SwiftMCP

A Swift implementation of the MCP (Model Context Protocol) for JSON-RPC over various transports.

Features

• Multiple transport options
  • Standard I/O (stdio) for command-line usage
  • HTTP+SSE (Server-Sent Events) for web applications
  • TCP+Bonjour for local discovery over raw TCP
• JSON-RPC 2.0 compliant with OpenAPI generation
• Built-in authorization and optional OAuth validation
• Transparent OAuth proxy mode for MCP and OpenAPI
• Cross-platform compatibility

Server Features

• Tools – expose functions with @MCPTool
• Resources – publish data with @MCPResource
• Prompts – build prompts using @MCPPrompt
• Utilities
  • Progress notifications via RequestContext.current
  • Structured logging streamed through Session.current
  • Completion suggestions for parameters (defaults for Bool and CaseIterable)

Client Features

• Roots – dynamic filesystem roots announced by the client
• Sampling – request small previews of client files

Installation

Add SwiftMCP as a dependency in your Package.swift:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/Cocoanetics/SwiftMCP.git", branch: "main")
]

Usage

Command Line Demo

The included demo application shows how to use SwiftMCP with different transport options:

# Using stdio transport
SwiftMCPDemo stdio

# Using HTTP+SSE transport
SwiftMCPDemo httpsse --port 8080

# Using HTTP+SSE with authorization
SwiftMCPDemo httpsse --port 8080 --token your-secret-token

# Using HTTP+SSE with OpenAPI support
SwiftMCPDemo httpsse --port 8080 --openapi

# Using HTTP+SSE with authorization and OpenAPI support
SwiftMCPDemo httpsse --port 8080 --token your-secret-token --openapi

# Using HTTP+SSE with OAuth (JSON config)
SwiftMCPDemo httpsse --port 8080 --oauth oauth-config-example.json

# Using TCP+Bonjour transport
SwiftMCPDemo tcp --name "SwiftMCP Demo"

# Using HTTP+SSE plus TCP+Bonjour in parallel
SwiftMCPDemo httpsse --port 8080 --tcp

When using HTTP+SSE transport with the --token option, clients must include an Authorization header with their requests:

Authorization: Bearer your-secret-token

OpenAPI support

The --openapi option enables OpenAPI endpoints for AI plugin integration. When this option is used, the server will provide an OpenAPI specification at /openapi.json and an AI plugin manifest at /.well-known/ai-plugin.json. This allows for easy integration with AI models and other tools that support OpenAPI.

OAuth support

When HTTPSSETransport is configured with OAuthConfiguration, the transport validates incoming bearer tokens through the configured OAuth provider. Validation can use an introspection endpoint or by checking JWT claims against the provider's JWKS when introspection is not available. The transport also serves metadata at /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server and /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource for discovery by clients.

Progress, Logging, Roots and Sampling

SwiftMCP can send progress updates while a tool is running, stream structured log messages to connected clients, handle dynamic filesystem roots announced by the client and request small data samples for preview. See the demo server for simple implementations of these features. The doc:ServerCapabilities and doc:Sampling articles describe the APIs in detail.

Custom Server Implementation

To implement your own MCP server:

1. Attach the @MCPServer macro to a reference type like class or actor
2. Define your tools using @MCPTool attribute
3. Choose and configure a transport (stdio, HTTP+SSE, or TCP+Bonjour)

Example:

@MCPServer
class MyServer {
    @MCPTool
    func add(a: Int, b: Int) -> Int {
        return a + b
    }
}

// Using HTTP+SSE transport with authorization
let server = MyServer()
let transport = HTTPSSETransport(server: server, port: 8080)

// Optional: Add authorization
transport.authorizationHandler = { token in
    guard let token = token, token == "your-secret-token" else {
        return .unauthorized("Invalid token")
    }
    return .authorized
}

// Or configure OAuth validation
transport.oauthConfiguration = OAuthConfiguration(
    issuer: URL(string: "https://example.com")!,
    authorizationEndpoint: URL(string: "https://example.com/authorize")!,
    tokenEndpoint: URL(string: "https://example.com/oauth/token")!,
    introspectionEndpoint: URL(string: "https://example.com/oauth/introspect")!,
    jwksEndpoint: URL(string: "https://example.com/.well-known/jwks.json")!,
    audience: "your-api-identifier",
    clientID: "client",
    clientSecret: "secret"
)

try transport.run()

To serve TCP+Bonjour instead:

let server = MyServer()
let tcpTransport = TCPBonjourTransport(server: server)
try await tcpTransport.run()

Typed Client Proxy

SwiftMCP can generate a typed client proxy for any server. This proxy mirrors the @MCPTool, @MCPResource, and @MCPPrompt signatures and forwards calls through MCPServerProxy. Enable it with generateClient: true on the server macro.

@MCPServer(generateClient: true)
actor Calculator {
    @MCPTool
    func add(a: Int, b: Int) -> Int {
        a + b
    }
}

let url = URL(string: "http://localhost:8080/mcp")!
let config = MCPServerConfig.sse(config: MCPServerSseConfig(url: url))
let proxy = MCPServerProxy(config: config)
try await proxy.connect()

let client = Calculator.Client(proxy: proxy)
let result = try await client.add(a: 2, b: 3)

For TCP+Bonjour discovery:

let config = MCPServerConfig.tcp(config: MCPServerTcpConfig(serviceName: "SwiftMCP Demo"))
let proxy = MCPServerProxy(config: config)
try await proxy.connect()

Notes:

• Client generation is opt-in (generateClient defaults to false).
• Client methods always throw to surface transport or server errors.
• Prefer the Streamable HTTP /mcp endpoint for new clients. The legacy /sse endpoint remains available for backwards compatibility.

Client Notification Handlers

MCPServerProxy can also surface typed JSON-RPC notifications from the server. Use setNotificationHandler(_:as:handler:) for custom app/domain events and use setLogNotificationHandler(_:) / setProgressNotificationHandler(_:) for the built-in convenience paths.

struct RunStatusUpdate: Codable, Sendable {
    let runID: String
    let status: String
}

await proxy.setNotificationHandler("notifications/runStatusChanged", as: RunStatusUpdate.self) { update in
    print("Run \(update.runID) is now \(update.status)")
}

SwiftMCPUtility Proxy Generation

Use SwiftMCPUtility generate-proxy to create a client proxy for any MCP server, including non-SwiftMCP servers. The generated proxy calls MCPServerProxy under the hood, generates typed tool methods from MCP tool schemas, and adds first-class resource/prompt convenience APIs when the server advertises those capabilities. Input parameters are inferred from the server's tool schemas, and only string formats such as date-time, uri, uuid, and byte can be mapped to native types (Date, URL, UUID, Data).

SwiftMCPUtility generate-proxy --sse http://localhost:8080/mcp -o ToolsProxy.swift

All generated methods are async throws so transport and server errors are surfaced.

OpenAPI Return Types

If the MCP server exposes an OpenAPI JSON document, pass its URL (or file path) to --openapi to enrich return types. The generator overlays OpenAPI response schemas onto the MCP tool list, produces Codable structs/enums for structured responses, and uses those types in the proxy's return signatures.

SwiftMCPUtility generate-proxy \
  --sse http://localhost:8080/mcp \
  --openapi http://localhost:8080/openapi.json \
  -o ToolsProxy.swift

The generated Codable types can be used as-is or replaced with your own models later if you have local definitions.

Documentation Extraction

The @MCPServer and @MCPTool macros extract documentation comments to describe class, parameters and return value.

Macros Functionality

The macros in this repository provide functionality for defining and exposing tools and servers in the SwiftMCP framework. Here are the main functionalities of the macros:

• @MCPServer: This macro is used to define a class or actor as an MCP server. It extracts the server description from documentation comments (or the optional description: override). An example of its usage can be seen in the Demos/SwiftMCPDemo/Calculator.swift file, where the Calculator actor is annotated with @MCPServer(name: "SwiftMCP Demo").
• @MCPTool: This macro is used to define functions within an MCP server that can be called as tools. It also extracts documentation comments to describe the function, parameters, and return values. Examples of its usage can be seen in the Demos/SwiftMCPDemo/Calculator.swift file, where various functions such as add, subtract, testArray, multiply, divide, greet, ping, and noop are annotated with @MCPTool.
• @MCPResource: This macro is used to expose read-only data through URI templates. Resources allow clients to access data using structured URIs with path and query parameters. The macro automatically generates the necessary infrastructure to match URIs against templates and extract parameters.

Using @MCPResource

The @MCPResource macro allows you to expose functions as resources that can be accessed via URI patterns:

@MCPServer(name: "ResourceServer")
actor ResourceServer {
    /// Get user profile by ID
    @MCPResource("users://{user_id}/profile")
    func getUserProfile(user_id: Int) -> String {
        return "Profile for user \(user_id)"
    }
    
    /// Search users with pagination
    @MCPResource("users://search?q={query}&page={page}", mimeType: "application/json")
    func searchUsers(query: String, page: Int = 1) -> String {
        return """
        {"query": "\(query)", "page": \(page), "results": [...]}
        """
    }
}

Key features:

• URI Templates: Define patterns with placeholders in curly braces {param}
• Path Parameters: Extract values from the URI path (e.g., /users/{id})
• Query Parameters: Extract values from query strings (e.g., ?page={page})
• Optional Parameters: Support default values for optional parameters
• MIME Types: Optionally specify content type with mimeType parameter
• Type Safety: Parameters are automatically converted to the correct Swift types

The server automatically provides:

• Resource discovery through mcpResourceTemplates
• URI matching and parameter extraction
• Type conversion and validation
• Error handling for missing or invalid parameters

These macros help in automatically generating the necessary metadata and documentation for the MCP server and its tools, making it easier to expose them for JSON-RPC communication and integration with AI models.

License

This project is licensed under the BSD 2-clause License - see the LICENSE file for details.