🔌 Java Conferences MCP Server 🔌

A Model Call Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants with access to data about Java conferences from around the world. This server exposes conference information from a public GitHub repository including names, dates, locations, and Call for Papers (CFP) details through a standardized MCP interface.

Data Source

The server fetches data by parsing the README.md file from the 🔗 javaconferences/javaconferences.github.io repository.

The specific URL is configured in application.properties and defaults to:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/javaconferences/javaconferences.github.io/main/README.md

Provided Tool

• Name: getJavaConferences
• Description: Get information about Java conferences for a specific year (if specified and found in the source) or the current year by default. Parses data for all years found under H3 headings in the source markdown file.
• Input Parameter:
• year (String, Optional): The 4-digit year to retrieve conferences for. If omitted or invalid, defaults to the current year.
• Output: A list of JSON objects, each representing a conference with the following fields:
• conferenceName (String)
• date (String)
• location (String)
• isHybrid (Boolean)
• cfpLink (String) - URL for the Call for Papers, if available
• cfpDate (String) - Closing date for CFP, if available
• link (String) - Main conference link
• country (String)

MCP Server Architecture

Configuration

Connecting an MCP Client (e.g., Claude Desktop)

To connect an MCP client like Claude Desktop to this server:

1. Configure your MCP client to connect to the server. For Claude Desktop, you might update your claude_desktop_config.json file like this:

{
    "mcpServers": { 
      "javaConf-mcp-server": {
        "command": "java",
        // "command": "PATH_TO_USER/.sdkman/candidates/java/current/bin/java", /* in my case i'm using the java version installed by sdkman */
        "args": [
            "-jar", 
            "PATH_TO_PROJECT/javaConf-mcp-server/target/javaconf-mcp-server-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
        ]
      }
    }
    }

2. Start the MCP client and ensure that it is connected to the server.

3. Use the tool by asking questions like:

• "What are the upcoming Java conferences?"
• "What are hybrid conferences?"
• "Give the CPF link of Jfokus conference to submit a talk"

Example of a conversation with the MCP server

Tech Stack

• **[🍃️ Spring Boot](https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot)**
• **[🤖️ Spring AI](https://spring.io/projects/spring-ai)**
• **[🔌 Spring AI MCP](https://docs.spring.io/spring-ai/reference/api/mcp/mcp-server-boot-starter-docs.html)**
• **[📦️ Maven](https://maven.apache.org/)**
• **[🧾 CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/)**

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