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