# spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns

A skill with Spring Boot and Spring AI patterns for MCP servers: @Tool handlers, prompt templates, and stdio, HTTP or SSE transports.

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- Author: giuseppe-trisciuoglio
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/tree/HEAD/plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-10
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## What it does

The skill walks your agent through building an MCP server on Spring Boot with the official Spring AI framework. It covers tool handlers declared with `@Tool`, parameter docs via `@ToolParam`, reusable prompt templates with `@PromptTemplate` and `@PromptParam`, transport setup, and a tool filter that checks user roles.

You need a model key before anything runs: `application.properties` holds `spring.ai.openai.api-key=${OPENAI_API_KEY}`, and the main class carries `@EnableMcpServer`. Dependencies are `spring-ai-mcp-server` and `spring-ai-starter-model-openai` at 1.0.0, for Maven or Gradle. Transport lives in config — `stdio` for a local process, `http` or `sse` with `port` and `path`.

Security gets its own section. The skill treats model-generated parameters as untrusted: validate inputs, use parameterized SQL, put `@PreAuthorize` on sensitive methods. Skip that and a tool with database or file access becomes an open door. That is where hand-rolled MCP servers tend to break first. Testing is covered too, with `@SpringBootTest` and a mocked service.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --path plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/tree/HEAD/plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- declare a tool the model can call from its description
- stand up an MCP server on Spring Boot without wiring the protocol by hand
- switch transport from stdio to HTTP or SSE
- lock admin tools behind a role check
- write a test for a tool handler with a mocked service

## Example prompts
- Build a Spring Boot MCP server with a weather tool by city and a prompt template for Java code review
- Move the MCP server from stdio to HTTP transport on port 8080, path /mcp
- Add a tool filter so methods starting with admin_ are only available to the ADMIN role

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: spring-ai-mcp-server-patterns
description: Provides Spring Boot MCP server patterns that create Model Context Protocol servers with Spring AI by defining tool handlers, exposing resources, configuring prompt templates, and setting up transports for AI function calling and tool calling. Use when building MCP servers to extend AI capabilities with Spring's official AI framework, implementing AI tools, custom function calling, or MCP client integration.
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# Spring AI MCP Server Implementation Patterns

Implements MCP servers with Spring AI for AI function calling, tool handlers, and MCP transport configuration.

## Overview

Production-ready MCP server patterns: `@Tool` functions, `@PromptTemplate` resources, and stdio/HTTP/SSE transports with Spring AI security.

## When to Use

MCP servers, Spring AI function calling, AI tools, tool calling, custom tool handlers, Spring Boot MCP, resource endpoints, or MCP transport configuration.

## Quick Reference

### Core Annotations

| Annotation | Target | Purpose |
|-----------|--------|---------|
| `@EnableMcpServer` | Class | Enable MCP server auto-configuration |
| `@Tool(description)` | Method | Declare AI-callable tool |
| `@ToolParam(value)` | Parameter | Document tool parameter for AI |
| `@PromptTemplate(name)` | Method | Declare reusable prompt template |
| `@PromptParam(value)` | Parameter | Document prompt parameter |

### Transport Types

| Transport | Use Case | Config |
|-----------|----------|--------|
| `stdio` | Local process / Claude Desktop | Default |
| `http` | Remote HTTP clients | `port`, `path` |
| `sse` | Real-time streaming clients | `port`, `path` |

### Key Dependencies

```xml
<!-- Maven -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-ai-mcp-server</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-ai-starter-model-openai</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
```

```gradle
// Gradle
implementation 'org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-mcp-server:1.0.0'
````
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