Lite_MCP_sdk
The Lite_MCP_sdk is an SDK designed to make AI agent technology easily accessible using JavaScript. It is specifically tailored for beginners, allowing users to build remote MCP servers and clients effortlessly. Its simple interface and copy-and-paste setup make it user-friendly and ideal for those with minimal programming experience.
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Introduction
This repo now includes 2 parts:
- Lite mcp sdk for javascript
- Lite mcp for javascript
Project Goal
The goal of this project is to make best of the AI Agent tech available to any Grandma👵 who learned 5 minutes of javascript.
Why javascript?
Because I want the project to condense on the running logics, rather than distracted by the types.
Lite mcp for javascript Introduction
Lite mcp for javascript is the BEST yet way to start a REMOTE SSE javascript MCP server and Client.
🚀 Quick start
REAL COPY AND PASTE experince for you to get started with MCP.
Installation
npm install litemcpjs
npm install express
npm install cors
Build a SSE MCP client under 5 lines
import { MCPClient } from "litemcpjs";
async function main() {
const client = new MCPClient("http://localhost:3000") // change this to your server url
await client.connect()
await client.listTools()
const result = await client.callTool("calculate-bmi", {weightKg: 70, heightM: 1.75})
console.log(result)
}
main();
Start a REMOTE MCP SSE server with expressJS
const { MCPServerInit } = require("litemcpjs");
// define the tools
const TOOLS = [
{
name: "calculate-bmi",
description: "Calculate the BMI of a person",
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: {
weightKg: { type: "number" },
heightM: { type: "number" },
},
required: ["weightKg", "heightM"],
},
method: async ({ weightKg, heightM }) => {
return {
content: [{
type: "text",
text: String(weightKg / (heightM * heightM))
}]
}
}
}
];
// define extra handlers for resources etc.
const handlers = {};
// compatible for server have .use(middleware) method such as express
const middlewares = [
cors(),
];
const MCPapp = express();
const MCPServer = MCPServerInit(
MCPapp,
middlewares,
handlers,
TOOLS,
).listen(5556);
Lite mcp sdk for javascript Introduction
For Anyone wants a little more low level control over the MCP protocol:
Lite mcp sdk for javascript is a lightweight mcp sdk remix with minimal dependencies.
Quick start
npm install lite-mcp-sdk
Server
const { Server, SSEServerTransport } = require("lite-mcp-sdk");
//or module import
import { Server, SSEServerTransport } from "lite-mcp-sdk";
//create a server
const server = new Server({
port: 3000,
transport: new SSEServerTransport(),
});
// 1. Define the server info
const server = new Server({
name: "example-servers/puppeteer",
version: "0.1.0",
}, {
capabilities: {
resources: {},
tools: {},
},
});
// 2. Define the request handlers
server.setRequestHandler("tools/call", async (request) => {
const { name, arguments: args } = request.params;
return handleToolCall(name, args);
});
//3. Define the transport
const transports = new Map();
const transport = new SSEServerTransport("/messages", res);
transports.set(clientId, transport);
//4. Connect the server to the transport
await server.connect(transport);
//5. Handle the post message
await transport.handlePostMessage(req, res);
Client
import { Client, SSEClientTransport } from "lite-mcp-sdk";
// 1. Define the client
let client = new Client( {
name: "fastmcp-client",
version: "0.1.0"
}, {
capabilities: {
sampling: {},
roots: {
listChanged: true,
},
},
} );
// 2. Init the client transport
const serverUrl = "http://localhost:3000"; // for example
const backendUrl = new URL(`${serverUrl}/sse`);
backendUrl.searchParams.append("transportType", "sse");
backendUrl.searchParams.append("url", `${serverUrl}/sse`);
const headers = {};
const clientTransport = new SSEClientTransport(backendUrl, {
eventSourceInit: {
fetch: (url, init) => fetch(url, { ...init, headers }),
},
requestInit: {
headers,
},
});
// 3. Connect the client to the transport
await client.connect(clientTransport);
const abortController = new AbortController();
let progressTokenRef = 0;
// 4. start the tool call
const name = "toolcall name";
const params = {}; // tool call params
const response = await client.request(
{
method: "tools/call",
params: {
name,
arguments: params,
_meta: {
progressToken: progressTokenRef++,
},
},
},
{signal: abortController.signal,}
);
Project structure:
The project is clearly and cleanlyorganized into the following directories:
src
├── index.js
└── lib
├── client
│ ├── client.js
│ └── clientTransport.js
├── server
│ ├── server.js
│ └── serverTransport.js
└── shared
├── helpers
│ ├── constants.js
│ └── util.js
├── protocol.js
└── validators
├── capabilityValidators.js
└── schemaValidators.js (IN CONSTRUCTION)
Why choose lite-mcp-sdk?
1. No fixed zod types
NO More zod types!!! zod types contributes to unneccessary complexity for easy setups.
Furthermore, the way zod type is used in the original sdk is rigid and not flexible, and it is an well received issue.
2. Fully SSE solution
Focus on SSE, and removed stdio support for simplicity considerations, since it is not a as univerial solution as SSE.
Suprisingly, the SSE solution is scarce on the internet, so I decided to write my own.
BELOW images shows that stdio support is always descripted, but no SSE support is mentioned.
Even when you search deliberately for SSE, result is scarce, SEE for first page google results.
Replace codes like requestSchema.parse to fully customizable validators and hand it over to the user to define the validation logic here. e.g.
const validatedMessage = validator(message);
How timeout is used in original sdk is vague and has some redundant implementations,which are removed in lite mcp for not causing further confusion.(Ok I think they also removed these in latest version)
3. More detailed documentation on how to quickly get started
They actually listed this problem in the official roadmap. lol
Lite MCP SDK provides better documentation on how to use and modify the sdk, with more ready to copy code examples.
4. Cleaner architecthure with only core functionalities
Lite MCP SDK:
src
├── index.js
└── lib
├── client
│ ├── client.js
│ └── clientTransport.js
├── server
│ ├── server.js
│ └── serverTransport.js
└── shared
├── helpers
│ ├── constants.js
│ └── util.js
├── protocol.js
└── validators
├── capabilityValidators.js
└── schemaValidators.js (IN CONSTRUCTION)
Official sdk:
Although it is listed on the roadmap, I think putting auth in this project is poor product design.
Honestly I think left users to handle auth problem provides more flexibility and better dev experience.
src/
├── client
│ ├── auth.test.ts
│ ├── auth.ts
│ ├── cross-spawn.test.ts
│ ├── index.test.ts
│ ├── index.ts
│ ├── sse.test.ts
│ ├── sse.ts
│ ├── stdio.test.ts
│ ├── stdio.ts
│ └── websocket.ts
├── cli.ts
├── inMemory.test.ts
├── inMemory.ts
├── integration-tests
│ └── process-cleanup.test.ts
├── server
│ ├── auth
│ │ ├── clients.ts
│ │ ├── errors.ts
│ │ ├── handlers
│ │ │ ├── authorize.test.ts
│ │ │ ├── authorize.ts
│ │ │ ├── metadata.test.ts
│ │ │ ├── metadata.ts
│ │ │ ├── register.test.ts
│ │ │ ├── register.ts
│ │ │ ├── revoke.test.ts
│ │ │ ├── revoke.ts
│ │ │ ├── token.test.ts
│ │ │ └── token.ts
│ │ ├── middleware
│ │ │ ├── allowedMethods.test.ts
│ │ │ ├── allowedMethods.ts
│ │ │ ├── bearerAuth.test.ts
│ │ │ ├── bearerAuth.ts
│ │ │ ├── clientAuth.test.ts
│ │ │ └── clientAuth.ts
│ │ ├── provider.ts
│ │ ├── router.test.ts
│ │ ├── router.ts
│ │ └── types.ts
│ ├── completable.test.ts
│ ├── completable.ts
│ ├── index.test.ts
│ ├── index.ts
│ ├── mcp.test.ts
│ ├── mcp.ts
│ ├── sse.ts
│ ├── stdio.test.ts
│ └── stdio.ts
├── shared
│ ├── auth.ts
│ ├── protocol.test.ts
│ ├── protocol.ts
│ ├── stdio.test.ts
│ ├── stdio.ts
│ ├── transport.ts
│ ├── uriTemplate.test.ts
│ └── uriTemplate.ts
└── types.ts
Key Difference Table
Feature | mcp-official-sdk | lite-mcp-sdk |
---|---|---|
Validation | zod | Validators |
Transport | stdio or SSE | SSE only |
Language | typescript | javascript |
Auth | included | optional |
Documentation | vague | clear |
Architecture | complex | lightweight |
🗺️ Roadmap
- Custom Validators (under construction)
- Add dashboard for monitoring and managing the MCP server and client
- Add ts types
- Add python sdk
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.
Please read the contributing document.
📝 Licensing
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Inspired by Original anthropic sdk,which license is also included here.
Contact
If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment here. Or contact me via email: borui_cai@qq.com