Cloud Foundry Hoover MCP server

This MCP server implementation, known as cf-kaizen, facilitates read-only operations using a cf-hoover instance installed on a Cloud Foundry foundation. It provides a specialized interface that enables Claude AI to interact with your Cloud Foundry deployment data.

Prerequisites

Before installing cf-kaizen, ensure you have:

• A deployed cf-hoover instance
• The following tools installed on your system:
  • git
  • gh (GitHub CLI)
  • Java SDK
  • Maven
  • sdkman (optional, but recommended for easy Java SDK and Maven installation)
• Claude Desktop:
  • For Windows and Mac: Download from claude.ai/download
  • For Linux: Install using claude-desktop-linux-bash

Installation

Follow these steps to install cf-kaizen:

cd /tmp
gh repo clone cf-toolsuite/cf-kaizen
cd cf-kaizen
mvn install

Configuring Claude Desktop

After installing cf-kaizen, you need to configure Claude Desktop to work with it:

1. Launch Claude Desktop
2. From the File menu, choose Settings
3. Click on the Developer tab in the left-hand navigation pane
4. Click on the Edit Config button
5. Open the file named claude_desktop_config.json for editing
6. Insert the following JSON configuration within the "mcpServers": {} section:

"cf-kaizen-hoover-client": {
  "command": "java",
  "args": [
    "-jar",
    "-Ddefault.url=https://cf-hoover.apps.dhaka.cf-app.com",
    "<path-to-.m2-home>/repository/org/cftoolsuite/cfapp/cf-kaizen-hoover-server/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/cf-kaizen-hoover-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
  ]
}

7. Replace <path-to-.m2-home> with:

   • $HOME/.m2 on Linux or MacOS
   • %USERPROFILE%\.m2 on Windows

   Make sure to use an absolute path.

8. If targeting a different foundation, replace the value for the default.url argument with your cf-hoover instance URL

9. Save the configuration file

10. Close and restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

Verifying the Installation

After restarting Claude Desktop, verify that the additional tools are present before crafting and executing your next prompt. You should now be able to access Cloud Foundry data through Claude using the cf-kaizen MCP server.

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 "cf-kaizen-hoover-client" '{"command":"java","args":["-jar","-Ddefault.url=https://cf-hoover.apps.dhaka.cf-app.com","${HOME}/.m2/repository/org/cftoolsuite/cfapp/cf-kaizen-hoover-server/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/cf-kaizen-hoover-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"]}'

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": {
        "cf-kaizen-hoover-client": {
            "command": "java",
            "args": [
                "-jar",
                "-Ddefault.url=https://cf-hoover.apps.dhaka.cf-app.com",
                "${HOME}/.m2/repository/org/cftoolsuite/cfapp/cf-kaizen-hoover-server/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/cf-kaizen-hoover-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "cf-kaizen-hoover-client": {
            "command": "java",
            "args": [
                "-jar",
                "-Ddefault.url=https://cf-hoover.apps.dhaka.cf-app.com",
                "${HOME}/.m2/repository/org/cftoolsuite/cfapp/cf-kaizen-hoover-server/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/cf-kaizen-hoover-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect