MakingMcp provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that integrates file, web, shell, and delegated-agent tooling through dependency injection. The project offers two deployment modes:
- Stdio Mode (src/MakingMcp) - Traditional command-line MCP server using standard input/output
- Web Service Mode (src/MakingMcp.Web) - HTTP-based MCP server with Windows Service support
- .NET SDK 10.0 or later
Download the pre-built binaries from GitHub Releases:
- MakingMcp-win-x64.zip - Stdio mode for Windows
- MakingMcp-linux-x64.zip - Stdio mode for Linux
- MakingMcp-osx-x64.zip - Stdio mode for macOS
- MakingMcp-Web-win-x64.zip - Web service mode for Windows
- MakingMcp-Web-osx-x64.zip - Web service mode for macOS
- Extract the downloaded package
- Run the executable:
- Windows: MakingMcp.exe
- Linux/macOS: ./MakingMcp
 
- Windows: 
- 
Extract the downloaded package (MakingMcp-Web-*.zip) 
- 
Run as a regular web application: - Windows: MakingMcp.Web.exe
- macOS: ./MakingMcp.Web
 The MCP endpoint will be available at http://localhost:6511/mcp(or as configured in your environment).
- Windows: 
- 
Install as Windows Service (requires Administrator privileges): MakingMcp.Web.exe install The service will be automatically started after installation. 
- 
Uninstall Windows Service (requires Administrator privileges): MakingMcp.Web.exe uninstall 
Both modes support configuration through environment variables:
- OPENAI_API_KEY- OpenAI API key for Task tool
- OPENAI_ENDPOINT- Custom OpenAI endpoint (optional)
- TASK_MODEL- Model name for Task tool (e.g., gpt-4)
- EMBEDDING_MODEL- Embedding model (default: text-embedding-3-small)
- MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS- Maximum output tokens (default: 32000)
- TAVILY_API_KEY- Tavily API key for Web search tool
For Web Service mode, you can also use appsettings.json for configuration.
- src/MakingMcp/– Stdio mode application entry point
- src/MakingMcp.Web/– Web service mode application entry point
- src/MakingMcp.Shared/– Shared code (tools, options, models)- Tools/– MCP tools (file, web, bash, agent, task)
- Options/– Configuration objects
- Model/– Shared DTOs
 
- bin/,- obj/– Build output and transient assets (not under version control)
Follow the repository guidelines in AGENTS.md, format code with dotnet format, and provide focused commits paired with relevant tests. Open a pull request with a clear summary, validation steps, and any supporting screenshots or logs when tool outputs change.
