTransport.Start(); err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to start HTTP transport: %v", err)
}
// Start your HTTP server
log.Printf("Starting HTTP server on %s:%d", cfg.HTTP.Host, cfg.HTTP.Port)
if err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", r); err != nil {
log.Fatalf("HTTP server error: %v", err)
}
}
## Dynamic Tool Registry Example
This library supports both static and dynamic tool registries. Here's an client_example of using a dynamic tool registry:
```go
// Create a custom tool provider
toolProvider := NewExampleToolProvider()
// Create a dynamic tool registry with the provider
registry := resources.NewDynamicToolRegistry(toolProvider)
// Create server with the dynamic tool registry
cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
mcpServer, err := server.NewMcpServer(cfg,
server.WithToolRegistry(registry),
)
```
### Tool Definition
The library provides two ways to define tool inputs:
#### 1. Using WithInputs (Recommended)
```go
weatherTool := resources.NewTool("weather").
WithDescription("Get weather information for a location").
WithInputs([]resources.ToolInput{
{
Name: "location",
Type: "string",
Description: "The location to get weather for",
Required: true,
},
{
Name: "units",
Type: "string",
Description: "Temperature units (celsius or fahrenheit)",
Default: "celsius",
},
}).
Build()
```
#### 2. Using Individual Parameter Methods
```go
calculatorTool := resources.NewTool("calculator").
WithDescription("Performs basic arithmetic operations").
WithString("operation").
Required().
Description("Operation to perform (add, subtract, multiply, divide)").
Add().
WithNumber("a").
Required().
Description("First operand").
Add().
WithNumber("b").
Required().
Description("Second operand").
Add().
Build()
```
## Important Notes
### CORS Configuration
When using an external HTTP server with the MCP transport, you need to configure CORS settings on your router. The MCP transport will not apply CORS settings when using an external router, as shown in the example above.
### Session Management
For production deployments, it's recommended to use Redis for session management to support horizontal scaling. The in-memory session store should only be used for development or testing.
## To Do
- [ ] Authorization Examples + Auth Context Flow Through
- [ ] Metrics endpoint (prometheus), covering actor starts / stops, avg session length, etc
- [ ] Session Actor Hooks
- [ ] MCP Spec
- [ ] List Change Notifications
- [ ] Sampling
- [ ] Roots
- [ ] Completion
- [ ] Logging
- [ ] A2A Spec
- [ ] Added details here https://github.com/sardonicfusa/scaled-mcp/wiki/A2A-Support
- [ ] Pipelining to support plugins
- [ ] K8S Clustering Hooked Up + Tested
- [ ] Search support (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/pull/322)
- [ ] Full testing of all features (resources, prompts, etc.)
- [ ] Test Coverage to 80%
- [ ] Cleanup New Server API just a bit to make it easier to standup
- [ ] Better defaults
- [ ] Get to vNext of goakt and replace custom messaging schedule (was a bug workaround)
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
5. Open a Pull Request
## Development
### Testing
Run tests:
```bash
go test ./...
```
Run tests with coverage:
```bash
go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...
```
View coverage report in browser:
```bash
go tool cover -html=coverage.txt
```
### Code Coverage
This project uses [Codecov](https://codecov.io/) for code coverage reporting. Coverage reports are automatically generated and uploaded during CI runs.
To view the coverage dashboard, visit [codecov.io/gh/traego/scaled-mcp](https://codecov.io/gh/traego/scaled-mcp).
## License
This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
## Documentation
See the [GoDoc](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/traego/scaled-mcp) for detailed API documentation.
