Add HTTP-based authentication to prove domain ownership, similar to
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/pull/238's DNS
authentication but using HTTPS well-known URIs instead of DNS TXT
records.
Fixes#280
## Motivation and Context
Some organizations don't have easy access to DNS records, but can easily
deploy web assets. They would therefore prefer to be able to complete a
HTTP challenge rather than a DNS one to authenticate to the registry.
This would in some way mirror ACME challenges: where you can do a DNS-01
or a HTTP-01 challenge.
## How Has This Been Tested?
- Tested locally by stubbing out the HTTP getter
- Added unit tests
## Breaking Changes
None
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- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
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- [ ] Documentation update
## Checklist
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- [x] I have read the [MCP
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- [x] My code follows the repository's style guidelines
- [x] New and existing tests pass locally
- [x] I have added appropriate error handling
- [x] I have added or updated documentation as needed
## Additional context
I concern I had when building this that it might expose us to SSRF
attacks.
I think on reflection this is not a significant problem:
- We only GET a fixed file `.well-known/mcp-registry-auth` (redirects
disallowed) after sanitizing the domain, and then also don't expose the
response to the user. This means the user shouldn't be able to hit
anything very interesting.
- The information they might get is what domains/servers exist in the
network. Our infrastructure is already all open-source, so attackers
aren't getting any additional real info by prodding at the environment
this way.
Fixes#270Closes#233
Adds support for DNS-based authentication for proving ownership of a
particular domain. E.g. if you can add a TXT record to `anthropic.com`,
you can publish anything at `com.anthropic/*` or `com.anthropic.*`.
Notes:
- Uses Ed25519 signatures with 15-second timestamp windows to prevent
replay attacks
- Supports multiple public keys in DNS TXT records for key rotation
scenarios
- Publisher CLI supports DNS auth via --dns-domain and --dns-private-key
flags
- Includes key generation commands in publisher README for easy setup
## Motivation and Context
This implements DNS-based public/private key authentication to allow
people to actually publish at their own domains. Currently,
authentication requires GitHub accounts which limits publishing to the
io.github.* namespace.
DNS-based auth enables:
- Publishing under your actual domain (e.g., com.anthropic/* for
anthropic.com)
- Independence from GitHub or other external auth providers
- Organizations managing their own keys and access to publishing
## How Has This Been Tested?
- Unit tests cover signature verification, DNS TXT parsing, timestamp
validation, and error cases
- Tested locally by editing my own DNS records
- All existing auth methods covered by passing tests
## Breaking Changes
None
## Types of changes
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- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing
functionality to change)
- [ ] Documentation update
## Checklist
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- [x] I have read the [MCP
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- [x] My code follows the repository's style guidelines
- [x] New and existing tests pass locally
- [x] I have added appropriate error handling
- [x] I have added or updated documentation as needed
## Additional context
Will be adding HTTP challenge auth in a similar way as a separate PR,
e.g. for verifying you own `github.com` by hosting a
`github.com/.well-known/mcp-server-challenge` or similar. Just
mentioning this as we discussed HTTP challenges as closely related to
DNS challenges elsewhere, and want to reassure reviewer that this hasn't
been forgotten with this approach. :) Update: tracking the HTTP auth in
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/issues/280
Adds support for auth'ing to the registry via [GitHub Actions
OIDC](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/security/openid-connect).
Fixes#271
## Motivation and Context
People will probably want to publish to the registry from CI
environments. DNS auth can work here fine
(https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/issues/270). But for
people who haven't set up DNS, the standard GitHub device flow won't
really work here. We could make this nice by supporting GitHub Actions
OIDC.
## How Has This Been Tested?
Tested locally with a real GitHub OIDC token from a personal repo.
## Breaking Changes
None
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- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing
functionality to change)
- [ ] Documentation update
## Checklist
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- [x] My code follows the repository's style guidelines
- [x] New and existing tests pass locally
- [x] I have added appropriate error handling
- [x] I have added or updated documentation as needed
## Motivation and Context
- Adds credentials for the new MCP Registry Login GitHub Apps (local,
staging, prod)
- Adds support for "none" auth to publisher
## How Has This Been Tested?
- Tested publisher workflows locally
- Unit and integration tests passing
## Breaking Changes
None
## Types of changes
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functionality to change)
- [ ] Documentation update
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Merging based on Tadas's approval review, and only making minor docs changes on top of that.
This PR simplifies the seed data import configuration based on
maintainer feedback by removing command line flags and using a clearer
environment variable name.
## Key Changes
### Configuration Simplification
- **Renamed**: `MCP_REGISTRY_SEED_FILE_PATH` → `MCP_REGISTRY_SEED_FROM`
- **Removed**: `--seed-file-path` command line flag to eliminate
configuration complexity
### Improved User Experience
Users now configure seed data import using a single, clear environment
variable:
```bash
# Before (multiple ways to configure)
MCP_REGISTRY_SEED_FILE_PATH=data/seed.json ./registry
./registry --seed-file-path=data/seed.json
# After (simplified single method)
MCP_REGISTRY_SEED_FROM=data/seed.json ./registry
```
### Registry Composability
The composability workflow is now simplified while maintaining all
functionality:
```bash
# Start first registry with seed data
MCP_REGISTRY_SEED_FROM=data/seed.json ./registry
# Start second registry importing from first via pagination
MCP_REGISTRY_SEED_FROM=http://localhost:8080 ./registry
```
## Technical Implementation
- Maintains full backward compatibility for import functionality
- All existing seed data sources continue to work (local files, HTTP
URLs, registry URLs)
- Automatic pagination through `/v0/servers` endpoint remains unchanged
- Configurable delays between requests preserved
## Benefits
- **Reduced complexity**: Single configuration method instead of
multiple
- **Clearer naming**: `SEED_FROM` better describes the source of seed
data
- **Easier maintenance**: Fewer configuration paths to test and document
- **Consistent patterns**: Aligns with other environment-variable-only
configuration
All existing functionality is preserved while providing a cleaner, more
maintainable configuration interface.
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The following PR adds a new server `status` field to support the status
of servers, like deprecated or active
Details:
* Add status field to server.json schema with 'active' and 'deprecated'
values
* Update OpenAPI spec to include status field in Server responses
* Add ServerStatus enum and field to Go model structs
* Update examples to demonstrate status field usage (`active` and
`deprecated`)
Since this is my first PR there's a good chance I might have missed
something so I'll appreciate any feedback to make this and any PRs in
the future easier for you to review 😃Fixes: #181
## Motivation and Context
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The main goal is to have a way for server authors to notify registry
consumers that a server may no longer be maintained and shouldn't be
considered for using.
## How Has This Been Tested?
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## Breaking Changes
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The `publisher create` command now automatically sets the `runtime_hint`
field in the generated `server.json` based on the `registry_name` when
no explicit `--runtime-hint` is provided:
- When `registry_name` is `docker`, sets `runtime_hint` to `docker`
- When `registry_name` is `npm`, sets `runtime_hint` to `npx`
- Other registries remain unchanged (no `runtime_hint` field)
## Before
```bash
# NPM registry - no runtime_hint field generated
$ mcp-publisher create --name "test-server" --description "Test" --repo-url "https://github.com/test/repo" --registry npm
```
```json
{
"packages": [
{
"registry_name": "npm",
"name": "test-server",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
]
}
```
## After
```bash
# NPM registry - automatically sets runtime_hint to "npx"
$ mcp-publisher create --name "test-server" --description "Test" --repo-url "https://github.com/test/repo" --registry npm
```
```json
{
"packages": [
{
"registry_name": "npm",
"name": "test-server",
"version": "1.0.0",
"runtime_hint": "npx"
}
]
}
```
The manual `--runtime-hint` flag continues to work and takes precedence
over the automatic setting, ensuring backward compatibility.
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This is a first PR for #159 - adding some validation scripts. I want to
get to a place where we are confident that making schema changes is in
sync with the rest of our code. Step one is making sure the schemas are
in sync with our examples. Step two will be making sure the schemas are
in sync with our actual Registry implementation code.
This is just for the JSON right now; if we're feeling good about this
approach I'll do an analogous change for the OpenAPI schemas as well.
I'll also follow with adding usage of these scripts to our CI pipeline
so we have automated checks on them with every change.
## Summary
- Added CLI validation tools for JSON schemas and examples in
`docs/server-json/`
- Fixed some minor validation errors found in `examples.md`
- Ensures schema consistency and example validity in CI/CD pipelines
## Changes
### New Validation Tools
1. **`tools/validate-schemas`** - Validates that `schema.json` and
`registry-schema.json` are valid JSON Schema documents
2. **`tools/validate-examples`** - Validates all JSON examples in
`examples.md` against both schemas
### Key Features
- ✅ Validates JSON schema syntax and structure
- ✅ Validates all examples against both base and registry schemas
- ✅ Tracks validation counts to prevent silent failures
- ✅ Proper exit codes for CI integration
- ✅ Clear error messages for debugging
### Fixes to examples.md
- Added missing `repository.id` field in NuGet example
- Changed `repository.source` from "gitlab" to "github" in Docker
example
### Usage
```bash
# From repository root
./tools/validate-schemas.sh
./tools/validate-examples.sh
```
## Testing
I ran these scripts locally with minor (breaking) changes, which they
each correctly reported. As submitted, they are both passing.
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Rename mcp.json to server.json
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This pull request introduces significant updates to the authentication
system for the MCP Registry Publisher Tool. The changes focus on
transitioning to an interface-based authentication system, implementing
GitHub OAuth device flow as the default authentication method, and
restructuring the codebase for better modularity and extensibility.
Adding an interface to the publishing CLI, so that it'll be easier to
add more auth methods as they become available.
- Added error handling for JSON encoding in ServersHandler and ServersDetailHandler.
- Updated test cases to reflect changes in handler functions and improved mock expectations.
- Refactored server initialization to include ReadHeaderTimeout for better request handling.
- Modified GitHubDeviceAuth to accept context in ValidateToken and checkOrgMembership methods.
- Improved error messages in database import functions for better debugging.
- Updated memory and mongo database list functions to accept context and improved filtering logic.
- Enhanced logging in publisher tool for better visibility during execution.
- Cleaned up code formatting and comments for better readability and maintainability.
- Give the correct URL address in the mcp.json and the main README
## Motivation and Context
Improve documentation
## How Has This Been Tested?
No Testing.
## Breaking Changes
N/A
## 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
- [ ] I have read the [MCP
Documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)
- [ ] My code follows the repository's style guidelines
- [ ] New and existing tests pass locally
- [ ] I have added appropriate error handling
- [ ] I have added or updated documentation as needed
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Inline ServerDetail fields in PublishRequest
## Motivation and Context
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Fix#55
## How Has This Been Tested?
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## Breaking Changes
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I originally introduced `package_canonical` into the API schema because,
at the time, we were thinking to "pin" the version of the MCP server to
_one_ of the referenced source code packages.
We are no longer doing this (we are maintaining a separate notion of
`version` unique to the MCP server), so I don't believe
`package_canonical` is needed anymore. Does anyone see otherwise?
This change removes all mentions in READMEs and usages in code.
* Update the model to handle new changes to schema based on https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/pull/33
* Made the import script a little simpler.
* Add a new updated seed file
* update template mcp.json file for publisher
- Added authentication service and GitHub OAuth integration.
- Introduced new authentication methods and structures in the model.
- Updated the API to handle authentication during the publishing process.
- Created handlers for starting and checking the status of the OAuth flow.
- Enhanced the publish handler to validate authentication credentials.
- Updated configuration to include GitHub OAuth settings.
- Added tests for the OAuth flow and publishing with authentication.
- Updated documentation to reflect changes in the API and authentication process.
