JsonPlaceHolder MCP Application

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that interacts with the JsonPlaceholder (https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com)API to provide access to users, posts, albums, and related data.

🚀 Features

This MCP Server provides a set of tools to interact with various endpoints of the JSONPlaceholder API:

👤 User Tools

• Get Users: Retrieve a list of all users
• Get User by ID: Fetch details of a specific user
• Get User Posts: Retrieve all posts created by a specific user
• Get User Albums: Fetch all albums created by a specific user
• Get User Todos: Retrieve all todos associated with a specific user

📝 Post Tools

• Get Posts: Retrieve a list of all posts
• Get Post by ID: Fetch details of a specific post
• Get Post Comments: Retrieve all comments on a specific post

🖼️ Album Tools

• Get Albums: Retrieve a list of all albums
• Get Album by ID: Fetch details of a specific album
• Get Album Photos: Retrieve all photos in a specific album

🛠️ Technical Details

This application is built using:

• TypeScript
• Zod for schema validation
• Fetch API for data retrieval

Usage with Claude Desktop

Docker

1. Build

docker build -t json-place-holder .

2. Add this to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "JsonPlaceHolder Notes Server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "json-place-holder"]
    }
  }
}

NPX

1. Install the libraries

npm run install

2. Build the server

npm run build

3. Add this to claude_desktop_config.json
   Note: For Windows use path : absolute_path\\dist\\index.js

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "JsonPlaceHolder MCP Server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "absolute_path/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or Inspect Locally

npm run inspect