test-python

The test-server MCP server implements a lightweight note storage service. It exposes a simple note resource model where each note has a name, a description, and a text/plain content type. You can add notes using the add-note tool, which requires a name and content as string arguments, and the server will update its state and notify connected clients of resource changes. A custom note:// URI scheme is supported to access individual notes directly. In addition to managing notes, the server provides a summarize-notes prompt. This prompt aggregates all stored notes and returns a generated summary, with an optional style parameter (brief or detailed) to control the level of detail. Tools and prompts are designed to work together so you can programmatically add notes and then generate a consolidated summary of your current notes state.

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.8+ installed on your system
• Access to a Python package runner (e.g., pipx or pip)
• Optional: MCP Inspector for debugging (recommended)

Install and run the MCP server (Python/uv):

1. Install uvx (the MCP server runner):

   • With pipx (recommended):

     pipx install uvx
     

   • Or directly via pip (if you don’t use pipx):

     pip install uvx
     

2. Run the test-server MCP server:

   uvx test-server
   

   This uses the published configuration in the README that wires the Python server named "test-server" for MCP execution.

3. (Optional) Start the MCP Inspector for debugging:

   npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/your/test-server run test-server
   

Note: If you follow the development/workflow example in the README, you may instead run via uv with a local directory and explicit run spec, but the published approach shown uses uvx with the server name. Adjust paths and server names to match your local setup.

Tips and considerations:

• The server exposes a single tool (add-note) and a single prompt (summarize-notes). Use add-note to populate the in-memory note store, then invoke summarize-notes to generate a summary. The summarize-notes prompt accepts an optional style argument (e.g., brief or detailed) to influence the verbosity of the generated summary.
• Access individual notes via the note:// URI scheme described in the Resources section.
• If debugging MCP interactions, the MCP Inspector is highly recommended as it provides a UI to inspect prompts, tools, and the flow between MCP components.
• Environment variables: none are strictly required by default, but you may need to configure authentication, publishing credentials, or inspector settings depending on your environment.
• For local development, you can mimic the published configuration by using uvx with the server name as shown in the Quickstart examples.