mcp-server
Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the Spiral Framework with automatic tool discovery via PHP attributes, schema generation/validation for tool inputs, configurable transport (HTTP/stream/STDIO), middleware support, and optional session handling.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
README does not specify auth mechanisms, TLS enforcement, or secret-handling practices for production. Presence of middleware hooks suggests responsibility for security controls (authn/z, rate limiting, logging hygiene) is on the integrator. Transport is configurable; ensure HTTPS/TLS is enforced in HTTP modes and that middleware avoids leaking sensitive request data.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You’re building a Spiral-based PHP application that needs to expose MCP tools with typed inputs, validation, and DI-driven dependency injection.
Avoid When
You need a turnkey, opinionated network service with standard REST/JSON auth patterns and documented auth/rate-limit behavior out of the box.
Use Cases
- • Expose backend functionality (tools) to MCP-compatible clients/LLMs
- • Build structured, schema-validated tool endpoints using PHP DTOs and attributes
- • Integrate tool execution into Spiral Framework apps via its DI container
- • Run MCP servers over HTTP, streaming HTTP, or STDIO for different deployment modes
Not For
- • Simple one-off scripts that don't use Spiral Framework/DI patterns
- • Use as a general-purpose web API without MCP semantics
- • Environments requiring built-in strong auth/tenancy controls beyond what the user configures via middleware
Interface
Authentication
README does not describe built-in authentication; it shows an example middleware registration. Security model likely depends on user-implemented middleware and transport-layer setup.
Pricing
Open-source (MIT) composer package; no service pricing described.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ No documented, standardized guidance for retry/backoff on MCP tool failures.
- ⚠ Auth/rate-limiting behavior appears to be delegated to middleware; ensure it’s implemented and consistent across transports (HTTP/stream/STDIO).
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.