Finance MCP Server

A Model Control Protocol (MCP) server implementation for financial transaction management.

Current Implementation

The server currently provides a basic REST API for managing financial transactions with the following features:

FastAPI-based REST API
In-memory transaction storage
Basic CRUD operations for transactions
Data validation using Pydantic models
Auto-generated API documentation (Swagger UI)

Project Structure

mcp/
├── mcp_server.py      # Main server implementation
├── requirements.txt   # Python dependencies
└── start_server.sh   # Server startup script

Setup Instructions

Install Python dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Make the start script executable:
```
chmod +x start_server.sh
```
Start the server:
```
./start_server.sh
```

The server will start on http://localhost:8000 with the following endpoints:

/ - Health check endpoint
/docs - Auto-generated API documentation (Swagger UI)
/transactions - Transaction management endpoints
- GET /transactions - List all transactions
- POST /transactions - Create a new transaction
- GET /transactions/{id} - Get a specific transaction

API Usage

Create a Transaction

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/transactions" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
           "amount": 100.00,
           "description": "Grocery shopping",
           "category": "expenses"
         }'

List All Transactions

curl "http://localhost:8000/transactions"

Recommended Next Steps

Database Integration
- Implement PostgreSQL integration using SQLAlchemy
- Add database migrations
- Create proper data models
- Add transaction persistence
Authentication & Authorization
- Implement JWT-based authentication
- Add user management
- Role-based access control
- API key authentication for machine-to-machine communication
Enhanced Features
- Add transaction categories management
- Implement transaction search and filtering
- Add date range queries
- Support for different currencies
- Transaction metadata support
Security Enhancements
- Input validation and sanitization
- Rate limiting
- CORS configuration
- Request logging and monitoring
- SSL/TLS configuration
Testing
- Unit tests for models and endpoints
- Integration tests
- Load testing
- API documentation tests
Monitoring & Logging
- Structured logging
- Prometheus metrics
- Health check endpoints
- Error tracking
- Performance monitoring
DevOps
- Docker containerization
- CI/CD pipeline
- Environment configuration
- Backup strategy
- Deployment documentation
API Enhancements
- Pagination
- Sorting options
- Bulk operations
- Webhook support
- Event streaming
Documentation
- API documentation
- Development guide
- Deployment guide
- Contributing guidelines
Compliance & Standards
- GDPR compliance
- Financial regulations compliance
- API versioning
- Error handling standards
- Audit logging

Contributing

Please read our contributing guidelines before submitting pull requests.

License

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