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# BYOB MCP Server - Demo Guide
## What We Built
A working prototype of a "Bring Your Own Binary" MCP server that demonstrates:
1. ✅ **Dynamic Tool Registry** - Tools stored in D1, queried at runtime
2. ✅ **Containerized Execution** - Each tool runs in isolated Cloudflare Container
3. ✅ **MCP Protocol** - AI agents can discover and invoke tools dynamically
4. ✅ **HTTP Registration API** - Register new tools without redeploying
5. ✅ **Stateless Architecture** - Containers scale to zero, spin up on-demand
## Architecture Demo Flow
```
User registers tool → Stored in D1
↓
AI agent connects → MCP lists all tools from D1
↓
AI invokes tool → Worker fetches container
↓
Container processes → HTTP POST /execute
↓
Result returned to AI → Via MCP protocol
```
## Pre-Built Demo Tools
### 1. Echo Message (`echo_message`)
Simple echo service for testing the pipeline.
**Schema:**
```json
{
"message": "string (required)"
}
```
**Example Usage:**
```json
{
"tool": "echo_message",
"args": {"message": "Hello BYOB!"}
}
```
### 2. Query JSON (`query_json`)
JSON processor using jq filter syntax.
**Schema:**
```json
{
"filter": "string (required) - jq filter expression",
"data": "object (required) - JSON data to process"
}
```
**Example Usage:**
```json
{
"tool": "query_json",
"args": {
"filter": ".items[] | select(.price > 10)",
"data": {
"items": [
{"name": "apple", "price": 5},
{"name": "banana", "price": 15}
]
}
}
}
```
## Live Demo Script
### Setup
```bash
# Terminal 1: Start dev server
npm run dev
# Terminal 2: Run tests (wait for server to start)
bash test-api.sh
```
### Demo Step 1: Show Health Check
```bash
curl http://localhost:8787/ | jq
```
**Expected Output:**
```json
{
"name": "BYOB MCP Server",
"endpoints": {
"mcp": "/mcp",
"registerTool": "POST /api/register-tool",
"listTools": "GET /api/tools"
},
"availableContainers": ["echo", "jq"]
}
```
### Demo Step 2: List Pre-Registered Tools
```bash
curl http://localhost:8787/api/tools | jq
```
Shows `echo_message` and `query_json` tools with their schemas.
### Demo Step 3: Register a New Tool
```bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:8787/api/register-tool \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "summarize_data",
"description": "Extracts and counts items from arrays",
"containerClass": "jq",
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"filter": {"type": "string"},
"data": {"type": "object"}
},
"required": ["filter", "data"]
}
}'
```
**Expected Output:**
```json
{
"success": true,
"message": "Tool registered successfully",
"toolName": "summarize_data"
}
```
### Demo Step 4: Verify Tool Registration
```bash
curl http://localhost:8787/api/tools | jq '.tools | length'
```
Should show 3 tools now.
### Demo Step 5: Test MCP Protocol
```bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:8787/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list",
"params": {}
}' | jq '.result.tools[] | {name, description}'
```
Shows all tools available to AI agents.
## Connecting AI Agents
### Claude Desktop Configuration
Edit your Claude Desktop config:
**macOS:** `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
**Windows:** `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"byob-server": {
"url": "http://localhost:8787/mcp"
}
}
}
```
Restart Claude Desktop and ask:
```
"What tools do you have available?"
"Can you echo the message 'Hello from BYOB!'?"
"Use jq to extract all names from this JSON: [...]"
```
## Production Deployment
### 1. Push to Remote Database
```bash
# Run migrations on production D1
npx wrangler d1 execute byob-tools-registry --remote \
--file=./migrations/0001_initial_schema.sql
npx wrangler d1 execute byob-tools-registry --remote \
--file=./migrations/0002_seed_example_tools.sql
```
### 2. Deploy Worker & Containers
```bash
npm run deploy
```
**Note:** First deployment builds Docker images - this takes ~2-5 minutes!
### 3. Verify Deployment
```bash
# Get your worker URL from the deploy output, then:
curl https://byob-mcp-server.YOUR_ACCOUNT.workers.dev/api/tools | jq
```
### 4. Update Claude Desktop Config
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"byob-server": {
"url": "https://byob-mcp-server.YOUR_ACCOUNT.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
```
## Key Achievements
### ✅ Serverless Scale-to-Zero
Containers only run when tools are invoked. No idle costs.
### ✅ Dynamic Discovery
AI agents see tools registered at runtime without redeployment.
### ✅ Standard Interface
All containers expose `POST /execute` - easy to add new tools.
### ✅ Security Isolation
Each container runs in isolated sandbox with resource limits.
### ✅ Production-Ready Foundation
Built on Cloudflare's production infrastructure:
- Workers for orchestration
- D1 for metadata
- Durable Objects for container lifecycle
- Built-in DDoS protection & CDN
## Technical Metrics
- **Cold Start:** ~100-300ms (Worker + Container spin-up)
- **Warm Invocation:** ~10-50ms (Worker only)
- **Instance Types:** 6 available (lite to standard-4)
- **Current Setup:** lite (1/16 vCPU, 256MB, 2GB disk)
- **Max Concurrent:** Configurable per account
## Limitations Demonstrated
### Static Container Classes
To add a truly new container type (e.g., `ffmpeg`), you must:
1. Create the container Dockerfile
2. Add to `wrangler.jsonc`
3. Update `src/containers.ts`
4. Redeploy
This is the key limitation preventing true "upload any Docker image" BYOB.
### Workarounds Demonstrated
- Tools can share container classes
- Multiple tools can use the same container with different configs
- Simplified the R2 image storage (not implemented in MVP)
## Next Steps for Full BYOB
To achieve true runtime BYOB, you would need:
1. **R2 Image Storage** - Upload container images to R2
2. **Dynamic Container Registration** - API to register container classes
3. **Worker Rebuild Pipeline** - Auto-rebuild/redeploy when new container added
4. **Container Registry** - Manage image versions and rollback
## Hackathon Presentation Points
### What We Built
"A serverless MCP server that dynamically exposes containerized tools to AI agents"
### Key Innovation
"AI agents can discover and invoke any tool registered in the system, without the MCP server needing to be redeployed"
### Production Potential
"Built entirely on Cloudflare's production infrastructure - this could scale to thousands of tools and millions of invocations with zero infrastructure management"
### Demo Script (30 seconds)
1. Show tool registration via curl
2. Query the MCP endpoint to show dynamic tool list
3. Have Claude Desktop invoke one of the tools live
### Technical Depth
- Durable Objects for container lifecycle
- D1 for tool metadata
- Worker-to-Container communication via HTTP fetch
- Ephemeral containers for security
## Resources
- Full code: This repository
- Architecture docs: `HACKATHON.md`
- Cloudflare Containers: https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/
- MCP Protocol: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/
- mcp-lite: https://github.com/fiberplane/mcp-lite