# io.github.SAP/mdk-mcp-server MCP Server

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI-assisted development of MDK applications.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

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## Connect

Published as `@sap/mdk-mcp-server` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

5 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own maintainers are excluded.

### Most discussed

### Recommendation: publish prebuilt MCPB bundles as GitHub release assets

Hi MDK team,

While packaging `@sap/mdk-mcp-server` 0.4.0 as an MCPB desktop-extension bundle for the Anthropic MCP Directory, we observed three packaging-level issues that are worth flagging because they affect anyone bundling the npm package rather than consuming a prebuilt artifact:

1. **Case-colliding archive entries.** The dependency tree (via `yo` → `yeoman-doctor` → `twig`) pulls in `locutus`, which ships both `golang/strings/Index.js` and `golang/strings/index.js` in the same directory.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/SAP/mdk-mcp-server/issues/74) · 2026-08-13 · open · external user · 0 comments

### DXT extension crashes silently in Claude Desktop after initialize (Electron-bundled Node incompatibility)

## Summary
When `@sap/mdk-mcp-server` is installed as a Claude Desktop `.dxt` extension, the server is spawned by Claude Desktop's built-in (Electron-embedded) Node runtime. It starts, accepts the JSON-RPC `initialize` message, then exits within ~700 ms with no stderr output. Claude Desktop logs:

```
Server transport closed unexpectedly, this is likely due to the process exiting early.
```

Running `build/start.js` against a real Node v25.8.2 (any nvm-installed Node ≥18) works perfectly: the se

[Read the thread](https://github.com/SAP/mdk-mcp-server/issues/28) · 2026-04-28 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### mdk-create tool non-functional: missing yo dependency + Node 22 incompatibility

## Summary

The `mdk-create` tool fails on all installations because:
1. It shells out to `yo` (Yeoman CLI), which is not included in the package
2. Adding `yo` as a dependency introduces transitive packages (`cacache@15`, `@npmcli/map-workspaces@1`) that are incompatible with Node.js 22 due to breaking changes in `glob@11` (already a direct dependency)

We verified this against `@sap/mdk-mcp-server@0.3.3` with Node.js 22.21.1. The other 3 tools (`mdk-docs`, `mdk-gen`, `mdk-manage`) are unaffect

[Read the thread](https://github.com/SAP/mdk-mcp-server/issues/25) · 2026-03-12 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Add MCP tool annotations to mdk-mcp-server

## Summary

The `@sap/mdk-mcp-server` package is missing [MCP tool annotations](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-03-26/server/tools#annotations) on its tool definitions. Tool annotations help AI assistants understand tool behavior and make better decisions about when and how to use them.

## Current State

In `src/index.ts`, the tools are defined in the `ListToolsRequestSchema` handler without annotations:

```typescript
server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async ()

[Read the thread](https://github.com/SAP/mdk-mcp-server/issues/22) · 2026-01-20 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### FAILED: Repository Linter Issue: rl-reuse_tool

A violation against the SAP Open Source standards have been detected.

Rule: rl-reuse_tool

*Message: Repository is not registered with the REUSE tool.*

Description: This rule checks if the REUSE tool is used for licensing information.

[Documentation](https://wiki.one.int.sap/wiki/display/ospodocs/Repository+Linter+Findings#RepositoryLinterFindings-ReuseTool(rl-reuse_tool-XX))

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[Read the thread](https://github.com/SAP/mdk-mcp-server/issues/3) · 2025-10-14 · closed · external user · 1 comment

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