YC Hack 2 - Serverless MCP Marketplace

Overview

An autonomous AI agent that can dynamically generate and execute tools by searching API documentation, creating Python code, and running it on-demand. Built for hackathons - no database setup required, works out of the box with just API keys.

Key Features

• 🤖 Fully Autonomous: Give it a task, it completes it end-to-end without user intervention
• 🔧 Dynamic Tool Generation: Searches for API docs, generates working Python code, and executes it
• 📁 File Operations: Can read, write, and manage files in the artifacts/ directory
• 🔄 Auto-Reload: Generated tools are immediately available in the same conversation
• 💾 MongoDB Storage: All conversations and tools stored in MongoDB for persistence
• 🌐 Web Integration: Built-in web search, scraping, and crawling via Firecrawl

Quick Start

1. Prerequisites

• Python 3.13+
• uv package manager
• OpenRouter API key (get one here)
• Firecrawl API key (get one here)

2. Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone <your-repo-url>
cd yc-hack2

# Install dependencies
uv sync

3. Configuration

Create a dev.env file in the project root:

cp .env.example dev.env

Edit dev.env and add your API keys:

# Required
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_openrouter_api_key_here
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your_firecrawl_api_key_here

# Optional - for semantic tool search (app works without it)
VOYAGE_API_KEY=your_voyage_api_key_here

# Optional - defaults to localhost:27017 if not set
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/agent_db

4. Run the Agent

Pass your question as a command-line argument:

uv run main.py "Download an image of a cat and save it to the cat directory"

Or try other examples:

# Get real-time data
uv run main.py "Get me the real-time stream flow data for the Mississippi River"

# Fetch weather data
uv run main.py "Get current weather for Austin, TX and save it to a file"

# Download and process content
uv run main.py "Scrape the latest news from HackerNews and summarize it"

The agent will autonomously:

1. Search for relevant API documentation
2. Scrape the API specs
3. Generate a Python tool with working code
4. Execute the tool to complete your request
5. Save results to the artifacts/ directory

MongoDB Storage

The application uses MongoDB to store:

• Conversations: Complete conversation history with all messages, tool calls, and results
• Tools: Generated tool definitions with executable Python code and vector embeddings

Vector Search for Tools

The system uses vector embeddings to intelligently search through the tool marketplace. Instead of showing the agent all 1000+ tools (which would confuse it), it uses semantic search to find the top 10 most relevant tools for each task.

How it works:

1. When a tool is saved, the system generates a vector embedding from its name and description
2. Embeddings are generated using Voyage AI's voyage-4 model (1024 dimensions)
3. When searching, the query is embedded and compared using cosine similarity
4. The top 10 most semantically similar tools are returned

Benefits:

• Agent sees only relevant tools, reducing confusion
• Faster tool discovery with semantic understanding
• Scales to thousands of tools without performance issues
• More accurate than keyword matching

Local Development with MongoDB

If running locally (without Docker), you'll need MongoDB installed:

# Install MongoDB (macOS)
brew install mongodb-community

# Start MongoDB
brew services start mongodb-community

# Set MongoDB URI in dev.env
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/agent_db

Note: When using Docker Compose, MongoDB is automatically set up and configured.

MongoDB Atlas Vector Search (Optional)

For production deployments, you can use MongoDB Atlas with native vector search:

1. Create a free MongoDB Atlas cluster at https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas
2. Create a vector search index on the tools collection:

   {
     "fields": [
       {
         "type": "vector",
         "path": "embedding",
         "numDimensions": 1024,
         "similarity": "cosine"
       }
     ]
   }
   

3. Update MONGODB_URI in your dev.env to use Atlas connection string

With Atlas Vector Search, queries will use MongoDB's optimized Hierarchical Navigable Small Worlds algorithm for even faster similarity search.

Architecture

Core Components

1. LLM Agent (services/llm.py)

   • OpenRouter-powered (Claude Haiku 4.5 by default)
   • Autonomous workflow: search → scrape → generate → execute
   • Multi-turn tool calling with auto-reload
   • Conversation logging and error recovery

2. Base Tools (services/tools.py)

   • file_read/write/list: File operations in artifacts/ directory
   • firecrawl_search: Search the web for API docs
   • firecrawl_scrape: Extract content from webpages
   • firecrawl_crawl: Crawl entire websites
   • generate_tool: Create executable Python tools

3. Tool Execution

   • Generated tools stored in MongoDB
   • Code executed using Python's exec() with base64 support
   • Auto-reload makes new tools immediately available
   • Supports both text and binary file operations

4. Storage

   • MongoDB: Conversations and tool definitions
   • artifacts/ - Agent's workspace for all file operations
   • logs/ - Application logs

How It Works

Example: "Download an image of a cat"

1. Agent searches for image APIs
   → firecrawl_search("cat image API download")

2. Agent scrapes API documentation
   → firecrawl_scrape("https://thecatapi.com/docs")

3. Agent generates a download tool
   → generate_tool(name="download_cat_image", code="...", ...)
   → Tool auto-reloads, immediately available

4. Agent executes the new tool
   → download_cat_image(output_path="cat/image.jpg")

5. Agent saves the result
   → file_write("cat/image.jpg", base64_data, mode="wb")

6. Done! Image saved to artifacts/cat/image.jpg

All of this happens autonomously in one execution, no user intervention required.

API Server

Run as a REST API

Start the FastAPI server:

uv run server.py

The API will be available at http://localhost:8001 (default)

Interactive API docs: http://localhost:8001/docs

Change port: Set the PORT environment variable:

PORT=9000 uv run server.py

API Endpoints

POST /agent

Full-featured endpoint with all options:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8001/agent \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "Get the current Bitcoin price",
    "max_iterations": 25,
    "model": "anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5",
    "save_conversation": true
  }'

POST /agent/simple

Simplified endpoint with query parameters:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8001/agent/simple?prompt=Get%20Bitcoin%20price&max_iterations=10"

GET /health

Health check:

curl http://localhost:8001/health

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "output": "The current Bitcoin price is $45,234.56 USD...",
  "usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 1234,
    "completion_tokens": 567,
    "total_tokens": 1801
  },
  "error": null
}

MCP Server (Local Access)

Access the Universal Adapter via MCP (Model Context Protocol) for use with Claude Desktop and other local MCP clients.

Architecture

Two access methods:

• Local (MCP): mcp_server.py - stdio transport for Claude Desktop
• Remote (HTTP): server.py - FastAPI REST API for web access

Both use the same Agent with all marketplace tools.

Claude Desktop Setup

The MCP server exposes your agent as a single chat tool. The agent internally has access to all marketplace tools.

1. Configure Claude Desktop:

Add to your config file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universal-adapter": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "mcp_server.py"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/yc-hack2",
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "your-key",
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "your-key",
        "MONGODB_URI": "your-mongodb-uri",
        "VOYAGE_API_KEY": "your-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Restart Claude Desktop - The Universal Adapter tools will appear!

Available MCP Tools

• chat - Chat with the agent (primary tool)
• list_marketplace_tools - Browse marketplace
• health - Health check

How It Works

Claude Desktop → MCP (stdio) → chat(message) → Agent → Tools → Response

The agent handles all tool orchestration internally (search, generate, execute).

For remote access via HTTP, use server.py instead (see API Server section).

Documentation

See docs/MCP_SETUP.md for detailed setup instructions and troubleshooting.

Tool Marketplace API

The server includes endpoints for browsing and searching the tool marketplace.

List All Tools

# Get all tools with pagination
curl http://localhost:8001/tools?limit=50&skip=0

# Response
[
  {
    "name": "get_bitcoin_price",
    "description": "Fetches the current Bitcoin price from CoinGecko API...",
    "parameters": {...},
    "code": "async def get_bitcoin_price()...",
    "created_at": "2026-01-31T08:52:52.949000"
  }
]

Search Tools (Vector Similarity)

# Search for tools using semantic search
curl "http://localhost:8001/tools/search?q=cryptocurrency%20price&limit=10"

# Response
{
  "query": "cryptocurrency price",
  "count": 1,
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "get_bitcoin_price",
      "description": "Fetches the current Bitcoin price...",
      "similarity_score": 0.485,
      "parameters": {...}
    }
  ]
}

Get Specific Tool

# Get complete tool definition
curl http://localhost:8001/tools/get_bitcoin_price

# Response includes full code
{
  "name": "get_bitcoin_price",
  "description": "...",
  "parameters": {...},
  "code": "import httpx\n\nasync def get_bitcoin_price()..."
}

Delete Tool

# Remove a tool from marketplace
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8001/tools/get_bitcoin_price

# Response
{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Tool 'get_bitcoin_price' deleted successfully"
}

List Conversations

# Get recent conversations
curl http://localhost:8001/conversations?limit=20&skip=0

# Response
[
  {
    "id": "697dc2e45e09a3756310636a",
    "conversation_id": "20260131_085206",
    "start_time": "2026-01-31T08:52:06.862134",
    "model": "anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5",
    "final_output": "I successfully fetched the current Bitcoin price..."
  }
]

Get Specific Conversation

# Get full conversation with all messages
curl http://localhost:8001/conversations/697dc2e45e09a3756310636a

# Returns complete conversation including all tool calls and results

Advanced Usage

Using the API Module

Import and use the agent programmatically in your Python scripts:

from services.api import ask, run_agent_sync, run_agent

# Quick usage - returns string output
output = ask("Get the current Bitcoin price")
print(output)

# Full control - returns structured response
result = run_agent_sync(
    prompt="Download a cat image",
    max_iterations=20,
    model="anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5"
)

if result.success:
    print(result.output)
    print(f"Tokens used: {result.usage}")
else:
    print(f"Error: {result.error}")

# Async usage
import asyncio
result = await run_agent("Your question here")

Running Different Tasks via CLI

Simply pass different questions as command-line arguments:

# API data retrieval
uv run main.py "Fetch Bitcoin price from CoinGecko API"

# Web scraping and analysis
uv run main.py "Find and download the top 5 Python repos on GitHub"

# Data processing
uv run main.py "Get COVID-19 statistics and create a summary report"

# Image/file operations
uv run main.py "Download the Eiffel Tower image and save it"

The agent will automatically:

1. Search for relevant APIs
2. Generate tools to interact with them
3. Execute the tools
4. Save results to artifacts/

Modify Behavior

To change max iterations or other settings, edit main.py:

# Increase iterations for complex tasks
res = await agent.run(question, max_iterations=50)

# Change the model
agent = Agent(model="anthropic/claude-opus-4.5")

# Disable conversation logging
agent = Agent(save_conversations=False)

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
OPENROUTER_API_KEY	Yes	API key from OpenRouter.ai
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY	Yes	API key from Firecrawl.dev
VOYAGE_API_KEY	Optional	API key from Voyage AI for semantic tool search embeddings. App works without it (falls back to zero-vector).
MONGODB_URI	Optional	MongoDB connection string. Defaults to mongodb://localhost:27017/agent_db if not set. Required for production deployments.
MCP_PORT	Optional	Port for MCP server (default: 8002)
MCP_HOST	Optional	Host for MCP server (default: 0.0.0.0)

Agent Configuration

Customize the agent in services/llm.py:

agent = Agent(
    model="anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5",  # Model to use
    save_conversations=True,              # Save conversation logs
    firecrawl_api_key="...",             # Optional: override env var
)

Project Structure

yc-hack2/
├── main.py                      # CLI entry point
├── server.py                    # FastAPI server
├── docker-compose.yml           # Docker setup with MongoDB
├── Dockerfile                   # Container image
├── dev.env                      # Your API keys (gitignored)
├── .env.example                 # Template for dev.env
├── services/
│   ├── api.py                  # API interface module
│   ├── llm.py                  # Agent with autonomous workflow
│   ├── tools.py                # Base tools + tool execution
│   ├── db.py                   # MongoDB client and operations
│   ├── env.py                  # Environment variables
│   └── logging.py              # Logging configuration
├── artifacts/                   # Agent's file workspace (gitignored)
├── logs/                       # Application logs (gitignored)
└── understand/                 # Reference documentation (temporary)

Troubleshooting

"No module named 'services'"

Run uv sync to install dependencies.

"OPENROUTER_API_KEY not found"

Create dev.env file with your API keys (see .env.example).

Firecrawl Timeout Errors

Normal for large documentation pages. The agent handles these gracefully and continues with alternate URLs.

Agent Hits Max Iterations

Increase max_iterations in main.py for complex tasks.

Documentation

The understand/ directory contains reference documentation:

• architecture.md - System architecture and components
• data-models.md - Data structures and schemas
• flows.md - Workflow diagrams and sequences
• implementation-plan.md - Development roadmap
• prompts-reference.md - System prompts and examples

Docker Deployment

Build and Run with Docker

# Build the image
docker build -t autonomous-agent .

# Run with environment variables
docker run -d \
  -p 8001:8001 \
  -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_key \
  -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your_key \
  --name agent \
  autonomous-agent

# Check logs
docker logs -f agent

# Stop
docker stop agent

Using Docker Compose

1. Create a dev.env file with your API keys (see .env.example)

2. Start the service:

docker-compose up -d

3. View logs:

docker-compose logs -f

4. Stop the service:

docker-compose down

The agent will be available at http://localhost:8001

Docker Features

• ✅ MongoDB database included
• ✅ Health checks configured
• ✅ Auto-restart on failure
• ✅ Persistent volumes for artifacts and MongoDB data
• ✅ Optimized layer caching
• ✅ Non-blocking unbuffered output

Deploy to Railway

1. Connect your repo to Railway and use the Dockerfile (or Nixpacks; a Procfile is included).
2. Set environment variables in the Railway dashboard (no dev.env in deploy):
   • OPENROUTER_API_KEY (required for chat)
   • FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (required for web search/scrape)
   • MONGODB_URI (required; use MongoDB Atlas or Railway MongoDB)
   • VOYAGE_API_KEY (optional; for semantic tool search; app runs without it)
3. PORT is set by Railway; the app binds to 0.0.0.0:$PORT.
4. Health: Railway can probe / or /health; both return 200 when the app is up.

If you see "Application failed to respond", check deploy logs for startup errors (e.g. missing MONGODB_URI or invalid keys) and ensure all required env vars are set.

Contributing

This is a hackathon project. Feel free to extend it with:

• MongoDB integration for tool storage
• Enhanced sandboxing for code execution
• Tool versioning and marketplace features
• Multi-agent collaboration
• Web UI for agent interaction

License

MIT