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MAJOR UPDATE: MCP has gone mainstream in 2025!

What Changed Since January 2025:
================================

Claude Desktop (June 2025):
- ✅ Added remote MCP server support (HTTP/SSE + Streamable HTTP)
- ✅ Available for Pro, Team, and Enterprise plans (beta)
- ✅ Supports both authless and OAuth remote servers
- ✅ Most comprehensive MCP implementation

ChatGPT (March-October 2025):
- ✅ OpenAI officially adopted MCP in March 2025
- ✅ Full MCP support rolled out to all paid plans in October
- ✅ Developer mode (Sept 2025) enables read/write operations
- ✅ Remote servers only (no stdio support)
- ⚠️ Basic implementation compared to Claude Desktop

GitHub Copilot (June-October 2025):
- ✅ Remote GitHub MCP Server in public preview (June)
- ✅ Agent Mode with MCP support rolled out to all VS Code users (Oct)
- ✅ Copilot Extensions deprecated in favor of MCP (Sept)
- ✅ Enhanced MCP support in CLI (Oct 17)
- ⚠️ MCP Tools supported, Resources not yet implemented

Google Gemini (April 2025):
- ✅ Official MCP compatibility announced (April)
- ✅ Integration via Gemini SDK and FastMCP
- ⚠️ SDK-level integration only (no direct UI like Claude/ChatGPT)
- ✅ Can be used with MCP-compatible IDEs

Key Improvements:
- Remote HTTP/SSE servers now widely supported
- Streamable HTTP protocol introduced (superior to SSE)
- Over 1,000 MCP servers created by community (Feb 2025)
- MCP becoming "HTTP for AI" - industry standard

Updated Documentation:
- Connection methods: HTTP/SSE now widely supported (not future-ready, but current!)
- Configuration examples for each tool (remote + local)
- Updated summary table with current support status
- Timeline of MCP adoption throughout 2025
- Links to official documentation

This means YOUR deployed server at hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com
can NOW be used by:
- Claude Desktop (Pro/Team/Enterprise users)
- ChatGPT (all paid plan users)
- GitHub Copilot (VS Code/Visual Studio users)
- Google Gemini (via SDK integration)
- Custom MCP clients

🎉 The future we built is NOW!

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This guide explains how to connect various AI tools to the HPR Knowledge Base MCP Server. This guide explains how to connect various AI tools to the HPR Knowledge Base MCP Server.
**Last Updated**: October 2025
**Major Update**: MCP adoption has accelerated significantly in 2025! Most major AI tools now support the Model Context Protocol, with many supporting remote HTTP/SSE connections.
## Table of Contents ## Table of Contents
- [Connection Methods](#connection-methods) - [Connection Methods](#connection-methods)
@@ -19,27 +23,39 @@ This guide explains how to connect various AI tools to the HPR Knowledge Base MC
The HPR Knowledge Base MCP Server supports two connection methods: The HPR Knowledge Base MCP Server supports two connection methods:
### 1. Local (Stdio) - **Recommended for now** ### 1. Local (Stdio) - **Fastest performance**
- **How it works**: AI tool spawns the Node.js server as a child process - **How it works**: AI tool spawns the Node.js server as a child process
- **Pros**: Faster, more reliable, works with all MCP clients - **Pros**: Fastest, no network latency, full offline access
- **Cons**: Requires Node.js installed locally, data files on your machine - **Cons**: Requires Node.js installed locally, data files on your machine
- **Setup**: Point to `index.js` in your config - **Setup**: Point to `index.js` in your config
- **Supported by**: Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot (via extensions), custom clients
### 2. Remote (HTTP/SSE) - **Future-ready** ### 2. Remote (HTTP/SSE + Streamable HTTP) - **✨ NOW WIDELY SUPPORTED!**
- **How it works**: AI tool connects to deployed server via HTTPS - **How it works**: AI tool connects to deployed server via HTTPS
- **Pros**: No local setup, access from anywhere, shared deployment - **Pros**: No local setup, access from anywhere, shared deployment, multi-user
- **Cons**: Limited client support currently, network latency - **Cons**: Network latency (minimal), requires internet connection
- **Setup**: Point to `https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse` - **Setup**: Point to `https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse`
- **Supported by**: Claude Desktop (Pro/Team/Enterprise), ChatGPT (all paid plans), custom clients
- **Note**: Some clients support newer Streamable HTTP protocol (superior to SSE)
--- ---
## Claude Desktop ## Claude Desktop
### Status: ✅ Supported (Stdio only) ### Status: ✅ Fully Supported (Both Stdio and Remote HTTP/SSE)
Claude Desktop currently **only supports local stdio connections**. Remote HTTP/SSE support may be added in future versions. **Major Update (June 2025)**: Claude Desktop now supports **remote MCP servers** via HTTP/SSE and Streamable HTTP!
**Availability**:
- Remote MCP support: Claude Pro, Team, and Enterprise plans (currently in beta)
- Local stdio support: All plans including Free
**Supported Protocols**:
- SSE (Server-Sent Events) - Original remote transport
- Streamable HTTP - New protocol (superior performance, added July 2025)
- OAuth authentication supported for secure remote servers
### Configuration ### Configuration
@@ -85,17 +101,21 @@ Claude Desktop currently **only supports local stdio connections**. Remote HTTP/
- Look for MCP indicator (usually bottom-left) - Look for MCP indicator (usually bottom-left)
- Try asking: "Search HPR episodes about Linux" - Try asking: "Search HPR episodes about Linux"
**Remote Configuration (Not supported yet)**: **Remote Configuration (✅ NOW SUPPORTED - Pro/Team/Enterprise)**:
```json ```json
{ {
"mcpServers": { "mcpServers": {
"hpr-knowledge-base": { "hpr-knowledge-base": {
"url": "https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse" "url": "https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse",
"transport": "sse"
} }
} }
} }
``` ```
*This will show an error: "expected string, received undefined" because Claude Desktop requires the `command` field.*
**Note**: Remote MCP support requires Claude Pro, Team, or Enterprise plan. Free plan users should use local (stdio) configuration above.
**Official Documentation**: See [Building Custom Connectors via Remote MCP Servers](https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11503834-building-custom-connectors-via-remote-mcp-servers) for more details.
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@@ -163,90 +183,178 @@ curl https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/health
## ChatGPT ## ChatGPT
### Status: ❌ Not supported ### Status: ✅ Supported (Remote HTTP/SSE only - October 2025)
**Current State**: OpenAI's ChatGPT does not support the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as of January 2025. **Major Update**: OpenAI added full MCP support across ChatGPT in 2025!
**Alternative Options**: **Timeline**:
- **March 2025**: OpenAI officially adopted MCP standard
- **September 2025**: Developer mode beta with read/write MCP support
- **October 2025**: Full MCP support rolled out to all paid plans
1. **Use OpenAI API with MCP Client**: **Availability**:
- Use a third-party MCP client that supports OpenAI models - Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise, and Education accounts (web only)
- Connect that client to this MCP server - Developer mode for Plus and Pro users (beta)
- Example: [mcp-cli](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/cli) (hypothetical)
2. **Wait for Official Support**: **Supported Protocols**:
- OpenAI may add MCP support in future - Remote servers only (HTTP/SSE and Streamable HTTP)
- Check [OpenAI's documentation](https://platform.openai.com/docs) for updates - **Does NOT support local stdio servers** (different from Claude Desktop)
3. **Export Data**: **Capabilities**:
- Access the HPR data directly from `hpr_metadata/` and `hpr_transcripts/` - Read operations (search, document retrieval) via Deep Research feature
- Use custom scripts to query and provide context to ChatGPT - Write operations (updates, triggers) in Developer mode beta
- Currently limited compared to Claude's implementation (no local servers, basic UI)
### Configuration
**Adding Remote MCP Server to ChatGPT**:
1. Go to Settings → Connectors (on web ChatGPT)
2. Click "Add Connector" or "Add MCP Server"
3. Enter server details:
- **Name**: HPR Knowledge Base
- **URL**: `https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse`
- **Type**: Remote MCP Server (SSE)
4. Save and enable the connector
**Developer Mode** (for write operations):
1. Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced
2. Enable "Developer mode"
3. Add your MCP server as above
4. Now you can perform write actions
**Limitations**:
- No local stdio support (must use remote servers)
- No MCP server catalog (manual configuration only)
- Basic implementation compared to Claude Desktop
- Web-only (no desktop app MCP support)
--- ---
## GitHub Copilot ## GitHub Copilot
### Status: ❌ Not supported ### Status: ✅ Supported (MCP Tools - October 2025)
**Current State**: GitHub Copilot does not support the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as of January 2025. **Major Update**: GitHub Copilot has rolled out MCP support with Agent Mode in VS Code!
**Alternative Options**: **Timeline**:
- **June 2025**: Remote GitHub MCP Server in public preview
- **September 2025**: Deprecation of GitHub App-based Copilot Extensions in favor of MCP
- **October 2025**: Agent mode with MCP support rolled out to all VS Code users
- **October 17, 2025**: Enhanced MCP support in Copilot CLI with better local server setup
- **October 28, 2025**: Per-server allowlist functionality rolling out to IDEs
1. **Use Copilot Chat Extensions** (if available): **Availability**:
- Check if VS Code extensions exist that bridge MCP servers - All GitHub Copilot subscribers in VS Code and Visual Studio
- Not currently available but may be developed - Copilot CLI with enhanced MCP support
2. **Use Local Search Script**: **Important Limitations**:
- Create a VS Code task that searches HPR data - **MCP Tools**: ✅ Fully supported
- Manually copy results into Copilot chat - **MCP Resources**: ❌ Not yet supported (unlike Claude Desktop)
- This means Copilot can call MCP tools but can't directly access MCP resources
Example task (`.vscode/tasks.json`): ### Configuration
**Adding MCP Server to GitHub Copilot (VS Code)**:
The exact configuration method varies, but here's the general approach based on October 2025 documentation:
1. **Enable Agent Mode** in VS Code settings
2. **Configure MCP Server** via VS Code settings or config file
3. **Allow the Server** using the per-server allowlist (rolling out Oct 28+)
**For Remote Server** (Recommended):
```json ```json
{ {
"version": "2.0.0", "github.copilot.mcp.servers": {
"tasks": [ "hpr-knowledge-base": {
{ "url": "https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse",
"label": "Search HPR", "transport": "sse"
"type": "shell",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"${workspaceFolder}/knowledge_base/search-cli.js",
"${input:query}"
]
} }
], }
"inputs": [
{
"id": "query",
"description": "Search query",
"type": "promptString"
}
]
} }
``` ```
**For Local Server**:
```json
{
"github.copilot.mcp.servers": {
"hpr-knowledge-base": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/knowledge_base/index.js"]
}
}
}
```
**Note**: Configuration format may vary. Refer to official GitHub Copilot documentation for exact syntax as MCP integration is actively being enhanced.
**Resources**:
- [Extending GitHub Copilot Chat with MCP](https://docs.github.com/copilot/customizing-copilot/using-model-context-protocol/extending-copilot-chat-with-mcp)
- [GitHub Copilot Changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/)
--- ---
## Google Gemini ## Google Gemini
### Status: ❌ Not supported ### Status: ✅ Supported (Via SDK Integration - April 2025)
**Current State**: Google Gemini does not support the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as of January 2025. **Major Update**: Google officially announced MCP support for Gemini in April 2025!
**Alternative Options**: **Timeline**:
- **March 31, 2025**: Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirms MCP support plans
- **April 2025**: Official MCP compatibility announced for Gemini ecosystem
- **2025**: Active integration with Google DeepMind engineers
1. **Use Gemini API with Custom Integration**: **Availability**:
- Query the HPR MCP server via HTTP - MCP integration via Google Gemini SDK
- Format results for Gemini API - Support for major LLM provider integration (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini)
- Example in [Custom Integration](#custom-integration) section - Multiple community-built MCP servers for Gemini available
2. **Wait for Extensions Support**: **Current Status**:
- Google may add extension/tool support to Gemini - SDK-level integration (not direct UI integration like ChatGPT/Claude)
- MCP could be integrated when available - Requires developer implementation using FastMCP or similar libraries
- Can be integrated with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP clients
3. **Use Vertex AI** (for enterprises): ### Integration Options
- Vertex AI may support custom data sources
- Load HPR data into Vertex AI knowledge base **Option 1: Use Gemini with MCP-Compatible IDE** (Recommended):
Many IDEs that support MCP can use Gemini as the LLM backend:
- Configure HPR MCP server in the IDE
- Select Gemini as your LLM
- IDE routes MCP tool calls through Gemini
**Option 2: SDK Integration** (Developers):
Use FastMCP or Google's Gemini SDK to integrate:
```python
from google.generativeai import gemini
from fastmcp import FastMCP
# Configure Gemini model
model = gemini.GenerativeModel('gemini-2.5-pro')
# Connect to HPR MCP server
mcp = FastMCP(server_url='https://hpr-knowledge-base.onrender.com/sse')
# Use Gemini with MCP tools
response = model.generate_content(
"Search HPR for Linux episodes",
tools=mcp.get_tools()
)
```
**Option 3: Community MCP Servers**:
Several community-built Gemini MCP servers are available:
- [mcp-gemini-server](https://github.com/bsmi021/mcp-gemini-server)
- [Gemini MCP Tool](https://lobehub.com/mcp/jamubc-gemini-mcp-tool)
- Check [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers) for more
**Resources**:
- [Google Gemini MCP Integration Guide](https://medium.com/google-cloud/model-context-protocol-mcp-with-google-gemini-llm-a-deep-dive-full-code-ea16e3fac9a3)
- [FastMCP with Gemini 2.0](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/04/21/a-step-by-step-coding-guide-to-defining-custom-model-context-protocol-mcp-server-and-client-tools-with-fastmcp-and-integrating-them-into-google-gemini-2-0s-function%E2%80%91calling-workflow/)
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## Summary Table ## Summary Table (October 2025)
| AI Tool | MCP Support | Stdio | HTTP/SSE | Notes | | AI Tool | MCP Support | Stdio | HTTP/SSE | Streamable HTTP | Notes |
|---------|-------------|-------|----------|-------| |---------|-------------|-------|----------|-----------------|-------|
| **Claude Desktop** | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | Official MCP support, stdio only | | **Claude Desktop** | ✅ Full | ✅ Yes (All plans) | ✅ Yes (Pro/Team/Enterprise) | ✅ Yes | Most comprehensive MCP implementation |
| **Claude API** | ⚠️ Custom | ✅ Via wrapper | ✅ Via wrapper | Requires custom integration | | **ChatGPT** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (Paid plans) | ✅ Yes | Web only, basic implementation, Developer mode for writes |
| **ChatGPT** | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No | No MCP support yet | | **GitHub Copilot** | ⚠️ Partial | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Unknown | MCP Tools supported, Resources not yet supported |
| **GitHub Copilot** | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No | No MCP support yet | | **Google Gemini** | ⚠️ SDK only | ⚠️ Via integration | ⚠️ Via integration | ⚠️ Via integration | Requires SDK integration, no direct UI support |
| **Google Gemini** | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No | No MCP support yet | | **Custom MCP Client** | ✅ Full | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Full support with MCP SDK |
| **Custom MCP Client** | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Full support with MCP SDK |
**Legend**:
- ✅ = Fully supported
- ⚠️ = Partially supported or requires additional setup
- ❌ = Not supported
**Key Changes Since January 2025**:
- **March 2025**: OpenAI officially adopted MCP
- **April 2025**: Google announced Gemini MCP support
- **June 2025**: Claude Desktop added remote MCP servers (beta)
- **September 2025**: GitHub deprecated Copilot Extensions in favor of MCP
- **October 2025**: ChatGPT rolled out full MCP support to all paid plans
- **October 2025**: GitHub Copilot Agent Mode with MCP launched to all VS Code users
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--- ---
**Last Updated**: January 2025 **Last Updated**: October 2025
**MCP Version**: 0.1.0 **MCP Specification**: 2025-03-26 (with Streamable HTTP extension)
**Server Version**: 1.0.0 **Server Version**: 1.0.0
**Note**: MCP is rapidly evolving. Check tool-specific documentation for latest configuration details.