MCP Basic Test MCP Server

A custom MCP server that provides super secret combinations

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What is the MCP Basic Test MCP server?

MCP Basic Test MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP Basic Test directly instead of describing what you should do. A custom MCP server that provides super secret combinations.

What you get

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation in pure Node.js that provides a fun tool to generate random US State and signature soup combinations.

  • Pure Node.js implementation
  • JSON-RPC 2.0 compliant
  • MCP protocol version: 2024-11-05
  • Custom logging system
  • Tool support with schema validation
  • STDIO transport

What the assistant can call

Once MCP Basic Test is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server
  • Installation — 1. Clone the repository: bash git clone git@github.com:gbti-network/mcp-basic-test.git cd mcp-basic-test
  • getSecretPassphrase — Returns a random combination of a US State and its signature soup. Examples include: - New England Clam Chowder - Louisiana Gumbo - Texas Chili -
  • Logging — The server uses a custom logging system with multiple levels: - DEBUG: Detailed debugging information - INFO: General operational information - WARN

Configuration and credentials

  • Node.js (Latest LTS version recommended) - MCP Inspector for testing

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP Basic Test's toolset — Prerequisites, Installation, getSecretPassphrase and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by gbti-network; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp basic test mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
PrerequisitesThe Prerequisites tool exposed by this server.
Installation1. Clone the repository: bash git clone git@github.com:gbti-network/mcp-basic-test.git cd mcp-basic-test
getSecretPassphraseReturns a random combination of a US State and its signature soup. Examples include: - New England Clam Chowder - Louisiana Gumbo - Texas Chili - California Cioppino - Michigan Cherry Soup
LoggingThe server uses a custom logging system with multiple levels: - DEBUG: Detailed debugging information - INFO: General operational information - WARN: Warning messages - ERROR: Error conditions

How to install the MCP Basic Test MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basic-test": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

  • Node.js (Latest LTS version recommended) - MCP Inspector for testing

Example prompts to try

  • Use MCP Basic Test to Prerequisites.
  • Use MCP Basic Test to Installation.
  • Use MCP Basic Test to getSecretPassphrase.

Frequently asked questions

It connects MCP Basic Test to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (Prerequisites, Installation, getSecretPassphrase, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with MCP Basic Test directly.