Add optional title field to server.json schema (#608)

## Summary

Introduces a new optional `title` field for MCP servers to provide a
clean, human-readable display name that clients and subregistries can
use for display purposes.

Fixes #606

## Changes

- Added `title` field to `ServerJSON` type (optional, max 100 chars)
- Added validation to reject titles ending with 'MCP Server', 'MCP
server', or 'MCP' suffixes
- Updated JSON schema and OpenAPI specification
- Added comprehensive test coverage for title validation
- Updated all documentation examples to demonstrate the new field

## Validation

The title field:
- Is optional (can be omitted)
- Must not be only whitespace if provided
- Must not end with MCP-related suffixes (case-insensitive)
- Can contain 'MCP' in the middle (e.g., "MCP Weather API" is valid)

Examples:
- ✅ Valid: "GitHub", "Weather API", "Slack Integration"
- ❌ Invalid: "GitHub MCP", "Weather MCP Server", "Slack-MCP"

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
adam jones 2025-10-06 11:57:01 +01:00 • committed by GitHub
commit 44e35020b0
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: B5690EEEBB952194
7 changed files with 230 additions and 27 deletions

View file

@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ This creates a `server.json` with auto-detected values. You'll see something lik
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.yourname/your-server",
"description": "A description of your MCP server",
"name": "io.github.yourname/weather-data-mcp",
"title": "Weather Data",
"description": "Access real-time weather data and forecasts",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "npm",
"identifier": "your-package-name",
"identifier": "@yourname/weather-data-mcp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": {
"type": "stdio"
@ -153,13 +154,14 @@ Add an `mcpName` field to your `package.json`:
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.username/server-name",
"description": "A server that provides npm package functionality",
"name": "io.github.username/slack-integration-mcp",
"title": "Slack Integration",
"description": "Send messages and manage Slack workspaces",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "npm",
"identifier": "your-npm-package",
"identifier": "@username/slack-integration-mcp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": {
"type": "stdio"
@ -191,13 +193,14 @@ Add it to your README.md file (which becomes the package description on PyPI). T
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.username/server-name",
"description": "A server that provides PyPI package functionality",
"name": "io.github.username/database-query-mcp",
"title": "Database Query",
"description": "Execute SQL queries and manage database connections",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "pypi",
"identifier": "your-pypi-package",
"identifier": "database-query-mcp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": {
"type": "stdio"
@ -229,13 +232,14 @@ Add a README file to your NuGet package that includes the server name. This can
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.username/server-name",
"description": "A server that provides NuGet package functionality",
"name": "io.github.username/azure-devops-mcp",
"title": "Azure DevOps",
"description": "Manage Azure DevOps work items and pipelines",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "nuget",
"identifier": "Your.NuGet.Package",
"identifier": "Username.AzureDevOpsMcp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": {
"type": "stdio"
@ -271,14 +275,15 @@ LABEL io.modelcontextprotocol.server.name="io.github.username/server-name"
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.username/server-name",
"description": "A server that provides Docker container functionality",
"name": "io.github.username/kubernetes-manager-mcp",
"title": "Kubernetes Manager",
"description": "Deploy and manage Kubernetes resources",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "oci",
"registryBaseUrl": "https://docker.io",
"identifier": "yourusername/your-mcp-server",
"identifier": "yourusername/kubernetes-manager-mcp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": {
"type": "stdio"
@ -292,14 +297,15 @@ LABEL io.modelcontextprotocol.server.name="io.github.username/server-name"
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.username/server-name",
"description": "A server that provides GitHub container functionality",
"name": "io.github.username/git-operations-mcp",
"title": "Git Operations",
"description": "Advanced Git repository management and operations",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "oci",
"registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
"identifier": "yourusername/your-mcp-server",
"identifier": "username/git-operations-mcp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": {
"type": "stdio"
@ -334,13 +340,14 @@ openssl dgst -sha256 server.mcpb
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.username/server-name",
"description": "A server that provides MCPB package functionality",
"name": "io.github.username/image-processor-mcp",
"title": "Image Processor",
"description": "Process and transform images with various filters",
"version": "1.0.0",
"packages": [
{
"registryType": "mcpb",
"identifier": "https://github.com/you/your-repo/releases/download/v1.0.0/server.mcpb",
"identifier": "https://github.com/username/image-processor-mcp/releases/download/v1.0.0/image-processor.mcpb",
"version": "1.0.0",
"fileSha256": "fe333e598595000ae021bd27117db32ec69af6987f507ba7a63c90638ff633ce",
"transport": {
@ -379,13 +386,14 @@ Add the `remotes` field to your `server.json` (can coexist with `packages`):
```json
{
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "com.yourcompany/api-server",
"description": "Cloud-hosted MCP server for API operations",
"name": "com.yourcompany/acme-analytics",
"title": "ACME Analytics",
"description": "Real-time business intelligence and reporting platform",
"version": "2.0.0",
"remotes": [
{
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.yourcompany.com/http"
"url": "https://mcp.yourcompany.com/mcp"
}
]
}
@ -400,7 +408,7 @@ You can offer multiple connection methods:
"remotes": [
{
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.yourcompany.com/http"
"url": "https://mcp.yourcompany.com/mcp"
},
{
"type": "sse",
@ -424,7 +432,7 @@ Configure headers that clients should send when connecting:
"remotes": [
{
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.yourcompany.com/http",
"url": "https://mcp.yourcompany.com/mcp",
"headers": [
{
"name": "X-API-Key",

View file

@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ paths:
value:
name: "io.modelcontextprotocol/filesystem"
description: "Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for filesystem operations."
title: "Filesystem"
repository:
url: "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers"
source: "github"
@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ paths:
value:
name: "com.example/demo-server"
description: "Example MCP server demonstrating publisher extensions."
title: "Demo Server"
repository:
url: "https://github.com/example/mcp-demo"
source: "github"
@ -267,7 +269,6 @@ components:
description: "Optional relative path from repository root to the server location within a monorepo structure"
example: "src/everything"
ServerList:
type: object
required:
@ -502,6 +503,10 @@ components:
type: string
description: "Human-readable description of the server's functionality"
example: "Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for filesystem operations."
title:
type: string
description: "Optional human-readable title or display name for the MCP server. MCP subregistries or clients MAY choose to use this for display purposes."
example: "Filesystem"
repository:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Repository'
version:

View file

@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The official registry has some more restrictions on top of this. See the [offici
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.modelcontextprotocol.anonymous/brave-search",
"description": "MCP server for Brave Search API integration",
"title": "Brave Search",
"websiteUrl": "https://anonymous.modelcontextprotocol.io/examples",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers",
@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ For MCP servers located within a subdirectory of a larger repository (monorepo s
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.modelcontextprotocol/everything",
"description": "MCP server that exercises all the features of the MCP protocol",
"title": "Everything",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers",
"source": "github",
@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ This will essentially instruct the MCP client to execute `dnx Knapcode.SampleMcp
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.modelcontextprotocol/filesystem",
"description": "Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for filesystem operations.",
"title": "Filesystem",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers",
"source": "github",
@ -288,6 +291,7 @@ This will essentially instruct the MCP client to execute `dnx Knapcode.SampleMcp
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.github.example/weather-mcp",
"description": "Python MCP server for weather data access",
"title": "Weather",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/example/weather-mcp",
"source": "github",
@ -503,6 +507,7 @@ The `dnx` tool ships with the .NET 10 SDK, starting with Preview 6.
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.modelcontextprotocol.anonymous/hybrid-mcp",
"description": "MCP server available as both local package and remote service",
"title": "Hybrid",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/example/hybrid-mcp",
"source": "github",
@ -588,6 +593,7 @@ The `dnx` tool ships with the .NET 10 SDK, starting with Preview 6.
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.modelcontextprotocol/text-editor",
"description": "MCP Bundle server for advanced text editing capabilities",
"title": "Text Editor",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/text-editor-mcpb",
"source": "github"
@ -632,6 +638,7 @@ Some CLI tools bundle an MCP server, without a standalone MCP package or a publi
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
"name": "io.snyk/cli-mcp",
"description": "MCP server provided by the Snyk CLI",
"title": "Snyk",
"version": "1.1298.0",
"packages": [
{

View file

@ -396,6 +396,13 @@
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional human-readable title or display name for the MCP server. MCP subregistries or clients MAY choose to use this for display purposes.",
"example": "Weather API",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100
},
"repository": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Repository",
"description": "Optional repository metadata for the MCP server source code. Recommended for transparency and security inspection."

View file

@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ func ValidateServerJSON(serverJSON *apiv0.ServerJSON) error {
return err
}
// Validate title if provided
if err := validateTitle(serverJSON.Title); err != nil {
return err
}
// Validate all packages (basic field validation)
// Detailed package validation (including registry checks) is done during publish
for _, pkg := range serverJSON.Packages {
@ -156,6 +161,20 @@ func validateWebsiteURL(websiteURL string) error {
return nil
}
func validateTitle(title string) error {
// Skip validation if title is not provided (optional field)
if title == "" {
return nil
}
// Check that title is not only whitespace
if strings.TrimSpace(title) == "" {
return fmt.Errorf("title cannot be only whitespace")
}
return nil
}
func validatePackageField(obj *model.Package) error {
if !HasNoSpaces(obj.Identifier) {
return ErrPackageNameHasSpaces

View file

@ -1709,3 +1709,159 @@ func createValidServerWithArgument(arg model.Argument) apiv0.ServerJSON {
},
}
}
func TestValidateTitle(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
name string
serverDetail apiv0.ServerJSON
expectedError string
}{
{
name: "Valid title without MCP suffix",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "GitHub",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Valid title with multiple words",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "Weather API",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Empty title is allowed (optional field)",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Allows title with 'MCP Server' suffix",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "GitHub MCP Server",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Allows title with 'MCP' suffix",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "GitHub MCP",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Allows title with 'mcp server' suffix (lowercase)",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "GitHub mcp server",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Allows title with hyphenated 'MCP' suffix",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "GitHub-MCP",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Allows 'MCP' in the middle of title",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: "MCP Weather API",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "",
},
{
name: "Rejects title with only whitespace",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Schema: model.CurrentSchemaURL,
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Title: " ",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
},
expectedError: "title cannot be only whitespace",
},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
err := validators.ValidateServerJSON(&tt.serverDetail)
if tt.expectedError == "" {
assert.NoError(t, err)
} else {
assert.Error(t, err)
assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.expectedError)
}
})
}
}

View file

@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type ServerJSON struct {
Schema string `json:"$schema" required:"true" minLength:"1"`
Name string `json:"name" minLength:"1" maxLength:"200"`
Description string `json:"description" minLength:"1" maxLength:"100"`
Title string `json:"title,omitempty" minLength:"1" maxLength:"100"`
Repository model.Repository `json:"repository,omitempty"`
Version string `json:"version"`
WebsiteURL string `json:"websiteUrl,omitempty"`