Morning Light Desk MCP

Amazon Developer Hackathon — Alexa+ track · Open Source mini-challenge

Streamable HTTP MCP server (spec 2025-11-25+) that Alexa+ agents and other MCP hosts can call to analyze dry Exam/card pulse text from a mock trading desk.

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What it does

Rules (honest desk):

• English only

• No live trading recommendations

• No CLEAR+/go language in Recommend — HOLD / 👀 eyes only

• Offline rules engine works without any API key

• Optional Nebius Token Factory enrich when NEBIUS_API_KEY is set

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Related MCP server: Veridexa MCP Gateway

Repository

Self-contained hackathon project. Intended standalone repo: Alarm2024/desk-alexa-mcp.

Until that repo is published, clone from this monorepo folder:

git clone https://github.com/Alarm2024/desk-sentinel.git
cd desk-sentinel/desk-alexa-mcp

Quick start

# from repo root (desk-alexa-mcp/ or desk-sentinel/desk-alexa-mcp/)
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env   # optional — edit if using Nebius enrich
python -m desk_alexa_mcp

Server listens on http://0.0.0.0:8000 (override with HOST / PORT).

Endpoints

Sample curl

Health:

curl -s http://localhost:8000/health | jq

Analyze (REST — easiest for judges):

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/analyze \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"exam_card": "KEEP dry\n👀 SAFE HOLD · math short of gate\nPhase: SAFE_HOLD · dry_run: true"}' | jq

MCP initialize (Streamable HTTP):

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8000/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-11-25","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"demo","version":"0.1.0"}}}'

MCP tools/list:

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8000/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}'

Or run the bundled script (server must be running):

chmod +x scripts/demo.sh
./scripts/demo.sh

Alexa+ web simulation

Open http://localhost:8000/sim in a browser. Pick a sample exam card, click Analyze with Desk MCP, and read the branded report — a fallback “simulated Alexa+ experience” for judges without Amazon API keys.

Fixtures

Sample dry exam cards live in fixtures/exam_cards/:

• safe_hold_dry.txt — routine HOLD watch

• short_market.txt — SHORT regime warning

• bridge_fault.txt — operational fault

• preflight_attention.txt — pre-flight attention (still dry)

Optional Nebius enrich

Copy .env.example → .env and set NEBIUS_API_KEY for NVIDIA Nemotron analysis via Nebius Token Factory. Without a key, the offline rules engine handles all analysis.

Never commit secrets. Only .env.example is tracked.

Connect from MCP clients

Point any Streamable HTTP MCP client at:

http://localhost:8000/mcp

Example with the official Python SDK:

from mcp import ClientSession
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client

async with streamable_http_client("http://localhost:8000/mcp") as (read, write, _):
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        await session.initialize()
        result = await session.call_tool(
            "analyze_exam_card",
            {"exam_card": open("fixtures/exam_cards/safe_hold_dry.txt").read()},
        )
        print(result)

License

MIT — see LICENSE.