MCPGEN

A cookiecutter for bootstrapping MCP servers in Go.

Answer a few questions → get a clean, tested, inspector-ready MCP server in seconds.

Requirements

• Go 1.25
• Node.js (for inspector checks)
• npx

Quick start

go install github.com/alesr/mcpgen@latest
mcpgen

You’ll get a small interactive flow. Press Enter to accept defaults.

CLI flags

You can also run in non-interactive mode with flags:

mcpgen --help

Inspector checks in flag mode run only when stdin is a TTY (matching the existing non-interactive default of skipping inspector checks).

Examples:

mcpgen --name weather --transport stdio
mcpgen --name weather --transport http --no-inspector

What it generates

• cmd/<server>/main.go – entrypoint
• internal/mcpapp/ – server wiring + handlers
• internal/mcpapp/tools/handlers/ – stub tool handler(s)
• internal/mcpapp/prompts/ – stub prompts
• internal/mcpapp/resources/ – stub resources
• internal/mcpapp/stubs/ – shared stub responses
• unit tests for tools/prompts/resources (only for enabled features)

What happens after generation

MCPGEN runs a quick sanity pipeline in this order:

• go mod tidy
• gofmt -w .
• go vet ./...
• go test ./...

If everything passes, it runs the inspector checks for any enabled features.

Customize

Start by editing:

• internal/mcpapp/tools/handlers/handlers.go
• internal/mcpapp/prompts/prompts.go
• internal/mcpapp/resources/resources.go

Replace the stub logic with your real implementation.

Notes

• Default transport is stdio (best for local tools).
• You can switch to HTTP in the setup flow if you want a networked server.

Screenshots

TODO

• unit tests
• package API
• generate middleware
• generate http wrapper