Spring AI Accounts MCP server

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built with Spring AI, allowing you to integrate AI capabilities into your Spring Boot applications. The server exposes tools and prompts to other services through the Model Context Protocol.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Java 17 or higher
• Maven
• OpenAI API key (or other supported AI model provider)

Setting Up Environment Variables

Before running the application, configure your AI model API key:

export SPRING_AI_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>

Running the Application

Start the MCP server with the Spring Maven plugin:

mvn spring-boot:run

Usage

Architecture Overview

The MCP implementation follows a client/server architecture pattern. The server component exposes tools and prompts that can be consumed by client applications through the Model Context Protocol.

Client-Server Interaction

The MCP server makes AI capabilities available to client applications, which can call these capabilities without directly integrating with the AI models. This abstraction layer allows for more flexible and maintainable AI-powered applications.

Available Features

• Tools: The server exposes @Tools that client applications can utilize
• Prompts: Pre-configured prompts are available for common AI interactions
• Spring Integration: Fully integrated with the Spring ecosystem for seamless development

Configuration Options

You can customize the server behavior through standard Spring configuration properties in your application.properties or application.yml file.

Connecting Client Applications

Client applications can connect to the MCP server through REST APIs or other supported protocols. Refer to the Spring AI documentation for detailed information on client configuration.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues with the MCP server:

• Verify your AI model API key is correctly set
• Check server logs for detailed error messages
• Ensure client applications are properly configured to connect to the 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 "spring-ai-mcp" '{"command":"mvn","args":["spring-boot:run","-f","spring-ai-mcp"]}'

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": {
        "spring-ai-mcp": {
            "command": "mvn",
            "args": [
                "spring-boot:run",
                "-f",
                "spring-ai-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "spring-ai-mcp": {
            "command": "mvn",
            "args": [
                "spring-boot:run",
                "-f",
                "spring-ai-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect