Basic MCP Server Tool

Packaging and running the application

The application can be packaged using:

git clone this repository

./mvnw install

jbang provides the CLI execution

brew install jbang

mcp-cli

git clone https://github.com/chrishayuk/mcp-cli

brew install uv

cd mcp-cli

uv sync --reinstall

Create env var for OPENAI_API_KEY (note: it is much longer)

https://platform.openai.com/api-keys

export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-GzT9guXBFr7lee1m_blah

Edit server_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "burrhello": {
      "command": "jbang",
      "args": [
        "--java",
        "21",
        "--quiet",
        "org.acme:basic-tool:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT:runner"
     ]
   }
  }
}

uv run mcp-cli --server burrhello --provider openai --model gpt-4o-mini