Java MCP Server Development Guidelines

# Java MCP Server Development Guidelines

When building MCP servers in Java, follow these best practices and patterns using the official Java SDK.

## Dependencies

Add the MCP Java SDK to your Maven project:

```xml
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk</groupId>
        <artifactId>mcp</artifactId>
        <version>0.14.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
```

Or for Gradle:

```kotlin
dependencies {
    implementation("io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp:0.14.1")
}
```

## Server Setup

Create an MCP server using the builder pattern:

```java
import io.mcp.server.McpServer;
import io.mcp.server.McpServerBuilder;
import io.mcp.server.transport.StdioServerTransport;

McpServer server = McpServerBuilder.builder()
    .serverInfo("my-server", "1.0.0")
    .capabilities(capabilities -> capabilities
        .tools(true)
        .resources(true)
        .prompts(true))
    .build();

// Start with stdio transport
StdioServerTransport transport = new StdioServerTransport();
server.start(transport).subscribe();
```

## Adding Tools