MCP Server Chart

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/utils/callTool.ts:44-111 (handler)

  Generic handler function for all chart tools including 'generate_mind_map'. It maps the tool name to chart type 'mind-map', validates arguments using the chart schema, and calls generateChartUrl to produce the chart URL result.

  export async function callTool(tool: string, args: object = {}) {
    logger.info(`Calling tool: ${tool}`);
    const chartType = CHART_TYPE_MAP[tool as keyof typeof CHART_TYPE_MAP];
  
    if (!chartType) {
      logger.error(`Unknown tool: ${tool}`);
      throw new McpError(ErrorCode.MethodNotFound, `Unknown tool: ${tool}.`);
    }
  
    try {
      // Validate input using Zod before sending to API.
      // Select the appropriate schema based on the chart type.
      const schema = Charts[chartType].schema;
  
      if (schema) {
        // Use safeParse instead of parse and try-catch.
        const result = z.object(schema).safeParse(args);
        if (!result.success) {
          logger.error(`Invalid parameters: ${result.error.message}`);
          throw new McpError(
            ErrorCode.InvalidParams,
            `Invalid parameters: ${result.error.message}`,
          );
        }
      }
  
      const isMapChartTool = [
        "generate_district_map",
        "generate_path_map",
        "generate_pin_map",
      ].includes(tool);
  
      if (isMapChartTool) {
        // For map charts, we use the generateMap function, and return the mcp result.
        const { metadata, ...result } = await generateMap(tool, args);
        return result;
      }
  
      const url = await generateChartUrl(chartType, args);
      logger.info(`Generated chart URL: ${url}`);
  
      return {
        content: [
          {
            type: "text",
            text: url,
          },
        ],
        _meta: {
          description:
            "This is the chart's spec and configuration, which can be renderred to corresponding chart by AntV GPT-Vis chart components.",
          spec: { type: chartType, ...args },
        },
      };
      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
    } catch (error: any) {
      logger.error(
        `Failed to generate chart: ${error.message || "Unknown error"}.`,
      );
      if (error instanceof McpError) throw error;
      if (error instanceof ValidateError)
        throw new McpError(ErrorCode.InvalidParams, error.message);
      throw new McpError(
        ErrorCode.InternalError,
        `Failed to generate chart: ${error?.message || "Unknown error."}`,
      );
    }
  }

• src/charts/mind-map.ts:14-44 (schema)

  Defines the input schema using Zod for the mind map data, style, theme, width, height, and the tool descriptor with name 'generate_mind_map', description, and inputSchema.

  const schema = {
    data: MindMapNodeSchema.describe(
      "Data for mind map chart which is a hierarchical structure, such as, { name: 'main topic', children: [{ name: 'topic 1', children: [{ name:'subtopic 1-1' }] }, and the maximum depth is 3.",
    ).refine(validatedTreeDataSchema, {
      message: "Invalid parameters: node name is not unique.",
      path: ["data"],
    }),
    style: z
      .object({
        texture: TextureSchema,
      })
      .optional()
      .describe(
        "Style configuration for the chart with a JSON object, optional.",
      ),
    theme: ThemeSchema,
    width: WidthSchema,
    height: HeightSchema,
  };
  
  // Mind map chart tool descriptor
  const tool = {
    name: "generate_mind_map",
    description:
      "Generate a mind map chart to organizes and presents information in a hierarchical structure with branches radiating from a central topic, such as, a diagram showing the relationship between a main topic and its subtopics.",
    inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(schema),
    annotations: {
      title: "Generate Mind Map",
      readOnlyHint: true,
    },
  };

• src/server.ts:64-77 (registration)

  Registers MCP tool handlers: lists enabled chart tools (including generate_mind_map from Charts.mindMap.tool) for listTools requests, and sets callTool as the handler for callTool requests.

  function setupToolHandlers(server: Server): void {
    logger.info("setting up tool handlers...");
    server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
      tools: getEnabledTools().map((chart) => chart.tool),
    }));
  
    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
    server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request: any) => {
      logger.info("calling tool", request.params.name, request.params.arguments);
  
      return await callTool(request.params.name, request.params.arguments);
    });
    logger.info("tool handlers set up");
  }

• src/utils/callTool.ts:9-36 (helper)

  Mapping object that associates the tool name 'generate_mind_map' to the internal chart type 'mind-map' used for generation.

  const CHART_TYPE_MAP = {
    generate_area_chart: "area",
    generate_bar_chart: "bar",
    generate_boxplot_chart: "boxplot",
    generate_column_chart: "column",
    generate_district_map: "district-map",
    generate_dual_axes_chart: "dual-axes",
    generate_fishbone_diagram: "fishbone-diagram",
    generate_flow_diagram: "flow-diagram",
    generate_funnel_chart: "funnel",
    generate_histogram_chart: "histogram",
    generate_line_chart: "line",
    generate_liquid_chart: "liquid",
    generate_mind_map: "mind-map",
    generate_network_graph: "network-graph",
    generate_organization_chart: "organization-chart",
    generate_path_map: "path-map",
    generate_pie_chart: "pie",
    generate_pin_map: "pin-map",
    generate_radar_chart: "radar",
    generate_sankey_chart: "sankey",
    generate_scatter_chart: "scatter",
    generate_treemap_chart: "treemap",
    generate_venn_chart: "venn",
    generate_violin_chart: "violin",
    generate_waterfall_chart: "waterfall",
    generate_word_cloud_chart: "word-cloud",
  } as const;

• src/utils/generate.ts:12-39 (helper)

  Utility function called by the handler to generate the actual chart URL by posting the chart type ('mind-map') and options to the visualization server.

  export async function generateChartUrl(
    type: string,
    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
    options: Record<string, any>,
  ): Promise<string> {
    const url = getVisRequestServer();
  
    const response = await axios.post(
      url,
      {
        type,
        ...options,
        source: "mcp-server-chart",
      },
      {
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
      },
    );
    const { success, errorMessage, resultObj } = response.data;
  
    if (!success) {
      throw new Error(errorMessage);
    }
  
    return resultObj;
  }