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standards-mcp

An MCP server that serves a portable, brand-neutral engineering standards library, so any AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, …) queries the rules over MCP — searching and applying them from a current, authoritative source instead of reading files or answering from memory. Keyless. Offline. MIT.

License: MIT MCP

Why

Standards only help if they're actually applied. Bundling them into an MCP server turns "read the docs" into a tool call: the agent searches the rules relevant to the task and applies them — the same pattern the AG Grid MCP uses for its own docs.

Related MCP server: knownpath

What's inside (15 standards)

00-index, 01-golden-rules, 02-architecture (.NET AOT + Dapper.AOT, Clean Architecture, gRPC, streaming, caching, resilience), 03-security, 04-api-i18n-privacy, 05-devops-test-observability, 06-optional-sso-audit, 07-ui-ux (AG Grid vs tile card, design tokens, PWA), 08-grpc, 09-compression-caching, 10-validation-errors, 11-configuration-options, 12-background-messaging, 13-mcp-tools, 14-design-skills (taste-skill build step, mandatory web-design-guidelines review gate, ~67 installable style skills). All brand-neutral; identity (hosts, keys, colors, fonts) is config, never hardcoded.

Tools

Tool

Purpose

list_standards

List every standard (id, title, headings) — start here

search_standards

Natural-language search → the most relevant rule sections (heading + snippet)

get_standard

Fetch a full standard by id (02), slug (02-architecture), or name (architecture)

get_checklist

The compliance checklist(s) — a Definition-of-Done gate

Install

# Claude Code
claude mcp add standards npx -y standards-mcp

Or in ~/.claude.json / Cursor mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "standards": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "standards-mcp"] }
  }
}

Build from source

npm install
npm run build
node smoke.mjs      # spawns the server, lists/searches/fetches — 6/6
node dist/index.js  # speaks MCP over stdio

Usage (ask your agent)

  • "What are the Dapper.AOT rules for Oracle?" → search_standards → 02-architecture (RETURNING INTO → raw OracleCommand)

  • "Is response compression safe over HTTPS?" → 09-compression-caching (CRIME/BREACH)

  • "Give me the gRPC checklist." → get_checklist("08")

  • "Show the security standard." → get_standard("security")

Keeping standards in sync

The standards/ folder is bundled so the package is self-contained. It's a copy of the source standards library — re-copy and rebuild when the source changes:

cp /path/to/standards/*.md standards/ && npm run build

License

MIT.

Available Tools

4 tools
get_checklistGet checklistA

Return the compliance checklist(s). Pass a standard id/name for one, or omit for every checklist across the library — use it as a Definition-of-Done gate before shipping.

Inputs: id.

get_standardGet standardA

Return a full engineering standard by id (e.g. '02'), slug ('02-architecture'), or name ('architecture'). Use after search to read the complete rules and checklist.

Inputs: id (required).

list_standardsList standardsA

List every engineering standard in the library (id, title, and its section headings). Start here to see what rules exist before searching or fetching.

Inputs: no named parameters.

search_standardsSearch standardsA

Search the standards library with natural language and return the most relevant rule sections (which standard, which heading, and a snippet). Use this before answering any question about architecture, security, API, gRPC, compression, validation, options, messaging, UI/UX, or MCP policy — apply the rules found here rather than from memory.

Inputs: query (required), limit.

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    TDQS

    A4.2/5.0

    Scored across 4 tools

    Disambiguation5/5

    Each tool has a clearly distinct role: list for overview, search for targeted rule lookup, get_standard for full content, and get_checklist for compliance gates. There is no meaningful overlap between the tools.

    Naming Consistency5/5

    All tool names follow a consistent verb_noun snake_case pattern: list_, search_, get_. The singular 'standard' vs plural 'standards' is a natural distinction between a single resource and the library as a whole.

    Tool Count5/5

    Four tools is well-scoped for a read-only standards library. Each tool covers one distinct step in the workflow—discover, search, retrieve, and check compliance—without redundancy or bloat.

    Completeness5/5

    The surface is complete for its stated purpose: agents can list available standards, search relevant rules, fetch full standards, and obtain compliance checklists. No obvious gap exists for the intended read-only use case.

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