Development Practices
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Extracts and standardizes development practices from Git workflows, integrating with GitHub and Jira to automate branch validation, version management, and PR preparation tasks.
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- Validates branch names against a configured naming convention
- Creates branches following feature/, bugfix/, hotfix/, release/, and docs/ formats
- Fetches Jira issue summaries for use in branch names
- Updates Jira issue status when creating branches
- Provides both MCP tools and a CLI interface
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Development PracticesCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@highlight/mcp-server
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install the package using uv, activate the virtual environment, and run the server with practices server. Use MCP tools such as validate_branch_name, create_branch, and get_branch_info, or invoke the CLI directly with commands like practices branch validate, practices branch create, and optional --update-jira or --fetch-jira flags.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"development practices": {
"env": {},
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
Linux
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
Macos
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
Windows
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "cmd"
}
Development
1. Create a virtual environment and install the package as described above
2. Install development dependencies:
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
3. Run tests:
# With the virtual environment activated
PYTHONPATH=./src python -m unittest discover tests
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