Contraption Company MCP

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Contraption Company essay, built on Chroma Cloud.

How to Install

Contraption Company MCP is available as a hosted MCP server with no authentication.

Field	Value
Server URL	https://mcp.contraption.co

How to configure in common clients

<details> <summary><b>Cursor</b></summary>

Create or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contraption-company": {
      "url": "https://mcp.contraption.co"
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>VS Code (Copilot Chat MCP)</b></summary>

Create or edit .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "contraption-company": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.contraption.co"
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Codex</b></summary>

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.contraption-company]
command = "npx"
args = ["mcp-remote", "--transport", "http", "https://mcp.contraption.co"]

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Claude Code</b></summary>

Run in your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http contraption-company https://mcp.contraption.co

</details>

<details> <summary><b>OpenAI SDK (Python)</b></summary>

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()

response = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-5",
    input="List the newest Contraption Company blog posts.",
    tools=[
        {
            "type": "mcp",
            "server_label": "contraption-company",
            "server_url": "https://mcp.contraption.co",
            "require_approval": "never",
        }
    ],
)
print(response)

</details>

Features

• Semantic Search: Uses Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B model for efficient semantic search
• Automatic Indexing: Syncs with blog API on startup and via webhooks
• Full Content Access: Uses Ghost Admin API to index all published content including members-only posts
• Fast Performance: Powered by FastAPI and Chroma Cloud
• Real-time Updates: Webhook support for instant post updates
• Docker Ready: Includes Dockerfile for easy deployment
• Well Tested: Comprehensive test suite with pytest

Run Locally

1. Clone and install:

git clone <repository>
cd mcp
uv sync --all-extras

2. Configure environment:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your credentials

3. Run the server:

./run.sh
# Or: uv run python -m src.main

Docker

# Build
docker build -t contraption-mcp .

# Run
docker run -p 8000:8000 --env-file .env contraption-mcp

# Or use docker-compose
docker-compose up

Configuration

Running locally requires credentials for external services:

• Ghost Admin API Key: From your Ghost Admin panel (Settings > Integrations)
• Chroma Cloud Credentials: Tenant ID, Database, and API key from Chroma Cloud
• Ghost Blog URL: Your Ghost blog's URL

MCP Tools

• get_post(slug): Get a single blog post by slug
• list_posts(sort_by, page, limit): List posts with pagination
• search_posts(query, limit): Semantic search across posts

API Endpoints

• GET /: Server info (redirects to GitHub repo for non-MCP requests)
• GET /health: Health check
• POST /webhook/ghost/{secret}: Secure webhook endpoint for Ghost updates
• /mcp/*: MCP protocol endpoints

Webhook Security

The webhook endpoint requires a secret token in the URL path for security. Configure it in Ghost Admin:

1. Go to Settings → Integrations → Webhooks
2. Set URL to: https://your-domain.com/webhook/ghost/{your-webhook-secret}
3. Replace {your-webhook-secret} with the value from your .env file
4. Select events: Post published, Post updated, Post deleted

Development

# Install dev dependencies
make dev

# Run tests
make test

# Lint and format
make format lint

# Run all checks
make check

License

MIT