Valeo Connector (MCP) — MVP

A minimal remote MCP server that turns Valeo Health member data into a Claude connector, the same way the Function Health connector works.

• Zero dependencies. Standard-library Python only. Runs on the stock macOS python3.

• Transport: Streamable HTTP (MCP spec 2025-06-18), single /mcp endpoint.

• Auth: none yet (demo). All data comes from sample_data.py.

• Read-only. Every tool is annotated readOnlyHint: true.

Live demo endpoint (sample data, no auth):

https://valeo-connector.onrender.com/mcp

Add that in Claude under Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector. Health check: https://valeo-connector.onrender.com/health. Free instance, so it sleeps after ~15 minutes idle and the first call after a nap takes 30-60s — open the health URL to warm it before a demo.

Files

Related MCP server: health-mcp

Tools

Health categories in the sample panel: Heart, Metabolic, Vitamins & Minerals, Thyroid, Liver, Kidney, Blood & Immunity, Hormones, Male Health.

Like Function Health, the connector deliberately exposes summary-level data only — counts, categories, flags and directions ("Vitamin D, low, significant"), never raw lab values.

Icon

The server advertises a square brand icon on its serverInfo as a data URI, per the MCP icons field (SEP-973), and serves it at /icon.png, /icon-128.png and /favicon.ico.

Claude.ai does not render this yet for custom connectors - custom connectors show a generic icon regardless of what the server declares (claude-ai-mcp#152). Declaring it costs nothing and starts working the day that lands. A branded icon today requires a Connectors Directory listing, where the icon is uploaded during submission.

Run it

./run.sh

Then in another terminal:

python3 test_server.py

Health check: http://127.0.0.1:8787/health

Demo path 1 — Claude Code (fastest, ~30 seconds)

.mcp.json already points at http://127.0.0.1:8787/mcp. Start the server, open Claude Code in this folder, approve the valeo server when prompted, then ask:

How do my labs look, and how is my program going?

Demo path 2 — anyone with a Claude subscription (public URL)

Claude's servers call your endpoint, so it needs a stable public HTTPS URL; localhost and tunnels that die on restart will not do. Deploy the repo, then anyone on a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) can add it themselves:

Claude → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste

https://valeo-connector.onrender.com/mcp

Deploying

render.yaml and Dockerfile are both in the repo and run server.py unchanged.

Render (no CLI needed, free, no card):

1. Click the Deploy to Render button at the top of this README, or go to render.com → New → Blueprint → pick this repo → Apply. Either way it reads render.yaml.

2. Sign in with GitHub and approve access to the repo.

3. You get https://valeo-connector.onrender.com (Render may add a suffix if the name is taken). The connector URL is that plus /mcp. Pushing to main auto-redeploys.

Verify the deploy before wiring it into Claude:

python3 test_server.py https://valeo-connector.onrender.com

All 22 checks should pass against the live URL exactly as they do locally.

Free instances sleep after ~15 minutes idle, so the first call after a nap takes 30–60s (Claude's tool timeout is 300s, so it still works — it just feels slow). The $7 plan or Valeo's own infrastructure removes that.

Any container host (Cloud Run, Fly, Railway) works off the Dockerfile. Set HOST=0.0.0.0; the server reads PORT from the environment.

Eventually this should live on Valeo's own domain — Function Health serves theirs from https://services.functionhealth.com/ai-chat/mcp.

Two things to know before sharing the URL

1. There is no auth yet, so every user sees the same fictional member. That is fine for a demo and it is stated in the server's own instructions to Claude. It is the one thing that must change before real member data goes anywhere near this.

2. Being listed in Claude's Connectors Directory is a separate step — an application to Anthropic. Without it the connector still works; users just add the URL by hand instead of finding it in the directory.

What to add after the MVP

1. OAuth 2.0 so each member sees only their own data. Claude supports Dynamic Client Registration; the callback for hosted surfaces is https://claude.ai/api/mcp/auth_callback. Serve /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource (RFC 9728) and scope the tokens (read:labs, read:programs, read:appointments).

2. Real data: replace sample_data.py with authenticated Valeo API calls keyed to the token.

3. Stable hosting: any Python host works since there are no dependencies.

4. A docs page like Function Health's, and submit to the Connectors Directory.

Limits worth knowing

Not medical advice; summary-level data only.