Server Reference

defineServer(options)

Create an MCP server instance.

import { defineServer } from '@airmcp-dev/core';

const server = defineServer({
  name: 'my-server',
  version: '1.0.0',
  tools: [ /* ... */ ],
});

AirServerOptions

interface AirServerOptions {
  name: string;                           // Required — MCP registration name
  version?: string;                       // Default: '0.1.0'
  description?: string;

  tools?: AirToolDef[];
  resources?: AirResourceDef[];
  prompts?: AirPromptDef[];

  use?: Array<AirPlugin | AirPluginFactory>;  // Array order = execution order
  middleware?: AirMiddleware[];            // Runs after plugin middleware

  transport?: TransportConfig;
  storage?: StoreOptions;
  meter?: MeterConfig;

  logging?: {
    level?: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'silent';
    format?: 'json' | 'pretty';
  };

  dev?: {
    hotReload?: boolean;                  // Default: true
    port?: number;                        // Default: 3100
  };
}

AirServer

interface AirServer {
  readonly name: string;

  start(): Promise<void>;
  stop(): Promise<void>;
  status(): AirServerStatus;

  tools(): AirToolDef[];
  resources(): AirResourceDef[];

  callTool(name: string, params?: Record<string, any>): Promise<any>;

  addTool(tool: AirToolDef): void;
  addMiddleware(mw: AirMiddleware): void;
  addPlugin(plugin: AirPlugin): void;

  state: Record<string, any>;

  /** Workers fetch handler — available when transport is 'workers' */
  fetch?: (request: Request, env?: any) => Promise<Response>;
}

Method details

server.start()

Runs plugin onInit → onStart hooks, then connects transport.

await server.start();
// [air] Starting "my-server" (sse transport, 3 tools)
// [air] SSE server listening on port 3510

server.stop()

Runs plugin onStop hooks, then closes MCP connection.

await server.stop();
// [air] "my-server" stopped

server.status()

const s = server.status();

Returns:

interface AirServerStatus {
  name: string;
  version: string;
  state: 'idle' | 'starting' | 'running' | 'stopping' | 'stopped' | 'error';
  uptime: number;           // ms
  toolCount: number;
  resourceCount: number;
  transport: string;
}

server.callTool(name, params?)

Calls a tool through the full middleware chain (validation, error handling, plugins). Same path as production.

const result = await server.callTool('search', { query: 'hello' });
// Missing tool → throws AirError (code: -32601)

Internal: find tool → create requestContext → chain.execute → extract first text from McpContent[].

server.addTool(tool)

Runtime tool addition. Passes through onToolRegister hooks.

server.addPlugin(plugin)

Runtime plugin registration. Middleware dynamically added to chain.

server.state

Shared object accessible from all handlers via context.state.

server.state.db = myConnection;
// In handler: context.state.db.query(...)

server.fetch(request, env?)

Workers-only. Handles MCP JSON-RPC requests through the full middleware chain. Available regardless of transport type, but primarily used with transport: { type: 'workers' }.

const server = defineServer({
  transport: { type: 'workers' },
  tools: [ /* ... */ ],
});

// In Workers fetch handler
export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env) {
    if (request.method === 'POST') {
      return server.fetch!(request);
    }
    return Response.json(server.status());
  },
};

Handles these JSON-RPC methods:

• initialize → server info + capabilities
• tools/list → registered tool schemas
• tools/call → tool execution through middleware chain
• resources/list → registered resources
• prompts/list → registered prompts
• notifications/initialized → 204 No Content

TIP

server.fetch is always defined (not just for workers transport), so you can use it for testing or custom HTTP integrations on any platform.

onShutdown(handler)

Register cleanup functions for SIGTERM/SIGINT. Multiple allowed, run in order. One failure doesn't stop the rest.

import { onShutdown } from '@airmcp-dev/core';

onShutdown(async () => { await db.close(); });