pip install django-native-mcp

# settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    "django_native_mcp",
]

DJANGO_NATIVE_MCP = {
    "APP": "config.mcp:app",
}

# config/mcp.py

from django_native_mcp import MCP

app = MCP("backend")
app.autodiscover_tools()

# orders/mcp.py

from django_native_mcp import shared_tool

from .models import Order


@shared_tool
async def get_order(order_id: int) -> dict:
    """Get an order."""
    order = await Order.objects.aget(pk=order_id)
    return {"id": order.pk, "status": order.status}

python manage.py mcp_list
python manage.py mcp_inspect orders.get_order
python manage.py mcp_call orders.get_order '{"order_id": 1}'
python manage.py mcp_serve --transport stdio

from django_native_mcp import MCP

app = MCP("backend")


@app.tool(name="system.health")
async def health() -> dict:
    return {"ok": True}

application = app.asgi_app()

# config/asgi.py

import os

from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application

from django_native_mcp.asgi import MCPApplication

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
django_application = get_asgi_application()

# Import the MCP app only after Django's application registry is ready.
from config.mcp import app as mcp_app

application = MCPApplication(
    django=django_application,
    mcp=mcp_app,
    mcp_path="/mcp",
)

from django_native_mcp.testing import MCPTestClient


async with MCPTestClient(app) as client:
    result = await client.call_tool("orders.get_order", {"order_id": 1})

Django apps / mcp.py
        ↓
shared_tool → ToolDefinition → ToolRegistry → MCP
                                              ↓
                                      official MCPServer
                                      ↙              ↘
                                   stdio       Streamable HTTP