get_backstage_overview
Retrieve comprehensive information about the Backstage framework including core features, benefits, and architecture to understand its capabilities and implementation approach.
Instructions
Get comprehensive overview of Backstage framework including core features, benefits, and architecture
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| section | No | Specific section to retrieve (optional) |
Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:211-224 (handler)The handler function that implements the core logic of the 'get_backstage_overview' tool. It fetches the appropriate section from the knowledge base or the entire overview and returns it as formatted JSON text content.private getBackstageOverview(section?: string) { const content = section ? this.knowledgeBase.overview.content[section] : this.knowledgeBase.overview.content; return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(content, null, 2), }, ], }; }
- src/index.ts:50-63 (registration)Registration of the tool in the ListToolsRequestSchema handler, including name, description, and input schema definition.{ name: 'get_backstage_overview', description: 'Get comprehensive overview of Backstage framework including core features, benefits, and architecture', inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: { section: { type: 'string', description: 'Specific section to retrieve (optional)', enum: ['whatIsBackstage', 'coreFeatures', 'benefits', 'architecture'] } } } },
- src/index.ts:53-62 (schema)Input schema definition for the 'get_backstage_overview' tool, specifying the optional 'section' parameter with allowed enum values.inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: { section: { type: 'string', description: 'Specific section to retrieve (optional)', enum: ['whatIsBackstage', 'coreFeatures', 'benefits', 'architecture'] } } }
- Supporting data file providing the structured content for the Backstage overview, imported into the knowledgeBase and used by the handler to return section-specific or full overview information.export const backstageOverview = { title: "Backstage Overview", description: "Comprehensive overview of Backstage framework", content: { whatIsBackstage: { definition: "Backstage is an open source framework for building developer portals. Powered by a centralized software catalog, Backstage restores order to your microservices and infrastructure and enables your product teams to ship high-quality code quickly — without compromising autonomy.", purpose: "Backstage unifies all your infrastructure tooling, services, and documentation to create a streamlined development environment from end to end.", cncfStatus: "CNCF Incubation project after graduating from Sandbox" }, coreFeatures: { softwareCatalog: { name: "Backstage Software Catalog", description: "For managing all your software (microservices, libraries, data pipelines, websites, ML models, etc.)", useCase: "Central registry of all software components in your organization" }, softwareTemplates: { name: "Backstage Software Templates", description: "For quickly spinning up new projects and standardizing your tooling with your organization's best practices", useCase: "Scaffolding new services with organizational standards" }, techDocs: { name: "Backstage TechDocs", description: "For making it easy to create, maintain, find, and use technical documentation, using a 'docs like code' approach", useCase: "Documentation as code integrated with your software catalog" }, plugins: { name: "Plugin Ecosystem", description: "Growing ecosystem of open source plugins that further expand Backstage's customizability and functionality", useCase: "Extensible platform for custom integrations" } }, benefits: { engineeringManagers: "Maintain standards and best practices across the organization, manage whole tech ecosystem from migrations to test certification", developers: "Fast and simple to build software components in a standardized way, central place to manage all projects and documentation", platformEngineers: "Extensibility and scalability by easily integrating new tools and services via plugins", everyone: "Single, consistent experience that ties all infrastructure tooling, resources, standards, owners, contributors, and administrators together" }, architecture: { frontend: "React-based frontend application", backend: "Node.js backend with plugin architecture", database: "PostgreSQL for persistent storage", plugins: "Microservice-like plugin architecture for extensibility" } } };