Software Architect MCP server

MCP Architect is a Model Context Protocol server that provides comprehensive architectural expertise through specialized agents, resources, and tools. It helps users with various architectural domains from software architecture to blockchain-based solutions, offering design templates, best practices, and analysis capabilities.

Installation

To get started with MCP Architect, follow these steps:

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Set up your environment:

# Copy environment file
cp .env.example .env

# Add your OpenAI API key
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key-here" >> .env

Usage

The MCP Architect server provides access to specialized architect agents across multiple domains:

Available Architectural Domains

• Software Architecture
• Cloud Architecture
• AI Architecture
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Serverless Architecture
• Service Mesh Architecture
• Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud
• Edge Computing
• Data Mesh
• Hexagonal Architecture
• Blockchain-Based Architecture

Resources

The server includes rich architectural resources such as:

• Design templates
• Best practices
• Pattern catalogs
• Case studies

Tools

MCP Architect provides tools for:

• Generating architectural designs
• Evaluating architectures
• Modifying architectural blueprints
• Performing architectural analysis

Examples

Basic Architecture Generation

You can generate architecture designs by accessing the appropriate endpoints. Examples can be found in the examples directory.

Custom Evaluation Criteria

Define custom criteria to evaluate your architecture based on specific requirements and constraints.

Integration Patterns

The server provides templates and guidance on common integration patterns to connect different systems.

Migration Strategies

Get assistance with planning and executing migration strategies from legacy architectures to modern designs.

Documentation

For more detailed information, refer to:

• Getting Started guide
• API Reference
• Architecture Styles documentation

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 "mcp-architect" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-architect"]}'

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": {
        "mcp-architect": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-architect"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "mcp-architect": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-architect"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect