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mcpkit-axum

Axum integration for the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

This crate provides integration between the MCP SDK and the Axum web framework, making it easy to expose MCP servers over HTTP.

Features

  • HTTP POST endpoint for JSON-RPC messages
  • Server-Sent Events (SSE) streaming for notifications
  • Session management with automatic cleanup
  • Protocol version validation
  • CORS support

Usage

use mcpkit_axum::McpRouter;
use mcpkit_server::ServerHandler;

// Your MCP server handler (must implement ServerHandler, ToolHandler, etc.)
// Note: Clone is NOT required - the handler is wrapped in Arc internally.
struct MyServer;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // Simplest approach: use McpRouter for stdio-like ergonomics
    McpRouter::new(MyServer)
        .serve("0.0.0.0:3000")
        .await
        .unwrap();
}

Default Endpoints

Endpoint Method Purpose
/mcp POST JSON-RPC messages
/mcp/sse GET Server-Sent Events stream

Customizing Paths

McpRouter::new(MyServer)
    .post_path("/api/mcp")
    .sse_path("/api/mcp/sse")
    .serve("0.0.0.0:3000")
    .await
    .unwrap();

Integration with Existing App

For more control, integrate MCP routes into an existing Axum application:

use mcpkit_axum::McpRouter;
use mcpkit_server::ServerHandler;
use axum::Router;

struct MyServer;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // Create MCP router with custom paths to avoid double-nesting
    let mcp_router = McpRouter::new(MyServer)
        .post_path("/")      // Will become /api/mcp when nested
        .sse_path("/sse");   // Will become /api/mcp/sse when nested

    // Build the full application
    let app = Router::new()
        .nest("/api/mcp", mcp_router.into_router());
        // Add your other routes here

    // Run the server
    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();
    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
}

Exports

Export Purpose
McpRouter Router builder for MCP endpoints
McpState Shared state for MCP handlers
handle_mcp_post Handler for POST requests
handle_sse Handler for SSE streaming
Session Individual client session
SessionManager Manages SSE broadcast channels
SessionStore Storage for HTTP session data

Part of mcpkit

This crate is part of the mcpkit SDK. For most use cases, depend on mcpkit directly rather than this crate.

License

Licensed under either of Apache License, Version 2.0 or MIT license at your option.

Dependencies

~23–33MB
~510K SLoC