Setup

Module 4 · Section 3 of 9

Setup

Create a new directory and initialise it:

mkdir my-mcp-server
cd my-mcp-server
npm init -y

Install the SDK:

npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
npm install -D typescript @types/node tsx

Create a tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2022",
    "module": "Node16",
    "moduleResolution": "Node16",
    "outDir": "./dist",
    "strict": true
  },
  "include": ["src/**/*"]
}

Add to package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc",
    "dev": "tsx src/index.ts"
  }
}