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Project Status: MCP Dashboard

Current Status - 2025-10-11

MCP Dashboard - Multi-Server Management Interface

A web-based dashboard for managing and interacting with multiple MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers simultaneously. Built on the foundation of MCP Inspector with enhanced multi-server capabilities.

Latest Version: v0.1.4

Core Features

✅ Multi-Server Management

  • Connect to multiple MCP servers simultaneously
  • Support for STDIO, SSE, and Streamable HTTP transports
  • Real-time server status monitoring
  • Server configuration management

✅ Tool Execution Interface

  • Execute MCP tools with form-based parameter input
  • Real-time response visualization
  • Request history tracking
  • JSON/formatted view toggle

✅ Enhanced UI

  • Modern React interface with Tailwind CSS
  • Dark mode support
  • Responsive design
  • Improved navigation and visualization

✅ Real-Time Updates

  • Server-Sent Events (SSE) for live monitoring
  • Server notifications panel
  • Automatic status updates

Architecture

Technology Stack:

  • Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript + Vite
  • Backend: Node.js + Express
  • UI Framework: Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
  • Real-time: Server-Sent Events (SSE)

Project Structure:

dashboard/
├── client/          # React frontend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/  # UI components
│   │   ├── hooks/       # Custom React hooks
│   │   ├── lib/         # Utilities
│   │   └── services/    # API services
├── server/          # Express backend
├── cli/             # Command-line interface
└── docs/            # Documentation

Recent Changes (v0.1.4)

  • Tool Execution Enhancements: Added collapsible sections with chevrons for execution history
  • Formatted View Reorganization: Separated "Is Error" and "Structured Content" sections
  • Copy Functionality: Each section has its own copy button for selective data extraction
  • Version Display: Updated footer to show current version (v0.1.4)
  • Previous: Removed assessment functionality (simplified to core MCP dashboard features)
  • Previous: Enhanced multi-server management interface with transport details and tool counts

Change History

2025-10-11 - UI Enhancements: Collapsible Sections (v0.1.4)

Tool Execution Interface Improvements

  • Added chevron buttons to collapse/expand execution history items
  • Reorganized Formatted view with collapsible sections:
    • "Is Error" section (displays error status)
    • "Structured Content" section (formatted view of all other data)
  • Each section has its own copy button for copying specific content
  • Removed duplicate copy button in Formatted view (only shows in Raw mode)
  • Sections maintain persistent expansion state across re-renders
  • Improved handling of long JSON outputs with better organization
  • Commit: 61e7078

Version Management

  • Updated footer version display from v0.1.0 to v0.1.4
  • Published to NPM as @bryan-thompson/dashboard@0.1.4
  • All workspace packages synchronized to v0.1.4
  • Commit: ebce010

Impact:

  • Better UX for viewing tool execution results
  • Cleaner interface with collapsible sections
  • Section-specific copy functionality for selective data extraction
  • Consistent version display across application

2025-10-11 - Project Simplification and Rebranding

Major Refactoring: Assessment Removal

  • Removed 46 assessment-related files (25,932 lines of code)
  • Deleted 7 assessment UI components
  • Removed 8 assessor service modules
  • Deleted 9 test files for assessment features
  • Removed 4 assessment documentation files
  • Updated DashboardLayout to remove assessment tab
  • Simplified README and PROJECT_STATUS to reflect core focus
  • Commit: dd79db1

Branding Update: MCP Inspector → MCP Dashboard

  • Updated startup messages in client/bin/start.js
  • Changed console output to "MCP Dashboard"
  • Reflected correct product name throughout application
  • Commit: a68965c

Package Namespace Migration

  • Changed namespace: @modelcontextprotocol/* → @bryan-thompson/*
  • Updated root package: @bryan-thompson/dashboard
  • Updated client package: @bryan-thompson/dashboard-client
  • Updated server package: @bryan-thompson/dashboard-server
  • Updated CLI package: @bryan-thompson/dashboard-cli
  • Changed author from "Anthropic, PBC" to "Bryan Thompson"
  • Updated repository URLs to https://github.com/triepod-ai/dashboard
  • Regenerated package-lock.json with new workspace references
  • Commit: 5c0dd90

Documentation Overhaul

  • Updated CLAUDE.md header to "MCP Dashboard Development Guide"
  • Updated CONTRIBUTING.md with correct branding and URLs
  • Corrected development port from 6274 to 6286
  • Rewrote client/README.md with relevant MCP Dashboard content
  • Removed outdated todo.md file
  • Removed assessment-specific client/PROJECT_STATUS.md
  • All docs now reflect simplified implementation and correct ownership
  • Commit: ab1c620

Impact:

  • Simplified codebase focused on core MCP server management
  • Clear project identity as multi-server dashboard
  • Correct package namespace and attribution
  • Improved documentation accuracy
  • Ready for independent development and enhancement

Development

Build & Run:

npm install
npm run build
npm run dev

Testing:

npm test
npm run lint

Future Enhancements

🔮 Planned Features:

  • Resource Explorer implementation
  • Enhanced settings panel
  • Improved error handling
  • Performance optimizations
  • Additional transport support

Contributing

This project is a fork of the MCP Inspector by Anthropic. We maintain compatibility with the upstream project while adding multi-server management capabilities.

Working Directory: /home/bryan/dashboard/

Last Updated: 2025-10-11