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ai-sdlc-harness-mcp

Integration + distribution layer for an AI-assisted SDLC harness built around the Stockbook app project.

This repo holds two halves:

  • mcp-server/ — an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing Confluence, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft Teams and a Claude Code trigger tool — 28 tools. Usable from any MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cowork, or any other MCP-speaking agent), not just from inside one repo.

  • plugin/ — an installable Claude Code plugin marketplace packaging the AI-SDLC harness itself (agents, commands, skills, hooks) that already runs in the stockbookapp repo, split into a framework-agnostic vnd-ai-sdlc layer and a vnd-ai-sdlc-stockbook. vnd-ai-sdlc ships the MCP server inside itself as a self-contained bundle, so installing the plugin — no clone, no npm install, no build — is enough to get the whole AI-SDLC (rules, skills, commands, sub-agents, and the MCP tools) working in a fresh repo; only credentials come from your environment. It also carries a governed skill lifecycle (/skill-new → /skill-submit → /skill-approve → /skill-sync) so a skill one person writes reaches everyone else through Jira + PR review. Real-installed and verified with a live Claude Code CLI — see plugin/README.md for install steps, the bugs that real install caught, and the known limitations it surfaced.

Start here

You want to

Read

Install it and run it on real work

plugin/README.md, then docs/ai-sdlc/cookbook.md

Know what each phase produces and when it is done

stage-a-discovery.md · stage-b-definition.md · stage-c-design.md

Write one of the documents

the matching file in docs/ai-sdlc/templates/, plus document-conventions.md

Know the MCP tools and their env vars

mcp-server/README.md

Related MCP server: confluence-mcp-server

The document standard

Every phase output follows one set of conventions (C-0…C-10) in docs/ai-sdlc/document-conventions.md, derived by reading the organisation's own shipped documents rather than from first principles — two real SRSs, two Product Listing pages, a PRD, and two completed IPAM Way boards.

The rule that settles arguments: where two of those documents do the same thing differently, the Stockbook project's form wins (C-0). A silence is not a conflict — where only one document does something at all, it is an addition, kept and labelled with its source.

python3 docs/ai-sdlc/check-conventions.py enforces the conventions mechanically and exits non-zero on failure. It is scaffolded into consuming repos by /harness-init, and it exists because this framework insists on machine-checkable DoDs and, for a while, had none of its own.

Status

Phase

What

Status

1

Jira MCP tools (12)

✅ done

1

Confluence: create_confluence_page

✅ done

3

GitHub tools (3, read+create surface, live-tested)

✅ done

5

Claude Code trigger tool (run_claude_code_command)

✅ done — verified against a mock CLI, not a real install

6

Plugin extraction (plugin/, marketplace.json, Standard/overlay split)

✅ done — real-installed + verified with a live Claude Code CLI (see plugin/README.md)

7

Self-contained plugin: MCP server bundled inside vnd-ai-sdlc + dev-override launcher

✅ done

7

Skill lifecycle commands (/skill-new, /skill-submit, /skill-approve, /skill-sync) with Jira + PR approval gate

✅ done

4

Microsoft Teams (send_teams_message via a Workflows webhook)

✅ built — not live-tested: the org egress allowlist blocks powerplatform.com, so the POST must be verified from a machine that can reach Microsoft

2

Confluence full parity (get/update/search/list_spaces)

✅ built — not live-tested: ipas-tech.atlassian.net is egress-blocked. Logic covered by unit tests

3

GitLab tools (5, read+create surface)

✅ built — not live-tested: both gitlab.com and gitlab-new.vndirect.com.vn are egress-blocked. Logic covered by unit tests

A

Stage A discovery A0–A5 + G1, with /idea-card, /problem-canvas, /market-scan, /discovery-report, /ipam-way

✅ built — not yet run on a real feature

B

Stage B definition B0–B2 + G2/G3, with /context-doc, /brd, /prd

✅ built — not yet run on a real feature

C

Stage C design C1–C5 + G4, with /sa-view, /srs, /ui-spec, /test-strategy, /security-review

✅ built — not yet run on a real feature

—

Document conventions C-0…C-10 + check-conventions.py

✅ done — the checker passes on this repo

—

23 versioned artefact templates, incl. IPAM Way and OMVP

✅ done

—

traceability.yaml schema (vnd.ai-sdlc.traceability/v3) + generation in /plan-feature

✅ done

—

Publishing artefacts to Confluence automatically

❌ not built — only /gate calls create_confluence_page. Stage A/B/C artefacts reach the manifest, not the wiki

What "built but not live-tested" means here

Three integrations are complete, build clean, and pass unit and stdio JSON-RPC tests, but have never made a real call — every one of their hosts (gitlab.com, gitlab-new.vndirect.com.vn, ipas-tech.atlassian.net, powerplatform.com) is refused by this environment's egress allowlist, which permits github.com. That is why GitHub is the one platform with a genuine end-to-end verification behind it.

So the request/response shapes are exercised against stubs, not against the real APIs. The places where those APIs differ in ways a naive port gets wrong — GitLab addressing projects by URL-encoded path, having no draft flag, replacing rather than appending reviewer lists, taking numeric user ids instead of usernames; Confluence requiring version current + 1 on every update — are handled explicitly and covered by mcp-server/unit-test.mjs. What is not covered is whether the endpoints behave as documented. Run npm test in mcp-server/, then make one real call per platform from a machine with network access before trusting them.

See mcp-server/README.md for the tool reference and setup instructions.

What "built but not yet run" means for the upstream stages

Stages A, B and C are complete specifications with working commands, a template per artefact, and DoDs the commands enforce. What has not happened is a single real feature going A → G4 through them. Until that run exists, treat the upstream half as a well-specified system that has never met a deadline, a stakeholder who will not answer, or a document someone refuses to sign.

Why this exists

The Confluence create_confluence_page tool was built first, specifically because Atlassian's own hosted Rovo MCP server's createConfluencePage route returns a persistent 404 (see mcp-server/README.md for the full diagnosis). Jira, GitLab, GitHub and Teams tools extend the same server into a general integration layer for the harness, and the planned plugin/ half makes the whole harness — not just the integrations — installable in one step in any frontend repo.

License

MIT

Available Tools

1 tool
create_confluence_pageA

Create a new Confluence Cloud page via the REST API v2 (storage-format body). Built as a working alternative to the hosted Rovo MCP createConfluencePage tool, which returns a persistent 404. Requires CONFLUENCE_SITE, ATLASSIAN_EMAIL and ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN to be set in the environment.

Inputs: title (required), spaceId (required), bodyHtml (required), status, +1 more.

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    TDQS

    A3.8/5.0

    Scored across 1 tool

    Disambiguation5/5

    With only a single tool, there is no possibility of confusing it with another tool. The purpose is clearly described as creating a Confluence page.

    Naming Consistency5/5

    The tool name follows a clear verb_noun pattern (create_confluence_page), which is consistent and readable. As a single tool, there are no naming inconsistencies.

    Tool Count2/5

    The server name suggests a broad SDLC harness, but only one narrow Confluence creation tool is provided. This is far too few tools for the implied scope, making it feel like an extreme under-delivery.

    Completeness1/5

    The domain implied by 'ai-sdlc-harness-mcp' would require far more operations such as issue tracking, code review, CI/CD integration, and documentation management. With only a single page-creation tool, the vast majority of expected functionality is missing.

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