I released a Symfony bundle aiming to ease the development of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using Symfony.
If you've never heard of MCP before, it is the new big thing in the AI revolution.
To make it simple, Large Language Models (LLMs) are powerful, but they do not have access to the outside world: they cannot navigate on the Internet, browse their host machine’s file system, access an external database…
However, these LLMs can be enhanced with capacities, which are called tools.
These tools are not built into the LLM. They’re provided by you, the developer.
The way it works is the Agent (An app using an LLM to function) is given, in addition to the prompt, a list of external tools which can be used to fulfill the user’s need.
The LLM then decides if it’s able to fulfill the request on its own (like craft a piece of text) or if it needs to use a tool that matches its needs in the provided list.
The Model Context Protocol defines a way of communicating between what could be called “agents” (Clients) and external apps (Servers).
This bundle allows for easy integration of MCP capabilities into any existing Symfony project.
edouardcourty•7mo ago
If you've never heard of MCP before, it is the new big thing in the AI revolution.
To make it simple, Large Language Models (LLMs) are powerful, but they do not have access to the outside world: they cannot navigate on the Internet, browse their host machine’s file system, access an external database…
However, these LLMs can be enhanced with capacities, which are called tools.
These tools are not built into the LLM. They’re provided by you, the developer. The way it works is the Agent (An app using an LLM to function) is given, in addition to the prompt, a list of external tools which can be used to fulfill the user’s need.
The LLM then decides if it’s able to fulfill the request on its own (like craft a piece of text) or if it needs to use a tool that matches its needs in the provided list.
The Model Context Protocol defines a way of communicating between what could be called “agents” (Clients) and external apps (Servers).
This bundle allows for easy integration of MCP capabilities into any existing Symfony project.
Read more on the GitHub page : https://github.com/EdouardCourty/mcp-server-bundle
Feel free to comment my work, I'll be happy to discuss with the community