Node MCP Template

Opinionated template for building Node.js stdio and HTTP MCP servers.

Features

• Stdio/HTTP MCP server examples using @modelcontextprotocol/server.

• Stdio MCP client example using @modelcontextprotocol/client.

• Agent-oriented example tools:

  • read_file

  • write_file

  • edit_file

  • glob_search

  • grep_search

  • exec_shell

  • apply_diff

Related MCP server: MCP Server Template

Usage

Debug with the MCP inspector:

npm start

The inspector starts a local web UI at http://localhost:6274.

Agents

Edit AGENTS.md after creating a project from this template. Add project-specific instructions to keep the development workflow accurate.

Minimum Supported Node Version

Requires 22.18.0 or higher for TypeScript.