kotlin-sdk/samples/kotlin-mcp-server/README.md
Pavel Gorgulov 0b39f57cff
docs: streamable server sample (#595)
- add a simple streamable http server example with auth
- update readme: replace quickstart example from sse server to
streamable server
- add readme files for samples, simple-streamable-server, notebooks

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## How Has This Been Tested?
knit and inspector

## Breaking Changes
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## Types of changes
- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing
functionality to change)
- [x] Documentation update

## Checklist
- [x] I have read the [MCP
Documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)
- [x] My code follows the repository's style guidelines
- [x] New and existing tests pass locally
- [ ] I have added appropriate error handling
- [x] I have added or updated documentation as needed
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Kotlin MCP Server

A sample MCP server demonstrating multiple transport modes: STDIO, SSE (plain), and SSE (Ktor plugin).

Note: The SSE transport modes are provided for backward compatibility. For new projects, consider using the simple-streamable-server sample, which uses the recommended Streamable HTTP transport.

Overview

This sample registers a prompt, a tool, and a resource, then lets you choose how to expose them. STDIO mode is the default and is best for process-based clients. The two SSE modes show how to serve MCP over HTTP using either a manual Ktor routing setup or the built-in mcp { } Ktor plugin.

Prerequisites

Build & Run

STDIO mode (default)

./gradlew run

Or explicitly:

./gradlew run --args="--stdio"

Connect with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --config samples/kotlin-mcp-server/mcp-inspector-config.json --server stdio-server

SSE with Ktor plugin

./gradlew run --args="--sse-server-ktor 3002"

Connect with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --config samples/kotlin-mcp-server/mcp-inspector-config.json --server sse-ktor-server

SSE with plain configuration

Known issue: This mode may not work correctly at this time.

./gradlew run --args="--sse-server 3001"

Connect with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --config samples/kotlin-mcp-server/mcp-inspector-config.json --server sse-server

MCP Capabilities

Tools

Name Description
kotlin-sdk-tool A test tool that returns a "Hello, world!" greeting.

Prompts

Name Description
Kotlin Developer Generates a prompt to develop a small Kotlin application for a given project name.

Resources

Name URI Description
Web Search https://search.com/ A placeholder resource demonstrating resource handling.