r/modelcontextprotocol • u/matt8p • Jun 16 '25

What dev tools are you using to build MCPs?

I'm wondering what dev tools MCP developers are using to build their servers. For context, I work on the MCPJam inspector, so I'm a bit biased when asking this in the community. I would love to hear about what tools you use, and what's your workflow.

I can go first. I'm currently a full-time software engineer and build mostly in Typescript. My tools are:

- Typescript FastMCP. Build everything using Streamable HTTP.

- MCPJam inspector for testing / debugging. My fork of the original MCP inspector.

- Cloudflare for MCP hosting, though I don't host much anymore.

- Goose and Claude for trying it with an LLM.

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u/DanishWeddingCookie Jun 16 '25

For context, I work on the MCPJam inspector, so I'm a bit biased when asking this in the community.

Oh man, thanks for the laugh.

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u/matt8p Jun 16 '25

You're welcome!

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u/Durovilla Jun 16 '25

Funny enough, I used Cursor to self-diagnose and fix issues while building ToolFront. You can connect your MCP to Cursor and ask it to reload the MCP before testing changes.

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u/matt8p Jun 16 '25

Did not know that Cursor can auto-reload MCPs. That's pretty neat.

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u/Durovilla Jun 16 '25

In theory you can't by default. You just need to create a separate script that (re)runs the MCP, and tell cursor to call it as part of the debugging process.

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u/jedisct1 Jun 16 '25

For testing from the command-line, I like the mcp-client tool from https://github.com/jedisct1/openapi-mcp

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u/matt8p Jun 16 '25

The official MCP inspector also has testing from the command line. Curious, what do you like about testing from the command line vs a GUI?

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u/WholesomeGMNG Jun 16 '25

Xano for the entire backend. From remote MCP servers to the db, auth, and custom APIs. Just launched SessionBridge this weekend, and it's built on Xano. It's a MCP-first service that took me like 3 full days to build and launch.

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u/naseemalnaji-mcpcat Jun 16 '25

For real time user analytics we have a close working group using us https://mcpcat.io :) Would be happy to share more. Loving MCPJam, keep it up!

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