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# NestJS MCP Server Module
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A NestJS module to effortlessly expose tools, resources, and prompts for AI, from your NestJS applications using the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**.
With `@rekog/mcp-nest` you define tools, resources, and prompts in a way that's familiar in NestJS and leverage the full power of dependency injection to utilize your existing codebase in building complex enterprise ready MCP servers.
## Features
- 🚀 **[Multi-Transport Support](docs/server-examples.md#multiple-transport-types)**: HTTP+SSE, Streamable HTTP, and STDIO
- 🔧 **[Tools](docs/tools.md)**: Expose NestJS methods as MCP tools with automatic discovery and Zod validation
- 🛠️ **[Elicitation](docs/tools.md#interactive-tool-calls)**: Interactive tool calls with user input elicitation
- 🌐 **[HTTP Request Access](docs/tools.md#understanding-tool-method-parameters)**: Full access to request context within MCP handlers
- 🔐 **[Per-Tool Authorization](docs/per-tool-authorization.md)**: Implement fine-grained authorization for tools
- 📁 **[Resources](docs/resources.md)**: Serve content and data through MCP resource system
- 📚 **[Resource Templates](docs/resource-templates.md)**: Dynamic resources with parameterized URIs
- 💬 **[Prompts](docs/prompts.md)**: Define reusable prompt templates for AI interactions
- 🔐 **[Guard-based Authentication](docs/server-examples.md#server-with-authentication)**: Guard-based security with OAuth support
- 🏠 **[Built-in Authorization Server](docs/built-in-authorization-server.md)** — Using the built-in Authorization Server for easy setups. **(Beta)**
- 🌐 **[External Authorization Server](docs/external-authorization-server/README.md)** — Securing your MCP server with an external authorization server (Keycloak, Auth0, etc).
- 💉 **[Dependency Injection](docs/dependency-injection.md)**: Leverage NestJS DI system throughout MCP components
- 🔍 **[Server mutation and instrumentation](docs/server-mutation.md)** — Mutate the underlying mcp server for custom logic or instrumentation purposes.
**Are you interested to build ChatGPT widgets (with the OpenAI SDK) or MCP apps?**
Find out how to do that with `@rekog/MCP-Nest` in this repository [MCP-Nest-Samples](https://github.com/rinormaloku/MCP-Nest-Samples)
> [!TIP]
> You can easily learn about this package using the `chat` tab in [Context7](https://context7.com/rekog-labs/mcp-nest?tab=chat). Better yet, connect the [Context7 MCP server](https://github.com/upstash/context7#installation) to allow your AI agents to access the documentation and implement MCP-Nest for you.
## Installation
```bash
npm install @rekog/mcp-nest @modelcontextprotocol/sdk zod@^4
```
### Optional dependencies
If you use the built-in authorization server with the TypeORM store, install the following optional peer dependencies:
```bash
npm install @nestjs/typeorm typeorm
```
## Quick Start
```typescript
// app.module.ts
import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { McpModule } from '@rekog/mcp-nest';
import { GreetingTool } from './greeting.tool';
@Module({
imports: [
McpModule.forRoot({
name: 'my-mcp-server',
version: '1.0.0',
}),
],
providers: [GreetingTool],
})
export class AppModule {}
```
```typescript
// greeting.tool.ts
import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { Tool, Context } from '@rekog/mcp-nest';
import { z } from 'zod';
@Injectable()
export class GreetingTool {
@Tool({
name: 'greeting-tool',
description: 'Returns a greeting with progress updates',
parameters: z.object({
name: z.string().default('World'),
}),
})
async sayHello({ name }, context: Context) {
await context.reportProgress({ progress: 50, total: 100 });
return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}
}
```
## Documentation
- **[Tools Guide](docs/tools.md)** - Define and expose NestJS methods as MCP tools
- **[Discovery and Registration of Tools](docs/tool-discovery-and-registration.md)** - Automatic discovery and manual registration of tools
- **[Dynamic Capabilities Guide](docs/dynamic-capabilities.md)** - Register tools, resources, and prompts programmatically at runtime
- **[Resources Guide](docs/resources.md)** - Serve static and dynamic content
- **[Resource Templates Guide](docs/resource-templates.md)** - Create parameterized resources
- **[Prompts Guide](docs/prompts.md)** - Build reusable prompt templates
- **[Built-in Authorization Server](docs/built-in-authorization-server.md)** - Secure your MCP server with built-in OAuth
- **[External Authorization Server](docs/external-authorization-server/README.md)** - Securing your MCP server with an external authorization server (Keycloak, Auth0, etc)
- **[Server examples](docs/server-examples.md)** - MCP servers examples (Streamable HTTP, HTTP, and STDIO) and with Fastify support
## Playground
The `playground` directory contains working examples for all features.
Refer to [`playground/README.md`](playground/README.md) for details.
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