cesarliws/dext

tms install cesarliws.dext (TMS Smart Setup, GUI or CLI)
Manual install: compile with Delphi IDE, configure paths via Dext.inc, install design-time packages
Requires Delphi 10.3 Rio or higher (full support 10.4, 11, 12 Athens; compilable on 10.1 Berlin with limitations)

Usage

• •Annotate a class with [MCPTool('search_products', 'Search active products with price filters')] and [MCPParam('query', ...)] to expose it as an AI-callable tool
• •Build the app and the embedded MCP server is served over HTTP Streamable Sessions for AI assistants
• •Use WebApplication with Minimal APIs / Controllers / [DataApi] attributes for the REST side

Key features

• ✓Native MCP server built into the framework (claimed first framework with native MCP support) — expose Delphi business logic as tools for AI agents
• ✓Dependency Injection, ORM (EF Core-style: DbContext, change tracking, JSON columns, lazy/eager loading), strongly-typed AST-based queries
• ✓Web pipeline: embedded HTTP server, Minimal APIs, Controllers, [DataApi] zero-code REST CRUD with OpenAPI/Swagger, WebSockets, HTTP/2 framing, HTMX support
• ✓Fluent async tasks replacing TThread, cancellation tokens, async REST client
• ✓VCL design-time support (TEntityDataSet) with live database preview in the IDE; CQRS stored procedures; built-in visual telemetry dashboard

Best for

Delphi teams modernizing legacy VCL/FMX systems who want .NET/EF-Core-style patterns plus the ability to expose business logic to AI agents without leaving Delphi

Caveats

• ⚠Not a standalone MCP server — it is a Delphi framework with MCP as an embedded module
• ⚠Currently in Version 1 Release Candidate (RC2), not yet final
• ⚠HTTP transport uses Indy components (included in Delphi, subject to future replacement)
• ⚠Exposing MCP tools targets AI agents like Claude, Cursor, or Antigravity — no other MCP client specifics listed