FastAPI-MCP

Features

Direct integration - Mount an MCP server directly to your FastAPI app
Zero configuration required - just point it at your FastAPI app and it works
Automatic discovery of all FastAPI endpoints and conversion to MCP tools
Preserving schemas of your request models and response models
Preserve documentation of all your endpoints, just as it is in Swagger
Extend - Add custom MCP tools alongside the auto-generated ones

Installation

We recommend using uv, a fast Python package installer:

uv add fastapi-mcp

Alternatively, you can install with pip:

pip install fastapi-mcp

Basic Usage

The simplest way to use FastAPI-MCP is to add an MCP server directly to your FastAPI application:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi_mcp import add_mcp_server

# Your FastAPI app
app = FastAPI()

# Mount the MCP server to your app
add_mcp_server(
    app,                    # Your FastAPI app
    mount_path="/mcp",      # Where to mount the MCP server
    name="My API MCP",      # Name for the MCP server
)

That's it! Your auto-generated MCP server is now available at https://app.base.url/mcp.

Advanced Usage

FastAPI-MCP provides several ways to customize and control how your MCP server is created and configured. Here are some advanced usage patterns:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi_mcp import add_mcp_server

app = FastAPI()

mcp_server = add_mcp_server(
    app,                                    # Your FastAPI app
    mount_path="/mcp",                      # Where to mount the MCP server
    name="My API MCP",                      # Name for the MCP server
    describe_all_responses=True,            # False by default. Include all possible response schemas in tool descriptions, instead of just the successful response.
    describe_full_response_schema=True      # False by default. Include full JSON schema in tool descriptions, instead of just an LLM-friendly response example.
)

# Optionally add custom tools in addition to existing APIs.
@mcp_server.tool()
async def get_server_time() -> str:
    """Get the current server time."""
    from datetime import datetime
    return datetime.now().isoformat()

Examples

See the examples directory for complete examples.

Connecting to the MCP Server using SSE

Once your FastAPI app with MCP integration is running, you can connect to it with any MCP client supporting SSE, such as Cursor:

Run your application.
In Cursor -> Settings -> MCP, use the URL of your MCP server endpoint (e.g., http://localhost:8000/mcp) as sse.
Cursor will discover all available tools and resources automatically.

Connecting to the MCP Server using mcp-proxy stdio

If your MCP client does not support SSE, for example Claude Desktop:

Run your application.
Install mcp-proxy, for example: uv tool install mcp-proxy.
Add in Claude Desktop MCP config file (claude_desktop_config.json):

On Windows:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-api-mcp-proxy": {
        "command": "mcp-proxy",
        "args": ["http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

On MacOS:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-api-mcp-proxy": {
        "command": "/Full/Path/To/Your/Executable/mcp-proxy",
        "args": ["http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Find the path to mcp-proxy by running in Terminal: which mcp-proxy.

Claude Desktop will discover all available tools and resources automatically

Development and Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing to FastAPI-MCP open source projects! It’s people like you that make it a reality for users in our community.

Before you get started, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Community

Join MCParty Slack community to connect with other MCP enthusiasts, ask questions, and share your experiences with FastAPI-MCP.

FastAPI-MCP

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Features

Installation

Basic Usage

Advanced Usage

Examples

Connecting to the MCP Server using SSE

Connecting to the MCP Server using mcp-proxy stdio

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