Advocu MCP server

This MCP server enables Google Developer Experts (GDEs) to report their activities through AI-powered conversational interfaces, connecting the Advocu API with the Model Context Protocol. It allows GDEs to submit various activities like content creation, speaking engagements, and mentoring sessions directly through AI chat models or command-line tools.

Installation Options

Using NPM

npm install -g advocu-mcp-server

Using npx (Recommended)

npx advocu-mcp-server

Configuration Process

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Advocu GDE API access token

Configure Claude Desktop

1. Locate and edit your Claude Desktop configuration file:

   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add the server configuration using one of these methods:

For Global Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activity-reporting": {
      "command": "advocu-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "ADVOCU_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_advocu_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

For NPX Method

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activity-reporting": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "advocu-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "ADVOCU_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_advocu_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop to apply your configuration.

Using the MCP Server

Available Tools

Once configured, you'll have access to these reporting tools in Claude:

• submit_content_creation - For blog posts, articles, videos, etc.
• submit_public_speaking - For conference talks, presentations
• submit_workshop - For training sessions and workshops
• submit_mentoring - For mentoring activities
• submit_product_feedback - For product feedback submissions
• submit_googler_interaction - For interactions with Google employees
• submit_story - For reporting success stories

Example Commands

In Claude, you can use natural language to trigger these tools:

"Submit a content creation activity for my blog post about React hooks published on Medium"

"Create a public speaking draft for my presentation at ReactConf 2024"

"Report a mentoring session I had with 3 junior developers about TypeScript"

Troubleshooting

"Command not found" Error

• Check that the path in your configuration is absolute
• Ensure the file has proper execution permissions

"Authentication failed" Error

• Verify your access token is correct
• Confirm the token has permissions for the Personal API

"ADVOCU_ACCESS_TOKEN is not set" Error

• Ensure the token is properly set in your configuration

"Rate limit exceeded" Error

• The API has a limit of 30 requests per minute
• Wait briefly before making more requests

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "activity-reporting" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","advocu-mcp-server"],"env":{"ADVOCU_ACCESS_TOKEN":"your_advocu_token_here"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "activity-reporting": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "advocu-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ADVOCU_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_advocu_token_here"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "activity-reporting": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "advocu-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ADVOCU_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_advocu_token_here"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect