✅ MCP Server – Keyword Search Tool (Case-Insensitive)

This project is a simple MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server built using FastAPI. It includes a tool that allows users to search for a keyword inside a file (case-insensitive).

📄 Documentation

You can view the detailed documentation here:
Assignment Documentation

Related MCP server: MCP Keyword Search

📁 Project Structure

mcp-server/
├── server.py
├── tools/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── search_tool.py
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

⚙️ 1. Setup Instructions

✅ Step 1: Clone or Create Project Folder

cd mcp-server

✅ Step 2: Create and Activate Virtual Environment (Optional but Recommended)

python -m venv venv
# Activate it:
# On Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
# On Linux/Mac:
source venv/bin/activate

✅ Step 3: Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

🚀 2. Run the MCP Server

uvicorn server:app --reload --port 8000

If successful, you will see:

Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000

Visit in browser:

http://127.0.0.1:8000

Or API docs (auto-generated):

http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs

🔍 3. Search Keyword in a File (API Usage)

✅ Request Format (POST /search)

{
  "file_path": "path/to/file.txt",
  "keyword": "example"
}

✅ Example using curl:

curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/search" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"file_path": "sample.txt", "keyword": "hello"}'

✅ Example Response:

{
  "results": [
    "Line 2: Hello World",
    "Line 5: hElLo again"
  ]
}

🛠 4. Code Summary

server.py

Defines API endpoint /search.

✅ 5. Features

✔ FastAPI-powered MCP server ✔ Case-insensitive keyword search ✔ Shows line number + text where keyword exists ✔ Error handling for missing files

📌 6. Future Improvements (Optional)

• 🔹 Search across directories

• 🔹 Regex support

• 🔹 Return JSON with {line_number, content} format

• 🔹 File type filtering (.txt, .py, .md, etc.)