Mcdev

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Accenture SFMC DevTools (mcdev): search the project wiki offline, learn .mcdevrc.json concepts (markets, marketList, createDeltaPkg, validations), walk component checklists (e.g. journeys), and list metadata types via the installed mcdev package.

Pair with mcp-server-sfmc for AMPscript / SSJS language validation and lookups.

MCP Registry

Registered as io.github.JoernBerkefeld/mcp-server-mcdev (quickstart). Registry hosts metadata only; the server runs locally via stdio.

Verify after publish:

curl "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=io.github.JoernBerkefeld/mcp-server-mcdev"

CI publishes npm artifacts and registry metadata using GitHub OIDC (Actions doc) — see .github/workflows/npm-publish.yml.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
mcdev_search_docs	Search bundled sfmc-devtools wiki Markdown
mcdev_explain_config_key	Short explanations for config topics (markets, marketList, createDeltaPkg, …)
mcdev_component_checklist	Questions + dependent metadata types (journey, automation, …)
mcdev_list_metadata_types	Types from Mcdev.explainTypes() (silent JSON mode — safe for MCP stdio)
read_mcdev_project_config	Read .mcdevrc.json with credentials stripped (never reads .mcdev-auth.json)

Connecting AI clients

Register mcp-server-mcdev with the same patterns as other stdio MCP servers (package name in args).

VS Code (1.99+) — .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcdev": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-mcdev@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor — ~/.cursor/mcp.json or project .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcdev": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-mcdev@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows) — use the same mcpServers object shape as Cursor.

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json — same mcpServers shape as Cursor.

Global install (faster startup)

npm install -g mcp-server-mcdev

Then use "command": "mcp-server-mcdev", "args": [] (or the binary name from this package’s bin field).

SFMC DevTools VS Code extension

The SFMC DevTools extension documents optional MCP setup for AI-assisted mcdev workflows (see that repo’s README).

Refresh bundled wiki

From this package directory, with the wiki checkout next to the repo (or set SFMC_DEVTOOLS_WIKI):

npm run bundle-wiki
npm run build

License

MIT © Jörn Berkefeld