MCP Server Development Skill

Purpose

Guide the development and configuration of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for the Riksdagsmonitor platform, enabling AI-powered tooling integration with GitHub Copilot and other MCP-compatible clients.

When to Use

• ✅ Creating new MCP server tools for political data access
• ✅ Configuring .github/copilot-mcp-config.json for new integrations
• ✅ Designing tool schemas for structured data retrieval
• ✅ Implementing MCP transports (stdio, SSE, HTTP)
• ✅ Integrating GitHub MCP tools with CI/CD workflows

Do NOT use for:

• ❌ Standard REST API development (use api-integration skill)
• ❌ UI component development (use vaadin-component-design skill)

MCP Architecture Overview