Remote Child Story MCP

Remote MCP server for generating short bedtime stories for 3-year-old children.

This project is designed for cloud deployment on Render and exposes one MCP tool:

• generate_story

  • theme: optional story theme

  • child_name: optional child name to include in the story

Endpoints

• GET /health

• POST /mcp

Related MCP server: MCP SSE Server POC

Local Development

npm install
npm run build
npm start

The server listens on PORT and loads environment variables from .env.local or .env when present.

Environment Variables

PORT=3000
ARK_API_KEY=your_ark_api_key
ARK_BASE_URL=https://ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3
ARK_MODEL=your_model_id
ARK_TIMEOUT_MS=45000

Render Deployment

Create a new Render Web Service and use:

• Runtime: Node

• Build Command: npm install && npm run build

• Start Command: npm start

• Health Check Path: /health

Required environment variables on Render:

• ARK_API_KEY

• ARK_BASE_URL

• ARK_MODEL

• ARK_TIMEOUT_MS

After deployment, use the Render app URL with /mcp as the remote MCP endpoint.

Verification

npm test
npm run check
npm run build