MCP Markdown Template
🚀 Core Idea
Transform markdown templates (like GitHub Issue templates) into MCP tools automatically. Write a template once, get both a FastAPI endpoint and an MCP tool.
🏗️ Architecture
mcp_tools/
├── models.py # Data models (Template, TemplateVariable)
├── loader.py # Load templates from files, directories, URLs
├── parser.py # Extract variables & render with Jinja2
├── generator.py # Create FastAPI endpoints dynamically
└── server.py # FastMCP server with CORS
How it works:
- Load - Fetch templates from local files, directories, or URLs
- Parse - Extract
<variables>and metadata from YAML frontmatter - Generate - Create typed FastAPI endpoints with Pydantic models
- Serve - Expose as both REST API (
/api/docs) and MCP tools (/mcp)
🌟 Features
- Auto-generate MCP tools from markdown templates
- Multiple sources - Load from local files, directories, or URLs
- Swagger UI - Test endpoints at
/api/docs - Docker ready - Production-ready container setup
- CI/CD - GitHub Actions for automated workflows
🛠️ Getting Started
Local Development
Install dependencies:
uv sync
Run the MCP server:
uv run uvicorn mcp_tools.main:starlette_app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
Docker
Build the Docker image:
docker build -t docker.io/username/mcp-markdown-template:latest .
Run the container with various template sources:
# Mount local templates directory
docker run -i --rm -p 8000:8000 \
-v /path/to/your/templates:/app/templates \
-e MCP_TEMPLATES_SOURCE=/app/templates \
docker.io/hsiangjenli/mcp-markdown-template:latest
# Load from URL (GitHub raw URL)
docker run -i --rm -p 8000:8000 \
-e MCP_TEMPLATES_SOURCE=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hsiangjenli/mcp-markdown-template/refs/heads/main/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/demo.md \
docker.io/hsiangjenli/mcp-markdown-template:latest
# Multiple sources (comma-separated)
docker run -i --rm -p 8000:8000 \
-e MCP_TEMPLATES_SOURCE="/app/templates,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owner/repo/main/template.md" \
-v /path/to/local/templates:/app/templates \
docker.io/hsiangjenli/mcp-markdown-template:latest
MCP Server configuration (for Claude Desktop, etc.):
{
"servers": {
"markdown-template": {
"url": "http://localhost:8000/mcp",
"type": "http"
}
},
"inputs": []
}
Template Sources
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| Local directory | /path/to/templates/ |
| Local file | /path/to/template.md |
| URL | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/.../template.md |
| Multiple | source1,source2 (comma-separated) |
Environment Variables
| Variable | Default |
|---|---|
MCP_TITLE | Python MCP Template |
MCP_DESCRIPTION | A template for creating MCP-compliant FastAPI |
MCP_TEMPLATES_SOURCE | .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE |
📚 Documentation
Build docs locally:
scripts/build_docs.sh && uv run mkdocs build