🔌 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:
• Output: A list of JSON objects, each representing a conference with the following fields:

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:

Example of a conversation with the MCP server

Tech Stack

• **`🍃️ Spring Boot`**
• **`🤖️ Spring AI`**
• **`🔌 Spring AI MCP`**
• **`📦️ Maven`**
• **`🧾 CommonMark`**

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• 📢️ If you have any feature requests, raise an issue or send a pull request.
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