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MCP Registry Client Implementation Plan.md

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  # MCP Registry Client Implementation Plan (Final)

  ## Project Structure
  - Modern Python package using uv for dependency management
  - Python 3.12+ with comprehensive type hints
  - Virtual environments for isolated development work
  - Nox-based development workflow via `noxfile.py`
  - All tool configurations in `pyproject.toml`

  ## Core Components

  ### 1. Project Setup
  - Initialize with `uv init`
  - Create and activate virtual environment with `uv venv` and `source .venv/bin/activate`
  - Configure pyproject.toml with:
      - Project metadata (name: mcp-registry-client)
      - Python 3.12+ requirement
      - Dependencies: httpx, pydantic
      - Dev dependencies: pytest, ruff, mypy, bandit, nox, mkdocs-material
      - Tool configurations for ruff, bandit, mypy, pytest, codecov

  ### 2. Development Workflow (Nox + venv)
  - Virtual environment setup for isolation
  - `noxfile.py` with sessions (each using isolated venvs):
      - `lint` - ruff check and format
      - `type` - mypy type checking
      - `security` - bandit security analysis
      - `test` - pytest with coverage
      - `docs` - mkdocs build/serve
      - `quality` - combined lint+type+security+test

  ### 3. Code Quality Tools
  - **Ruff**: linting, checking, import sorting (configured in pyproject.toml)
  - **mypy**: type checking
  - **bandit**: security vulnerability scanning
  - **pytest**: testing with coverage reporting
  - **codecov**: coverage reporting (using provided config)
  - **markdownlint**: markdown linting (using provided config)

  ### 4. Data Models (Pydantic)
  - `Server` model for search results
  - `SearchResponse` model for paginated API responses
  - `ServerDetail` model for individual server details from get-server endpoint
  - Full type safety with validation

  ### 5. HTTP Client (httpx)
  - `RegistryClient` class with httpx.AsyncClient
  - Base URL: `https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io`
  - Methods:
    - `search_servers(name: str | None = None, page: int = 1)` - search with name filter
    - `get_server_by_name(name: str)` - get server details by name (internal ID resolution)
  - Pagination support and proper error handling

  ### 6. CLI Interface
  - **Commands**:
    - `search [--name NAME] [--page PAGE]` - search servers
    - `info SERVER_NAME` - get detailed server info by name (not ID)
    - Clean output formatting (JSON, table)
    - Future: local filtering of results

  ### 7. Documentation (mkdocs)
  - mkdocs-material for modern documentation
  - API reference, usage examples, development guide
  - Integrated with nox for easy building/serving

  ## Implementation Steps
  1. Project initialization with uv and virtual environment setup
  2. Configure noxfile.py and all tools in pyproject.toml (using provided configs)
  3. Research and model API schemas
  4. Implement async HTTP client with name-based server lookup
  5. Create CLI with search + info commands
  6. Comprehensive testing and quality checks via nox
  7. Documentation with mkdocs

  The project will use virtual environments for clean, isolated development with modern Python tooling and comprehensive quality checks."

User prompting transcript

# User prompting transcript

- User says:

  We're going to implement an MCP client to search for MCP servers in the new
  MCP registry (located at <https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io>), using

  - python-pro-coder
  - modern Python (version > 3.12)
  - modern Python build tools uv, hatch, etc.
  - API documentation from
    <https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/docs#/operations/list-servers>

- User says:

  This looks good so far, but we need to fix some things

  - I neglected to include the documentation for retrieving information about
    specific servers; it is at
    <https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/docs#/operations/get-server>
  - API Integration: the only filter we can use for *queries* is by-name
  - API Integration: we need to add the "/v0/servers/{id}" endpoint for retrieving
                     information about specific servers
  - API Integration: pagination *is* supported
  - API Integration: as future enhancements, we can look at filtering our local
                     search results in different ways
  - CLI Interface:Commands: we should only surface search and info
  - CLI Interface:Filter options: as mentioned above, this will be a "future feature"

- User says:

  OK, five more omissions on my part 😬, and then I think we're done

  - Use Nox sessions defined in `noxfile.py` for development workflow
  - Code quality tools will be configured in `pyproject.toml`
  - Add additional code quality tools: bandit, codecov, markdownlint
  - Use Ruff for linting, checking, and import sorting
  - Use mkdocs for documentation

  Oh, and one clarification

  - CLI Interface:Commands: info
  - Let's use SERVER_NAME instead of SERVER_ID to make it easier on users

  Also, I have provided configs for codecov, markdownlint, and ruff  {Ed. note: Foreshadowing...}

- User says:

  One last thing, I hope. Let's include using venvs for development work.