{"id":"mlzoo-mcp-forge","name":"mcp_forge","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/mlzoo/mcp_forge","category":"devtools","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","fastapi","fastapi-mcp","tooling","python","dependency-injection"],"what_it_does":"mcp_forge is a Python framework for building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers by leveraging FastAPI and FastAPI-MCP to automatically expose FastAPI endpoints as MCP tools, with an emphasis on service-layer abstraction and dependency injection.","use_cases":["Converting existing FastAPI microservice endpoints into MCP-callable tools","Building standardized internal MCP tool servers across teams","Testing tools using mock service implementations while keeping the same endpoint surface","Using dependency injection to swap implementations by environment"],"not_for":["A turnkey managed MCP hosting/SaaS offering","Security-critical deployments without additional authn/authz, rate limiting, and operational controls","Use cases requiring complex API protocols beyond HTTP/FastAPI-style endpoints"],"best_when":"You already have (or plan to have) a FastAPI service and want a repeatable pattern to expose selected operations as MCP tools.","avoid_when":"You need a fully specified production security posture (auth, authorization, throttling) out of the box, or you require strong operational guarantees like documented SLAs and robust retry/idempotency semantics.","alternatives":["Use FastAPI directly and implement MCP tool handlers manually","Other MCP server frameworks or libraries that provide explicit MCP tool registration APIs","Generate MCP tool schemas from OpenAPI/REST definitions using custom scripts"],"af_score":47.2,"security_score":28.8,"reliability_score":31.2,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:37:48.196397+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":true,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":"http://localhost:5000/mcp","has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"README does not describe authentication/authorization mechanisms for the FastAPI/MCP endpoints."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source framework (MIT license per repository metadata). No pricing model described."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":47.2,"security_score":28.8,"reliability_score":31.2,"mcp_server_quality":65.0,"documentation_accuracy":70.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":40.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":20.0,"auth_strength":10.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":55.0,"secret_handling":60.0,"security_notes":"Framework-level security posture is not described (authn/authz, TLS requirements, rate limiting, input validation strategy). Dependency list includes external Git dependency (ttt-video from a git URL), which can increase supply-chain risk without evidence of pinning/verification from the provided manifest snippet.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":45.0,"breaking_changes_history":50.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":"No explicit guidance on idempotency for MCP tool operations.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Auth, rate limiting, and structured error contracts are not documented in the provided README—agents should not assume robust API safety/limits.","Tool inclusion is manual via include_operations; omitting operation_id/include_operations may result in missing tools in the MCP server.","operation_id naming matters for MCP tool names; relying on defaults may produce awkward names."]}}