Tba MCP Server

🚀 The Blue Alliance MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server offering access to The Blue Alliance API for FIRST Robotics Competition data. It allows AI assistants and other MCP clients to retrieve comprehensive information about FRC teams, events, and matches.

🚀 Quick Start

The Blue Alliance MCP Server is a powerful tool that provides access to FIRST Robotics Competition data through The Blue Alliance API. It enables AI assistants and other MCP clients to retrieve detailed information about teams, events, and matches.

✨ Features

• Team Information: Retrieve detailed team profiles, participation history, awards, and media.
• Event Data: Access event details, rankings, matches, and elimination alliances.
• Match Results: Get match data including scores, alliances, and breakdowns.
• Historical Data: Query data from 1992 to the current year.
• Type Safety: All responses are validated with Zod schemas.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Over 35 tools covering all major TBA API endpoints.

📦 Installation

From npm

npm install -g @withinfocus/tba-mcp-server

From source

git clone https://github.com/withinfocus/tba-mcp-server.git
cd tba-mcp-server
npm ci
npm run build

💻 Configuration

Set your The Blue Alliance API key as an environment variable:

export TBA_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Or create a .env file:

TBA_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

💻 Usage

Add to your MCP client configuration (e.g., Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tba": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@withinfocus/tba-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "TBA_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

💻 Available Tools

Team Information (24 tools)

Access comprehensive team data including profiles, participation history, events, matches, awards, and media. Key tools: get_team, get_team_events, get_team_matches, get_team_awards, get_team_media View all team tools →

Event Information (19 tools)

Query event details, participants, rankings, matches, and analytics. Key tools: get_event, get_events, get_event_teams, get_event_rankings, get_event_matches, get_event_oprs View all event tools →

Match Information (3 tools)

Retrieve detailed match data including scores, alliances, and robot tracking. Key tools: get_match, get_match_simple, get_match_zebra View all match tools →

District Tools (8 tools)

Access district rankings, events, and team information. Key tools: get_districts, get_district_rankings, get_district_events, get_district_teams View all district tools →

General/Utility Tools (6 tools)

Paginated team listings and API status information. Key tools: get_teams, get_teams_by_year, get_status View all utility tools →

📚 Documentation

• All Tools - Complete reference for all 35+ tools with parameters and examples.
• Data Schemas - Detailed schema documentation for all response types.
• Development Guide - Building, testing, and contributing.

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

Get team information

// Get detailed team profile
get_team(team_key: "frc86")

// Get team's events in a year
get_team_events(team_key: "frc86", year: 2024)

// Get team's awards
get_team_awards(team_key: "frc86", year: 2024)

Analyze an event

// Get event details
get_event(event_key: "2024casj")

// Get participating teams
get_event_teams(event_key: "2024casj")

// Get rankings
get_event_rankings(event_key: "2024casj")

// Get elimination alliances
get_event_alliances(event_key: "2024casj")

Get match data

// Get detailed match information
get_match(match_key: "2024casj_qm1")

// Get robot tracking data (if available)
get_match_zebra(match_key: "2024casj_qm1")

Advanced Usage

For advanced usage scenarios, please refer to the All Tools documentation.

🔧 Technical Details

For detailed instructions on building, testing, adding new tools, running unit and integration tests, and code standards and contribution guidelines, see the Development Guide. Quick start:

npm ci                   # Install dependencies
npm run build            # Build TypeScript
npm test                 # Run unit tests
npm run test:integration # Run integration tests
npm run lint             # Check code quality
npm run inspect          # Launch MCP inspector

📄 Related Links

• The Blue Alliance - Official FRC data source
• TBA API Documentation - Official API docs
• Model Context Protocol - MCP specification
• FIRST Robotics Competition - Official FRC site