Express API Framework

Clone the project into your target directory. This is a template — you work from the cloned copy, not from an npm package.

git clone https://github.com/iolufemi/Express-REST-API-and-MCP-Server-Framework.git ./my-api
cd my-api && npm install

Create a .env file with your MongoDB connection string, Redis URL, and the server port. The LOG_MONGOLAB_URL variable sets the MongoDB connection.

PORT=8080
LOG_MONGOLAB_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379

Run the generator to scaffold a complete service for a data model. This single command creates the Mongoose schema, Express routes, MCP tool definitions, and MCP resource definitions.

npm run generate -- --name Product

Start the server in development mode with hot reload. The MCP server starts alongside the REST API on the same process.

npm run dev

Call the built-in endpoint to generate the correct MCP config block for your client. This avoids manual configuration errors.

curl http://localhost:8080/mcp/config?format=claude&transport=http

Copy the JSON block returned by /mcp/config into your claude_desktop_config.json (or equivalent) to connect Claude to your running API.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp"
    }
  }
}