An Aspire to run the MCP Inspector against a MCP server.
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CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.McpInspector library
Provides extension methods and resource definitions for the .NET Aspire AppHost to support adding an MCP Inspector resource. The MCP Inspector enables inspection and debugging of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, with support for multiple server configurations and transport types.
Getting Started
Install the package
In your AppHost project, install the package using the following command:
dotnet add package CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.McpInspector
Example usage
In your Program.cs, add an MCP Inspector resource and configure it with one or more MCP servers:
var mcpServer = builder.AddProject<Projects.McpServer>("mcp-server");
var inspector = builder.AddMcpInspector("inspector")
.WithMcpServer(mcpServer);
You can specify the transport type (StreamableHttp or Sse) and set which server is the default for the inspector.
Additional Information
See the official documentation for more details.
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