define-xml-mcp-server

TypeScript MCP server for CDISC Define-XML.

Features

• Supports Define-XML 2.0 and 2.1

• Detects Define version and ARM presence from ODM attributes

• Supports both MCP transports:

  • stdio (default)

  • Streamable HTTP (/mcp endpoint)

• Local file-path input only

• Multi-document in-memory cache using document_id

• Response formats:

  • json

  • markdown

Related MCP server: MCP-Typescribe

Install

npm install

Build

npm run build

Run

stdio (default)

npm run dev

or

node dist/index.js --transport=stdio

Streamable HTTP

node dist/index.js --transport=http --port=3000

Server endpoint:

• POST /mcp

Tool Catalog

Document Tools

• define_load_document

  • Input: file_path, response_format

  • Loads/parses XML and returns document_id

• define_close_document

  • Input: document_id, response_format

  • Removes document from cache

• define_get_metadata_summary

  • Input: document_id, response_format

  • Returns metadata and entity counts

Required List/Get Tools

• Datasets

  • define_list_datasets

  • define_get_dataset

• Variables

  • define_list_variables

  • define_get_variable

• Codelists

  • define_list_codelists

  • define_get_codelist

• ARM

  • define_list_arm_results

  • define_get_arm_result

Search Tool

• define_search

Notes

• ARM is optional. ARM tools return empty results when ARM data is not present.

• All list tools support pagination via offset and limit.