EShopLite MCP Server

EShopLite MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. eShopLite is a set of reference .NET applications implementing an eCommerce site with features like Semantic Search, MCP, Reasoning models and more.

What you get

The project includes several scenarios demonstrating different capabilities:

• Modern .NET application architecture with .NET Aspire
• Various search capabilities (keyword search, semantic search)
• Integration with multiple AI models (GPT-4o, DeepSeek-R1, etc.)
• Vector database implementations (In Memory, Azure AI Search, Chroma DB and others)
• Real-time audio capabilities
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and client implementation

What the assistant can call

Once EShopLite is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

• Real — time audio capabilities
• Scenario — Description
• Prompt — Parameter set
• Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server
• Installation — It will prompt you to provide an azd environment name (like "eShopLite"), select a subscription from your Azure account, and select a [location where
• Quickstart — 1. Navigate to a specific scenario folder (e.g., scenarios/01-SemanticSearch/) 2. Follow the README instructions in that scenario folder 3. Run the

Configuration and credentials

• .NET 10 - Docker Desktop or Podman - Azure Developer CLI (azd) (for Azure deployment) - Git - Aspire CLI — install with dotnet tool install -g aspire.cli (used for setting local

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Choosing this one

Among the payments and commerce 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. EShopLite's toolset — Real, Scenario, Prompt and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Azure-Samples; 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

• Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
• MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the eshoplite mcp server does with a few real requests.