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extract-mcp-servers-from-url

Extract MCP servers from a specified URL to collect and organize server information from web sources.

Instructions

Extract MCP Servers from a URL

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
urlYes

Implementation Reference

  • Main tool handler function (@server.call_tool()). For 'extract-mcp-servers-from-url', fetches content from URL via helper, then extracts MCP servers using shared logic and returns as text.
    @server.call_tool()
    async def handle_call_tool(
        name: str, arguments: dict | None
    ) -> list[types.TextContent | types.ImageContent | types.EmbeddedResource]:
        if not arguments:
            raise ValueError("Missing arguments")
    
        content = None
        
        match name:
            case "extract-mcp-servers-from-url":
                url = arguments.get("url")
                if not url:
                    raise ValueError("Missing url")
    
                content = await call_fetch_tool(url)
                
            case "extract-mcp-servers-from-content":
                content = arguments.get("content")
                
            case "submit-mcp-server":
                url = arguments.get("url")
                avatar_url = arguments.get("avatar_url") or ""
                result = await submit_mcp_server(url, avatar_url)
                content = json.dumps(result)
    
                return [
                    types.TextContent(
                        type="text",
                        text=content,
                    )
                ]
            case _:
                raise ValueError(f"Unknown tool: {name}")
    
        if not content:
            raise ValueError("Missing content")
    
        logger.info(f"Fetched content from {url}: {content}")
    
        mcp_servers = await extract_mcp_servers_from_content(content)
        if not mcp_servers:
            raise ValueError("Extracted no MCP Servers")
    
        logger.info(f"Extracted MCP Servers from {url}: {mcp_servers}")
    
        return [
            types.TextContent(
                type="text",
                text=mcp_servers,
            )
        ]   
  • Input schema definition for 'extract-mcp-servers-from-url' tool: requires a 'url' string property.
    inputSchema={
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
            "url": {"type": "string"},
        },
        "required": ["url"],
    },
  • Registration of the tool in @server.list_tools(): defines name, description, and input schema.
    return [
        types.Tool(
            name="extract-mcp-servers-from-url",
            description="Extract MCP Servers from a URL",
            inputSchema={
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "url": {"type": "string"},
                },
                "required": ["url"],
            },
        ),
  • Helper function to extract MCP servers from content using OpenAI LLM in JSON object response format with custom prompt.
    async def extract_mcp_servers_from_content(content: str) -> str | None:
        client = OpenAI(
            api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
            base_url=os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL"),
        )
    
        user_content = extract_mcp_servers_prompt.format(content=content)
    
        logger.info(f"Extract prompt: {user_content}")
    
        chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
            messages=[
                {
                    "role": "user",
                    "content": user_content,
                }
            ],
            model=os.getenv("OPENAI_MODEL"),
            response_format={"type": "json_object"},
        )
    
        return chat_completion.choices[0].message.content
  • Helper function to fetch raw content from URL by invoking external 'mcp-server-fetch' via MCP client.
    async def call_fetch_tool(url: str):
        async with stdio_client(server_params) as (read, write):
            async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
                await session.initialize()
    
                result = await session.call_tool(
                    "fetch",
                    arguments={
                        "url": url,
                        "max_length": 100000,
                        "raw": True
                    }
                )
    
                return result.content[0].text

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