---
name: mcp-server-setup
version: 1.0.0
description: Set up an MCP server to integrate PipesHub with any MCP-compatible client.
inputs:
- MCP server configuration details
- PipesHub credentials
steps:
- 'Step 1: Clone the `pipeshub-ai/mcp-server` repository using `git clone https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/mcp-server.git`'
- 'Step 2: Navigate to the cloned directory with `cd mcp-server`'
- 'Step 3: Run the interactive installer by executing `./install.sh`'
- 'Step 4: Follow the prompts in the installer to configure the server, including
  setting up graph DB, message broker, and KV store'
- 'Step 5: The installer will generate a `.env` file with necessary environment variables.
  Ensure these are correctly set'
- 'Step 6: Start the MCP server by running `docker-compose up -d`'
outputs:
- Running MCP server
- .env file generated
tags: []
metadata:
  source_repo: https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/pipeshub-ai.git
  extracted_at: ''
  confidence: 0.95
---

# mcp-server-setup

Set up an MCP server to integrate PipesHub with any MCP-compatible client.

## Setup

**Dependencies:**

```text
pip install docker docker-compose
```

**Setup steps:**

1. Ensure Docker and Docker Compose are installed on your system.
1. Clone the `pipeshub-ai/mcp-server` repository using `git clone https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/mcp-server.git`

## Key Files

- `path/to/install.sh - Script to run the interactive installer`
- `path/to/docker-compose.yml - Configuration for Docker services`

## Steps

1. Step 1: Clone the `pipeshub-ai/mcp-server` repository using `git clone https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/mcp-server.git`
2. Step 2: Navigate to the cloned directory with `cd mcp-server`
3. Step 3: Run the interactive installer by executing `./install.sh`
4. Step 4: Follow the prompts in the installer to configure the server, including setting up graph DB, message broker, and KV store
5. Step 5: The installer will generate a `.env` file with necessary environment variables. Ensure these are correctly set
6. Step 6: Start the MCP server by running `docker-compose up -d`

## Implementation Details

```python
```bash
./install.sh
```
Run this script to start the installation process.
```

```python
```yaml
docker-compose:
  version: '3.9'
services:
  mcp-server:
    image: pipeshubai/mcp-server:latest
    environment:
      - PIPESHUB_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
```
This snippet shows how to configure the Docker Compose file.
```

## Inputs

- MCP server configuration details
- PipesHub credentials

## Outputs

- Running MCP server
- .env file generated

## Failure Modes

- Installer fails to run due to missing dependencies or incorrect configuration
- Docker Compose setup issues preventing server from starting

## Source

Extracted from: [https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/pipeshub-ai.git](https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/pipeshub-ai.git)
Confidence: 0.95