maproulette / maproulette/maproulette-backend

Provide an MCP server to handle admin work via Agents not just frontend forms

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Scala
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Description

It would be great if the backend could provide an MCP server that I can connect to in order to do the work that I now do via the frontend forms but from inside my agent chat window.

I recently started doing this for a project I work on and it is not a lot of new complexity in cases where the APIs and auth is already handled, like is the case for maproulette.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the backend APIs and authentication used by the frontend forms, then compare the linked tilda-geo example at app/src/server/mcp/buildMcpServer.ts. Define which admin operations the MCP server must expose and how agents will authenticate; done means those operations can be performed through an agent chat instead of the corresponding forms.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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