colectica-mcp-server 0.1.8

MCP server for Colectica Repository REST API

Colectica MCP Server

MCP server for Colectica Repository REST API with:

• OpenAPI/Swagger discovery
• operation invocation by OpenAPI operationId or synthesized id (METHOD_path_segments)
• Basic Auth and Bearer Token support
• stdio transport now, optional streamable-http transport switch

1. Install

python -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
pip install -e .

2. Configure

Copy .env.example to .env and set values:

• COLECTICA_BASE_URL (your Colectica Portal URL)
• either COLECTICA_BEARER_TOKEN or COLECTICA_USERNAME + COLECTICA_PASSWORD (or both)

Optional:

• COLECTICA_OPENAPI_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS (default 300; set 0 to disable cache)
• COLECTICA_RETRY_MAX_RETRIES (default 2)
• COLECTICA_RETRY_BASE_SECONDS (default 0.5)
• COLECTICA_RETRY_MAX_SECONDS (default 8)

3. Run MCP server

stdio (default)

colectica-mcp --transport stdio

streamable-http (optional)

colectica-mcp --transport streamable-http --mount-path /mcp

4. Available MCP tools

• health_check(auth_mode="auto")
• list_operations(auth_mode="auto")
• find_operations(query, auth_mode="auto", limit=50)
• find_ddi_operations(auth_mode="auto", limit=50)
• call_operation(operation_id, arguments, auth_mode="auto")
• call_endpoint(method, path, arguments, auth_mode="auto")
• operation_details(operation_id, auth_mode="auto")
• call_operation_paginated(operation_id, arguments, auth_mode="auto", max_pages=20, items_path=None)
• list_operation_categories(auth_mode="auto")
• list_operations_by_category(category, auth_mode="auto", limit=200)
• get_repository_info(auth_mode="auto")
• get_item(arguments, auth_mode="auto")
• search(arguments, auth_mode="auto")
• register_item(arguments, auth_mode="auto")
• get_item_by_urn(urn, auth_mode="auto")
• register_item_body(body, auth_mode="auto")
• get_ddi_fragment(agency, identifier, version=None, auth_mode="auto")
• get_ddi_set_fragment(agency, identifier, version=None, auth_mode="auto")
• get_item_json(agency, identifier, version=None, auth_mode="auto")
• get_item_json_set(agency, identifier, version=None, auth_mode="auto")
• get_item_json_set_filtered(body, auth_mode="auto")

5. Recommended usage flow

1. health_check
2. list_operations
3. list_operation_categories to see API groups (Agency, Comment, Ddi, Event, Item, Permission, Query, Rating, Replication, Repository, Set, Setting, Tag, Token, Transaction, VersionNumber)
4. list_operations_by_category to narrow to one group
5. call_operation using operationId and arguments from your Swagger schema

For request bodies, pass arguments.body.

If you prefer to execute directly from HTTP route + verb, use call_endpoint(method, path, arguments, auth_mode).

If your OpenAPI spec does not provide operationId values, use synthesized ids in this format:

• METHOD_<normalized_path>
• Example: GET /api/v1/ddi/{agency}/{identifier} -> GET_api_v1_ddi_agency_identifier

Optional for non-JSON operations:

• arguments.content_type (for example application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data)

Use operation_details to inspect supported parameters and request body content types before invoking. For paged endpoints, use call_operation_paginated to aggregate items across pages. The server will follow continuation tokens when available, including body tokens like nextResult for query endpoints.

6. DDI integration workflow

Use this sequence to integrate with DDI-focused Colectica endpoints:

1. Call convenience wrappers directly: get_ddi_fragment, get_ddi_set_fragment, get_item_json, get_item_json_set.
2. Use get_item_json_set_filtered for selective graph traversal.
3. For advanced/non-wrapped routes, run find_ddi_operations and confirm with operation_details(operation_id).
4. Execute custom integration calls via call_operation using typed arguments and arguments.body.
5. For large result sets, switch to call_operation_paginated.

7. Verification commands

Run Colectica server tool unit tests locally:

python -m unittest tests/test_server_tools.py tests/test_client_pagination.py -v

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.