MCP SSE Proxy

Description

This script acts as a proxy between an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server using STDIO (standard input/output) transport and a client using SSE (Server-Sent Events) transport. It bridges the communication gap by converting MCP STDIO communication to the SSE protocol, enabling real-time data streaming over web connections.

Communication Diagram:

[App](STDIO) ----<>---- (STDIO)[PROXY](SSE) ----<>---- (SSE)[SSE-Server]

flowchart LR
 App -- STDIO --> PROXY
 PROXY -- SSE --> SSEServer
 PROXY -- STDIO --> App
 SSEServer -- SSE --> PROXY
 SSEServer["SSE-Server"]
 App["APP"] 

 App@{ icon: "gcp:tools-for-powershell", form: "square", pos: "b"}
 SSEServer@{ icon: "aws:res-toolkit", form: "square", pos: "b"}

Usage

To run the MCP SSE Proxy, execute the mcp_sse_proxy.py script with the required --sse-url or ST_PROXY_SSE_URL environment variable, which specifies the URL of your SSE server endpoint. This is the only required mandatory parameter.

Installation

pip3 install mcp-sse-proxy
python3 -m mcp_sse_proxy -h

The package installer (pip) creates an executable script in the bin directory of your virtual environment (or Python installation). If you are in a virtual environment, you can run the script using directly as a command.

mcp-sse-proxy -h

Before you start

If you do installation by copy-past, remember to install dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Command-line Arguments

• --sse-url <url>: (Required) The URL of the external SSE endpoint to connect to. You can also set this using the ST_PROXY_SSE_URL environment variable.
• --debug-enabled: Enable debug logging. You can also set this using the ST_PROXY_DEBUG_ENABLED environment variable (set to true to enable).
• --ping-interval <seconds>: Set the interval (in seconds) for sending ping messages to maintain the SSE connection. Default is 10 seconds. You can also set this using the ST_PROXY_PING_INTERVAL environment variable.

Environment Variables

The proxy can be configured using the following environment variables:

• ST_PROXY_SSE_URL: URL of the external SSE endpoint.
• ST_PROXY_DEBUG_ENABLED: Enable debug logging (set to true to enable).
• ST_PROXY_DEBUG_FILENAME: Filename for the debug log file. Defaults to mcp_sse_proxy.log.
• ST_PROXY_PING_INTERVAL: Ping interval in seconds.
• ST_PROXY_ENV_PREFIXES: Comma-separated list of environment variable prefixes to forward to the proxied application. This allows you to pass specific environment variables through the proxy. For example: ANTHROPIC_,OPENAI_,GEMINI_.

Claude AI configuration example

Windows Config location: C:\Users<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config
[or open via clinent menu: File->Settings then Developer->Edit Config]
Config example for Windows:

{
 "globalShortcut": "",
 "mcpServers": {
 "mcp-sse-proxy": {
 "command": "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python312\\python.exe",
 "args": [
 "C:\\mcp-sse-proxy-claude\\src\\mcp_sse_proxy.py",
 "--base-url", "http://<IP_ADDRESS>:8000",
 "--debug-enabled"
 ],
 "env": {
 "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-xxx",
 "BRAVE_API_KEY": "BSAxxxx",
 "ST_PROXY_ENV_PREFIXES": "OPENAI_,BRAVE_"
 }
 }
 }
}

Debug Logging

Debug logging can be enabled using the --debug-enabled command-line argument or by setting the ST_PROXY_DEBUG_ENABLED environment variable to true. When enabled, detailed logs are written to the file specified by the ST_PROXY_DEBUG_FILENAME environment variable (default: mcp_sse_proxy.log).

Ping Interval

To ensure the SSE connection remains active, the proxy sends ping messages to the SSE server at regular intervals. The default interval is 10 seconds, configurable via the --ping-interval argument or the ST_PROXY_PING_INTERVAL environment variable.

Before you start debuging

• Note that by design MCP SSE Proxy will not print any messages after running in CLI mode. As by design, MCP will not log anything to STDIO, as this will interfere with protocol operation.
• Log file is stored in mcp_sse_proxy.log by default in same folder where mcp_sse_proxy.py script is located.
• Provides detailed information about SSE connections, tool calls, and system events (in debug file, you will see both side of connection messages - MCP and SSE)

⚠️ Warning: Enabling debug logging may expose sensitive information in logs. ⚠️

License

This project is likely licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.