MCP Server Chart

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/utils/callTool.ts:43-110 (handler)

  Generic handler that executes the generate_line_chart tool by mapping it to chart type 'line', validating input, and calling generateChartUrl to produce the chart.
  export async function callTool(tool: string, args: object = {}) { logger.info(`Calling tool: ${tool}`); const chartType = CHART_TYPE_MAP[tool as keyof typeof CHART_TYPE_MAP]; if (!chartType) { logger.error(`Unknown tool: ${tool}`); throw new McpError(ErrorCode.MethodNotFound, `Unknown tool: ${tool}.`); } try { // Validate input using Zod before sending to API. // Select the appropriate schema based on the chart type. const schema = Charts[chartType].schema; if (schema) { // Use safeParse instead of parse and try-catch. const result = z.object(schema).safeParse(args); if (!result.success) { logger.error(`Invalid parameters: ${result.error.message}`); throw new McpError( ErrorCode.InvalidParams, `Invalid parameters: ${result.error.message}`, ); } } const isMapChartTool = [ "generate_district_map", "generate_path_map", "generate_pin_map", ].includes(tool); if (isMapChartTool) { // For map charts, we use the generateMap function, and return the mcp result. const { metadata, ...result } = await generateMap(tool, args); return result; } const url = await generateChartUrl(chartType, args); logger.info(`Generated chart URL: ${url}`); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: url, }, ], _meta: { description: "This is the chart's spec and configuration, which can be renderred to corresponding chart by AntV GPT-Vis chart components.", spec: { type: chartType, ...args }, }, }; // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation> } catch (error: any) { logger.error( `Failed to generate chart: ${error.message || "Unknown error"}.`, ); if (error instanceof McpError) throw error; if (error instanceof ValidateError) throw new McpError(ErrorCode.InvalidParams, error.message); throw new McpError( ErrorCode.InternalError, `Failed to generate chart: ${error?.message || "Unknown error."}`, ); } }
• src/charts/line.ts:16-63 (schema)

  Defines the input schema and tool descriptor for generate_line_chart, including data format, style, theme, dimensions, and titles.
  const data = z.object({ time: z.string(), value: z.number(), group: z.string().optional(), }); // Line chart input schema const schema = { data: z .array(data) .describe( "Data for line chart, it should be an array of objects, each object contains a `time` field and a `value` field, such as, [{ time: '2015', value: 23 }, { time: '2016', value: 32 }], when the data is grouped by time, the `group` field should be used to specify the group, such as, [{ time: '2015', value: 23, group: 'A' }, { time: '2015', value: 32, group: 'B' }].", ) .nonempty({ message: "Line chart data cannot be empty." }), style: z .object({ texture: TextureSchema, backgroundColor: BackgroundColorSchema, palette: PaletteSchema, lineWidth: z .number() .optional() .describe("Line width for the lines of chart, such as 4."), }) .optional() .describe( "Style configuration for the chart with a JSON object, optional.", ), theme: ThemeSchema, width: WidthSchema, height: HeightSchema, title: TitleSchema, axisXTitle: AxisXTitleSchema, axisYTitle: AxisYTitleSchema, }; // Line chart tool descriptor const tool = { name: "generate_line_chart", description: "Generate a line chart to show trends over time, such as, the ratio of Apple computer sales to Apple's profits changed from 2000 to 2016.", inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(schema), }; export const line = { schema, tool, };
• src/server.ts:64-77 (registration)

  Registers the MCP tool handlers: list tools (includes generate_line_chart via Charts.line.tool) and call tool (invokes callTool for execution).
  function setupToolHandlers(server: Server): void { logger.info("setting up tool handlers..."); server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({ tools: getEnabledTools().map((chart) => chart.tool), })); // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation> server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request: any) => { logger.info("calling tool", request.params.name, request.params.arguments); return await callTool(request.params.name, request.params.arguments); }); logger.info("tool handlers set up"); }
• src/utils/callTool.ts:9-35 (helper)

  Mapping of tool names to chart types, mapping generate_line_chart to 'line'.
  const CHART_TYPE_MAP = { generate_area_chart: "area", generate_bar_chart: "bar", generate_boxplot_chart: "boxplot", generate_column_chart: "column", generate_district_map: "district-map", generate_dual_axes_chart: "dual-axes", generate_fishbone_diagram: "fishbone-diagram", generate_flow_diagram: "flow-diagram", generate_funnel_chart: "funnel", generate_histogram_chart: "histogram", generate_line_chart: "line", generate_liquid_chart: "liquid", generate_mind_map: "mind-map", generate_network_graph: "network-graph", generate_organization_chart: "organization-chart", generate_path_map: "path-map", generate_pie_chart: "pie", generate_pin_map: "pin-map", generate_radar_chart: "radar", generate_sankey_chart: "sankey", generate_scatter_chart: "scatter", generate_treemap_chart: "treemap", generate_venn_chart: "venn", generate_violin_chart: "violin", generate_word_cloud_chart: "word-cloud", } as const;
• src/utils/generate.ts:12-39 (helper)

  Helper function that sends chart configuration to external visualization service to generate the line chart URL.
  export async function generateChartUrl( type: string, // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation> options: Record<string, any>, ): Promise<string> { const url = getVisRequestServer(); const response = await axios.post( url, { type, ...options, source: "mcp-server-chart", }, { headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", }, }, ); const { success, errorMessage, resultObj } = response.data; if (!success) { throw new Error(errorMessage); } return resultObj; }