Simple Python MCP Server for Azure

This is a bare-bones Python based MCP server made for hosting in Azure App Service.

Getting Started Locally

1. pull this repo down
2. uv venv
3. .venv\Scripts\activate
4. pip install -r requirements.txt
5. run uvicorn server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
6. run npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector to launch the MCP inspector and connect over Streamable HTTP to http://localhost:8000/mcp

Deploy to Azure

1. Create an Azure App Service on Linux targeting Python 3.12
2. Set the startup command to uvicorn server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --proxy-headers --forwarded-allow-ips=*
3. set an environment variable SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT to true
4. turn on Always On
5. deploy this code using: az webapp up --name app-name --resource-group resource-group-name
6. run the MCP inspector and connect to https://simple-web-mcp.azurewebsites.net/mcp/