MCP Server Bridge Restish

Bridge Restish - MCP Server

Overview

This MCP server acts as a bridge to make your custom HTTP API server accessible to LLMs. It fetches tool definitions from your HTTP API server and dynamically registers them as MCP tools that LLMs can call.

How it works

1. Fetch tool definitions: Retrieves available tool definitions from ${BASE_URL}/tools endpoint
2. Register MCP tools: Dynamically registers MCP tools based on the fetched tool definitions
3. Proxy API calls: When LLM calls a tool, it forwards the request to the corresponding HTTP API endpoint

HTTP API Server Requirements

Description

Your HTTP API server should implement the following specification:

Run a example server for illustration purposes.

git clone https://github.com/high-u/mcp-server-bridge-restish.git
cd mcp-server-bridge-restish
node example/server.js 3000

Tool Definition Endpoint

GET ${BASE_URL}/tools should return an array of tool definitions:

curl http://localhost:3000/tools

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "get_time",
    "description": "Get current date and time",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {},
      "required": []
    },
    "endpoint": "/get_time",
    "method": "get"
  },
  {
    "name": "get_birthday",
    "description": "Get a birthday for a given name",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name to get birthday for"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name"
      ]
    },
    "endpoint": "/get_birthday",
    "method": "get"
  }
]

Tool Execution Endpoints

Each tool is executed via its specified endpoint and method:

• GET ${BASE_URL}/get_time → Returns current time as JSON

curl http://localhost:3000/get_time

{
  "time": "2025-06-22T03:53:49.675Z",
  "timestamp": 1750564429675
}

• GET ${BASE_URL}/get_birthday?name=XXX → Returns birthday for XXX as JSON

curl "http://localhost:3000/get_birthday?name=John"

{
  "name": "John",
  "birthday": "1973-11-08"
}

The response schema is up to you. It is up to the LLM how you use it.

Usage

Configure Claude Desktop

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bridge-restish": {
      "command": "mcp-server-bridge-restish",
      "args": ["http://localhost:3000", "server-api-key"],
      "env": {
        "BASE_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "AUTH_TYPE": "Bearer",
        "API_KEY": "server-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

“BASE_URL” is required. Set “API_KEY” and “AUTH_TYPE” as needed.

Example User Prompt

What time is it?

How old is John this year?