About 🎒 Campus Lost & Found MCP Server
A campus lost-and-found MCP server for reporting and tracking items through a CLI or LLM interface. It stores entries in local text files and can provide a summary prompt for Claude.
Key features
- 01Report lost or found items
- 02List lost and found entries
- 03Retrieve the latest entry
- 04Generate a summary prompt
- 05Persist data in local text files
Use cases
- 01Record an item lost on campus
- 02Look up reported found items
- 03Get the latest lost-item entry for Claude to analyze
MCP support
The MCP server exposes tools for reporting items, listing entries, retrieving the latest reports, and generating a summary prompt. It can connect to Claude Desktop.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project README🎒 Campus Lost & Found MCP Server
A Claude Desktop-compatible MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets users report, track, and summarize lost and found items on campus via a simple CLI or LLM interface.
🚀 Features
- Report lost or found items
- View lists of reported items
- Fetch the latest lost/found item
- Generate a summary prompt for Claude to reason about
- Persistent storage using local text files
- Works seamlessly with Claude Desktop (Anthropic)
📁 Project Structure
CampusLostFoundMCP/ ├── main.py # MCP server definition using FastMCP ├── lost.txt # Stores lost item entries (auto-created) ├── found.txt # Stores found item entries (auto-created) ├── pyproject.toml # uv/mcp environment config ├── uv.lock # Dependency lock file └── README.md
🧪 Tool Functions
These can be called directly inside Claude Desktop:
report_lost("wallet near cafeteria")
report_found("blue bottle in gym")
show_lost()
show_found()
latest_lost()
latest_found()
summary_prompt()
🛠️ Setup Instructions
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/CampusLostFoundMCP.git cd CampusLostFoundMCP -
Ensure Python 3.11+ is installed
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Install dependencies:
uv init . uv add "mcp[cli]" -
Run the server:
uv run main.py
🧩 Claude Desktop Integration
Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "Campus Lost & Found": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/absolute/path/to/CampusLostFoundMCP", "run", "main.py" ] } } }
📬 Future Enhancements
Category filtering (e.g., electronics, books)
Date-based search
SQLite or cloud storage support
Slack or email notifications
Comments
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