gids-2026-spring-ai-mcp

# GIDS 2026 Spring AI MCP Demo This is a Help Desk application that demonstrates how Spring AI enables integration of Spring Boot business applications with AI capabilities. ## Modules - Spring AI Demo - Hotel Service (MCP Server) - Help Desk (MCP Client) ## Test MCP Server using MCP Inspector ```shell $ npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@latest ``` ## Start MCP Server using STDIO protocol ```shell $ cd hotel-service $ mvn clean package ``` ```shell Transport Type: STDIO Command: java Arguments: -jar /Users/siva/Siva/Projects/My/gids-2026-spring-ai-mcp/hotel-service/target/hotel-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ``` ### Using Docker to run an MCP server Build docker image: ```shell $ cd hotel-service $ mvn spring-boot:build-image -DskipTests -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=sivaprasadreddy/hotel-service ``` ```shell Transport Type: STDIO Command: docker Arguments: run -i --rm sivaprasadreddy/hotel-service ``` ## Start MCP Server using HTTP Streamable protocol Update mcp server config in application.properties to use HTTP Streamable protocol ```shell $ cd hotel-service $ mvn spring-boot:run ``` ```shell Transport Type: Streamable HTTP URL: http://localhost:8081/mcp ``` Refer `requests.http` file for sample data to test the MCP tools. ## Start the MCP Client application ```shell $ cd help-desk $ mvn spring-boot:run ``` Go to http://localhost:8080/ - Ask "Find hotels in Bangalore from 2nd May 2026 to 4th May 2026" - Ask "Book {hotel name or id} for Siva and his email is siva@gmail.com" - Ask "Give me the booking details for {booking_ref_number}"