Developer MCP Server

A powerful tool for retrieving rich, contextual information about specific software development entities, providing formatted details based on entity type.

When to use this tool:

• Retrieving detailed information about a specific project, component, feature, or other development entity
• Exploring relationships between software development entities
• Examining project status, components, features, tasks, and issues
• Understanding the structure and elements of a software component
• Reviewing milestone progress and completion metrics
• Examining task details, dependencies, and task sequencing
• Exploring feature implementations and technical requirements
• Analyzing the project knowledge graph to understand entity relationships
• Preparing for work on a specific entity by establishing context

Key features:

• Provides contextually rich, formatted information about software development entities
• Adapts output format based on entity type (project, component, feature, task, etc.)
• Presents both direct entity information and related elements
• Organizes information in a clear, hierarchical structure
• Automatically identifies entity relationships and presents them systematically

Parameters explained:

• entityName: Required - The name of the entity to retrieve context for
  • Example: "AuthService", "UserProfile", "LoginFeature"
• entityType: Optional - The type of entity being retrieved
  • Default: "project"
  • Accepted values: "project", "component", "task", "issue", "milestone", "decision", "feature", "technology", "documentation", "dependency", "developer"
  • Helps the system format the output appropriately
• sessionId: Optional - The current session identifier
  • Typically provided by startsession
  • Used for tracking entity views within the session

Each entity type returns specialized context information:

• Project: Shows status, components, active features, active tasks, active issues, upcoming milestones, team members, recent decisions, and task sequencing information
• Component: Displays parent projects, implemented features, technologies used, active issues, documentation, and dependencies
• Feature: Shows status, priority, description, requirements, implementing components, and related tasks
• Task: Displays project, status, priority, description, related issues, blocking items, preceding tasks, and following tasks
• Milestone: Shows status, progress percentage, and tasks grouped by completion status (complete, active, inactive)
• Other Entity Types: Shows observations and both incoming and outgoing relationships within the knowledge graph

You should:

• Specify the exact entity name for accurate retrieval
• Provide the entity type when possible for optimally formatted results
• Start with project entities to get a high-level overview
• Explore components to understand technical architecture
• Examine features to see functional requirements and implementations
• Review tasks to understand specific work items and their status
• Analyze task sequencing to understand dependencies and workflow
• Use status information to focus on active or incomplete work
• Consider priority information when planning next steps
• Use milestone context to track progress toward completion
• After retrieving context, follow up on specific entities of interest
• Use in conjunction with startsession to maintain session tracking
• Remember that this tool only retrieves existing information; use buildcontext to add new entities