Agentience Practices MCP Server

🚀 Practical MCP Server

Enhance AI interaction through standardized development practices

The Practical MCP Server is a professional MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI assistants like Claude to help you achieve consistent development practices in your projects and teams.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Installation

# Install using uv (recommended)
uv tool install mcp_server_practices

2. Configure Claude

Add the server to your Claude configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "practices": {
      "command": "practices",
      "args": ["server"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": [
        "validate_branch_name",
        "get_branch_info",
        "validate_version"
      ]
    }
  }
}

3. Start Interaction

Now you can simply ask Claude to help you follow development practices:

• "Create a feature branch for ticket PMS-123."
• "Is my current branch name valid?"
• "Check if the versions in the files are consistent."
• "Increment the major version number for a new release."
• "Generate a standardized PR description for my current branch."

✨ Features

The server empowers AI assistants with the following capabilities:

• Manage Git Branches - Create and verify branch names that comply with your specifications.
• Handle Version Control - Check and maintain version number consistency in project files.
• Prepare Pull Requests - Generate standardized PR descriptions and verify readiness.
• Tool Integration - Connect GitHub and Jira to automate workflows.

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

Just ask Claude in natural language:

"Create a new user authentication feature branch for ticket PMS-123." "Check if our project versions are consistent." "Prepare a standardized pull request for my current branch."

The MCP server provides context and tools for your project's configuration, enabling Claude to correctly understand and execute these requests.

🔧 Technical Details

How It Works

1. AI + MCP Server Collaboration: The server provides tools and resources to Claude to assist you in handling development workflows.
2. Context Understanding: The server provides information about your project's specific configuration and specifications.
3. Intelligent Assistance: Claude can use appropriate MCP tools based on your natural - language requests to help you follow best practices.

When you interact through natural language, the server provides structured tools to:

• Validate branch names against configurable patterns.
• Detect branch information and issue references.
• Check version consistency in files.
• Generate standardized PR descriptions.
• Automate Jira and GitHub interactions.

Configuration

The server is adjusted according to project - specific requirements, specifically defined through the .practices.yaml configuration file:

• Your preferred branch strategy (GitFlow, GitHub Flow, etc.).
• The location and pattern of version files.
• Jira and GitHub integration settings.
• PR description templates.

📚 Documentation

• User Guide - Detailed usage instructions and natural - language examples.
• Configuration Guide - Customize server settings.
• CLI Reference - Direct command - line use for advanced users.
• Developer Documentation - Extend the server.

🤝 Support and Contribution

Feel free to submit issues and pull requests! For more information, refer to our Contribution Guide.

📄 License

MIT