MonkeyMCP

MCP.Pizza Chef: jamesmontemagno

Built as a showcase for writing MCP servers in .NET, it answers questions about thirteen monkey entries: name, region, description, a rough population and map coordinates. Two more tools invent a day in the life of a chosen monkey, complete with wandering route, activities and health figures, all randomly generated rather than observed. A fifth prints random emoji. The data is one hand-kept file on the author's own website and includes a few in-jokes, so treat none of it as a reference source. The hosted version needs no key.

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Use This MCP server To

See the sample list of monkeys and where they live Look up one monkey by name during a demo Generate a made-up daily route for a monkey Show a colleague how a connected tool behaves Get a burst of random monkey emoji

README

Monkey - Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation built with .NET 9.0. The MCP server provides a communication protocol for facilitating interactions between various components in a model-driven system. This implementation demonstrates how to set up a basic MCP server with custom tools and services.

Try it

Quick Install for VS Code & VS

MonkeyMCP FAQ

Is this real primate data I can cite?

No. It is thirteen entries in one developer's personal file, with round placeholder population numbers and a few joke entries named after pets rather than species. The journeys and health figures are invented fresh at random every time you ask.

Do I need an API key or an account?

No. The hosted address is open, free and answered normally when checked. The Docker version needs nothing either.

Which apps does it work in?

Visual Studio Code with Copilot and Visual Studio both have a one-click install button. Claude Desktop and anything else that accepts a web address or a Docker command works too.

Is this a server or an app I use?

It is a server. It hands tools to your assistant rather than being something you open, even though the listing has previously described it the other way round.

What is it actually for?

Showing developers how to build and publish an MCP server in .NET, including a hosted version on Microsoft's cloud. The monkey theme is the author's long-running sample dataset.

How many tools are there?

Five. The project's notes list four and forget the emoji one. Two echo tools also sit in the code but were never switched on, so they never appear.

How hard is setup?

About as easy as it gets. Click the install badge for your editor, or paste the one web address, and it is connected.

Is it still maintained?

The last change was October 2025 and the hosted address still responded when checked. It is a sample project, so do not expect ongoing support.