transparent-openapi-mcp

A KISS MCP server that maps OpenAPI v3 specifications 1:1 onto MCP tools, transparently - a change to a loaded OpenAPI spec never requires a change to this server's own code.

Using this as a Claude Code MCP server

Three steps: build the image, set up your server-side config, wire it into Claude Code.

1. Build

./podman_build.sh

2. Configure the server

The server needs its own config: a local file (mounted into the container) that points at a config list, which in turn points at your OpenAPI spec(s) and backend(s). See examples/README.md for the full reference - what each file contains, the <prefix>_<operationId> tool naming rule, and a runnable example set proven to work end-to-end.

3. Wire it into Claude Code

Claude Code needs to know how to start the container as a stdio subprocess. See examples/claude-code/README.md for the exact MCP config entry to add and how it relates to your server-side config from step 2.

Once added, run /mcp in a Claude Code session and confirm transparent-openapi-mcp shows up with its tools.

Related MCP server: ControlAPI-MCP

Try it with the bundled example

Before wiring in your own real spec/backend, you can verify the whole chain works using the bundled minimal example:

./podman_build.sh

mkdir -p ~/t-o-m-config
cp examples/*.example.json ~/t-o-m-config/
cd ~/t-o-m-config
mv local-config.example.json local-config.json
mv config-list.example.json config-list.json
mv minimal-openapi.example.json minimal-openapi.json

# in another terminal, serve that directory:
cd ~/t-o-m-config && python3 -m http.server 8000

# back in the first terminal:
./podman_run.sh ~/t-o-m-config/local-config.json

See examples/README.md for the full walkthrough, including how to actually call a tool and see a result (this just starts the server - it sits silently on stdio, which is correct MCP behavior).

Design docs

See docs/core-mcp-server/requirements.md and docs/core-mcp-server/architecture.md for the full requirement set (R-CTRL, R-DEPLOY, R-CFG, R-BOOT, R-TOOLS, R-FWD, R-STACK, R-RELEASE) and design.