Coding Standards MCP Server

This MCP server provides tools for accessing coding style guidelines and best practices for various technologies (Java, Python, React).

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What is the Coding Standards MCP MCP server?

Coding Standards MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Coding Standards MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. This MCP server provides tools for accessing coding style guidelines and best practices for various technologies (Java, Python, React).

What the assistant can call

Once Coding Standards MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Returns — Markdown formatted style guide
  • Example — nortal_coding_standards_java_style_guide()

Configuration and credentials

  • Python 3.8 or higher - MCP package (pip install mcp) - UV package manager (recommended)

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at mcp on PyPI 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. Coding Standards MCP's toolset — Returns, Example — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ggerve; 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 coding standards mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
ReturnsMarkdown formatted style guide
Examplenortal_coding_standards_java_style_guide()

How to install the Coding Standards MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nortal_coding_standards": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/absolute/path/to/coding-standards-mcp/server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • Python 3.8 or higher - MCP package (pip install mcp) - UV package manager (recommended)

Example prompts to try

  • Use Coding Standards MCP to Returns.
  • Use Coding Standards MCP to Example.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Coding Standards MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (Returns, Example) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Coding Standards MCP directly.