This sample project demonstrates how to create an MCP server using the Spring AI MCP Server Boot Starter with WebFlux transport. It implements a weather service that exposes tools for retrieving weather information using the National Weather Service API.

For more information, see the MCP Server Boot Starter reference documentation.

The sample showcases:

• Integration with spring-ai-mcp-server-webflux-spring-boot-starter
• Support for both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and STDIO transports
• Automatic tool registration using Spring AI's @Tool annotation
• Two weather-related tools:
  • Get weather forecast by location (latitude/longitude)
  • Get weather alerts by US state

The project requires the Spring AI MCP Server WebFlux Boot Starter:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-ai-mcp-server-webflux-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>

This starter provides:

• Reactive transport using Spring WebFlux (WebFluxSseServerTransport)
• Auto-configured reactive SSE endpoints
• Optional STDIO transport
• Included spring-boot-starter-webflux and mcp-spring-webflux dependencies

Build the project using Maven:

./mvnw clean install -DskipTests

The server supports two transport modes:

java -jar target/mcp-weather-starter-webflux-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

To enable STDIO transport, set the appropriate properties:

java -Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true -Dspring.main.web-application-type=none -jar target/mcp-weather-starter-webflux-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Configure the server through application.properties:

# Server identification
spring.ai.mcp.server.name=my-weather-server
spring.ai.mcp.server.version=0.0.1

# Server type (SYNC/ASYNC)
spring.ai.mcp.server.type=SYNC

# Transport configuration
spring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=false
spring.ai.mcp.server.sse-message-endpoint=/mcp/message

# Change notifications
spring.ai.mcp.server.resource-change-notification=true
spring.ai.mcp.server.tool-change-notification=true
spring.ai.mcp.server.prompt-change-notification=true

# Logging (required for STDIO transport)
spring.main.banner-mode=off
logging.file.name=./target/starter-webflux-server.log

• Name: getWeatherForecastByLocation
• Description: Get weather forecast for a specific latitude/longitude
• Parameters:
  • latitude: double - Latitude coordinate
  • longitude: double - Longitude coordinate
• Example:

CallToolResult forecastResult = client.callTool(new CallToolRequest("getWeatherForecastByLocation",
    Map.of("latitude", 47.6062, "longitude", -122.3321)));

• Name: getAlerts
• Description: Get weather alerts for a US state
• Parameters:
  • state: String - Two-letter US state code (e.g., CA, NY)
• Example:

CallToolResult alertResult = client.callTool(new CallToolRequest("getAlerts", 
    Map.of("state", "NY")));

The server uses Spring Boot and Spring AI's tool annotations for automatic tool registration:

@SpringBootApplication
public class McpServerApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(McpServerApplication.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public List<ToolCallback> weatherTools(WeatherService weatherService) {
        return List.of(ToolCallbacks.from(weatherService));
    }
}

The WeatherService implements the weather tools using the @Tool annotation:

@Service
public class WeatherService {
    @Tool(description = "Get weather forecast for a specific latitude/longitude")
    public String getWeatherForecastByLocation(double latitude, double longitude) {
        // Implementation using weather.gov API
    }

    @Tool(description = "Get weather alerts for a US state. Input is Two-letter US state code (e.g., CA, NY)")
    public String getAlerts(String state) {
        // Implementation using weather.gov API
    }
}

You can connect to the weather server using either STDIO or SSE transport:

For servers using SSE transport:

var transport = new WebFluxSseClientTransport(WebClient.builder().baseUrl("http://localhost:8080"));
var client = McpClient.sync(transport).build();

For servers using STDIO transport:

var stdioParams = ServerParameters.builder("java")
    .args("-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
          "-Dspring.main.web-application-type=none",
          "-Dspring.main.banner-mode=off",
          "-Dlogging.pattern.console=",
          "-jar",
          "target/mcp-weather-starter-webflux-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar")
    .build();

var transport = new StdioClientTransport(stdioParams);
var client = McpClient.sync(transport).build();

The sample project includes example client implementations:

• SampleClient.java: Manual MCP client implementation
• ClientStdio.java: STDIO transport connection
• ClientSse.java: SSE transport connection

For a better development experience, consider using the MCP Client Boot Starters. These starters enable auto-configuration of multiple STDIO and/or SSE connections to MCP servers. See the starter-default-client and starter-webflux-client projects for examples.

Lets use the starter-webflux-client client to connect to our weather starter-webflux-server.

Follow the starter-webflux-client readme instruction to build a mcp-starter-webflux-client-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar client application.

1. Create a mcp-servers-config.json configuration file with this content:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weather-starter-webflux-server": {
      "command": "java",
      "args": [
        "-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
        "-Dspring.main.web-application-type=none",
        "-Dlogging.pattern.console=",
        "-jar",
        "/absolute/path/to/mcp-weather-starter-webflux-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
      ]
    }
  }
}

2. Run the client using the configuration file:

java -Dspring.ai.mcp.client.stdio.servers-configuration=file:mcp-servers-config.json \
 -Dai.user.input='What is the weather in NY?' \
 -Dlogging.pattern.console= \
 -jar mcp-starter-webflux-client-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

1. Start the mcp-weather-starter-webflux-server:

java -jar mcp-weather-starter-webflux-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

starts the MCP server on port 8080.

2. In another console start the client configured with SSE transport:

java -Dspring.ai.mcp.client.sse.connections.weather-server.url=http://localhost:8080 \
 -Dlogging.pattern.console= \
 -Dai.user.input='What is the weather in NY?' \
 -jar mcp-starter-webflux-client-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

• Spring AI Documentation
• MCP Server Boot Starter
• MCP Client Boot Starter
• Model Context Protocol Specification
• Spring Boot Auto-configuration