pypi-mcp-demo

pypi-mcp-demo

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The project is an MCP server that provides information about Python packages on PyPI using the PyPI JSON API. It features querying package metadata and returns detailed information such as maintainers and version info.

PyPI Info Demo

This project is a simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides information about Python packages on PyPI. It exposes a tool to fetch package maintainers, version, changelog, summary, and full project description using the PyPI JSON API.

Features

  • Query PyPI for package metadata
  • Returns maintainers, version, changelog URL, summary, and full project description
  • Attempts to find changelog links from project homepages if not directly available

Usage

  1. Install dependencies: using the python environments extension run the command "create environment" or install via pip install -e .

  2. Run the server:

    python server.py

  3. Call the tool: You can call the get_pypi_package_info tool via the MCP protocol, or directly in Python:

    from server import get_pypi_package_info
print(get_pypi_package_info("requests"))

File Overview

  • server.py: Main MCP server and PyPI info tool implementation
  • pyproject.toml: Project metadata and dependencies

Requirements

  • Python 3.7+
  • mcp, requests, beautifulsoup4

License

MIT