kodegen-server-http

HTTP/HTTPS server infrastructure for building MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools servers.

Overview

kodegen-server-http is a Rust library that provides the foundation for creating category-specific MCP servers that expose tools and prompts via HTTP. It handles all the boilerplate including:

• HTTP/HTTPS server setup with optional TLS
• MCP protocol implementation via rmcp Streamable HTTP transport
• Graceful shutdown coordination
• Configuration management
• Usage tracking
• Tool and prompt routing
• Manager lifecycle coordination

This library is designed to be used by category servers (filesystem, browser, database, etc.) - it is not a standalone application.

Features

• 🚀 Easy Integration - Single run_http_server() call handles all setup

• 🔒 TLS Support - Optional HTTPS with certificate-based encryption

• 🎯 Graceful Shutdown - Coordinated shutdown of HTTP server and managed resources

• 📊 Built-in Tracking - Automatic usage tracking and tool history

• 🔄 Stateful Sessions - Support for stateful HTTP sessions with SSE keep-alive

• 🌐 CORS Enabled - Permissive CORS for cross-origin requests

Quick Start

Create a category server in main.rs:

use kodegen_server_http::{run_http_server, RouterSet, Managers, register_tool};
use rmcp::handler::server::router::{prompt::PromptRouter, tool::ToolRouter};
use anyhow::Result;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    run_http_server("my-category", |config, tracker| {
        let mut tool_router = ToolRouter::new();
        let mut prompt_router = PromptRouter::new();
        let mut managers = Managers::new();

        // Register your tools
        (tool_router, prompt_router) = register_tool(
            tool_router,
            prompt_router,
            MyTool::new(config.clone()),
        );

        // Register managers that need shutdown
        // let my_manager = Arc::new(MyManager::new());
        // managers.register(my_manager.clone());

        Ok(RouterSet::new(tool_router, prompt_router, managers))
    }).await
}

CLI Usage

# Basic HTTP server
cargo run -- --http 127.0.0.1:8080

# HTTPS with TLS
cargo run -- --http 127.0.0.1:8443 \
  --tls-cert /path/to/cert.pem \
  --tls-key /path/to/key.pem

# Custom shutdown timeout
cargo run -- --http 127.0.0.1:8080 --shutdown-timeout-secs 60

CLI Options

Note: Both --tls-cert and --tls-key must be provided together to enable HTTPS.

Architecture

Inversion of Control

The library uses an inversion of control pattern. You provide a registration callback to run_http_server(), and the library handles:

1. Environment initialization (logging, rustls crypto provider)
2. CLI argument parsing
3. Configuration and usage tracker setup
4. Calling your registration callback to build routers
5. HTTP/HTTPS server creation and startup
6. Signal handling (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGHUP)
7. Graceful shutdown coordination

Components

RouterSet<S>

Container holding your tool router, prompt router, and managers.

pub struct RouterSet<S> {
    pub tool_router: ToolRouter<S>,
    pub prompt_router: PromptRouter<S>,
    pub managers: Managers,
}

HttpServer

The MCP server implementation that serves tools via Streamable HTTP. Implements the rmcp::ServerHandler trait.

Managers

Container for components requiring graceful shutdown (browsers, tunnels, background tasks, etc.).

let my_manager = Arc::new(MyManager::new());
managers.register(my_manager.clone());

Your manager must implement the ShutdownHook trait:

impl ShutdownHook for MyManager {
    fn shutdown(&self) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send + '_>> {
        Box::pin(async move {
            // Cleanup logic here
            Ok(())
        })
    }
}

Tool Registration

Two helper functions for registering tools:

// Takes ownership, wraps in Arc
let (tool_router, prompt_router) = register_tool(
    tool_router,
    prompt_router,
    MyTool::new(config.clone()),
);

// For pre-Arc'd tools (when you need a reference)
let my_tool = Arc::new(MyTool::new(config.clone()));
let (tool_router, prompt_router) = register_tool_arc(
    tool_router,
    prompt_router,
    my_tool.clone(),
);

Graceful Shutdown

The library implements a coordinated graceful shutdown:

1. Signal Received - SIGINT/SIGTERM/SIGHUP (Unix) or Ctrl+C (Windows)
2. Shutdown Initiated - CancellationToken triggers
3. Parallel Shutdown:
   • HTTP server begins graceful shutdown (20s timeout)
   • Manager shutdown starts after 2s delay (allows in-flight requests to complete)
4. Completion - Waits up to --shutdown-timeout-secs for all to complete

Development

# Build
cargo build

# Run tests
cargo test

# Run Clippy
cargo clippy

# Format code
cargo fmt

# Build release
cargo build --release

Requirements

• Rust: Nightly toolchain (see rust-toolchain.toml)
• Components: rustfmt, clippy
• Targets: x86_64-apple-darwin, wasm32-unknown-unknown

License

Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 or MIT terms. See LICENSE.md for details.

Related Projects

• rmcp - Rust MCP SDK
• Model Context Protocol - MCP specification

Author

KODEGEN.ᴀɪ

• Homepage: kodegen.ai
• Repository: github.com/cyrup-ai/kodegen-server-http