Building an AI-Powered MCP Server with Spring AI: Querying Product Data without APIs
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This MCP server is built with Spring AI and Spring Boot to expose a Product table (with fields like name, code, quantity, and price) to AI assistants using the Model Context Protocol. It eliminates the need for custom REST APIs by enabling context-aware querying of product data…
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- Exposes product data without custom API endpoints.
- Leverages Spring AI’s MCP support for AI agent interaction.
- Uses JPA and PostgreSQL for product storage.
- Integrates with an Ollama‑based AI chat client.
- Enables intuitive, context‑aware queries from AI assistants.
Set up the server using Spring Initializr with the dependencies spring-boot-starter-data-jpa, spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux, and postgresql. The corresponding client requires spring-ai-starter-mcp-client-webflux, spring-ai-starter-model-ollama, and spring-boot-starter-web. After configuration, an AI chat client can query the product data directly via the MCP protocol.
Building an AI-Powered MCP Server with Spring AI: Querying Product Data without APIs
With the rise of AI assistants and chat-based user interfaces, there’s a growing need to expose backend data in a way that’s more intuitive and context-aware than traditional REST APIs. Enter Spring AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a powerful combination that enables AI agents to interact directly with domain models without custom APIs.In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to set up an MCP server using Spring AI to query a simple Product table, which stores details like product name, code, quantity, and price. Instead of creating an API endpoint, we’ll leverage Spring AI’s MCP support to expose the product entity to an AI chat client.
Let’s dive in.
Step 1: Setting Up Your Spring Boot MCP Server
-spring-boot-starter-data-jpa
- spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux
- postgresql
Step 2: Setting Up Your Spring Boot MCP Client
-spring-ai-starter-mcp-client-webflux
- spring-ai-starter-model-ollama
- spring-boot-starter-web
Use Spring Initializr or your IDE.
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