issue-tracker-mcp

A minimal Model Context Protocol server that lets an AI assistant manage a kanban issue board.

It uses the streamable HTTP transport, so the same code works for local development and for a hosted deployment that a whole team connects to.

The exercise

src/server.ts has the server scaffolding and one finished tool (list_issues) so you can see what a registration looks like. Four more tools are left as TODO comments — your job is to implement them with server.registerTool(...):

get_issue
create_issue
update_issue
delete_issue

The data layer in src/store.ts is already complete; you only need to wire it up. After each one, restart the server and try it in the Inspector.

Stuck? The solution branch has a fully working version.

Run it

npm install
npm start
# → Issue Tracker MCP server listening on http://localhost:3001/mcp

Poke it manually

The MCP Inspector is a small web UI for calling tools by hand:

npm run inspect
# then choose "Streamable HTTP" and enter http://localhost:3001/mcp

Connect a client

| Client | How | | --- | --- | | Claude Code | claude mcp add --transport http issue-tracker http://localhost:3001/mcp | | Claude Desktop / Claude.ai | Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL |

Deploy for your team

This is a plain Express app. Deploy npm start to any Node host (Render, Railway, Fly.io, Cloudflare Workers, a VPS) and share the resulting https://…/mcp URL — everyone who adds that URL talks to the same board.

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