On Fri, 2026-03-27 at 14:48 +0100, Robert Munteanu wrote: > Hi Eric, > > On Thu, 2026-03-26 at 12:54 -0700, Eric Norman wrote: > > Maybe I've been out of the loop too long, but could you perhaps add > > some > > text to the readme to describe what an MPC server is for and the > > use > > case > > it solves? > > An MCP server allows a coding assistant ( > Claude/Codex/OpenCode/Copilot/etc ) to connect to external systems > and > retrieve information in a structured way. > > See for instance [1], [2]. > > In the case of Sling this helps tools discover runtime information in > a > structured way rather than relying on ad-hoc curl calls to the web > console and grepping log files. > > The bundle is only the foundation and we have some sample tools at > [3]. > > As usual, this is open for extension so anyone can deploy the MCP > Server bundle and then build their own tools. > > Time permitting, I would create a documentation article on the > website > rather than updating the README.md file.
Also tracked at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-13150 Thanks, Robert > > Hope this helps, > Robert > > [1]: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp > [2]: https://opencode.ai/docs/mcp-servers/ > [3]: > https://github.com/apache/sling-whiteboard/tree/master/mcp-server-contributions
