Show HN: Mcpify – Turn any REST API into an MCP server in one command
Mcpify automatically converts any REST API with an OpenAPI spec into an MCP server using a single command, eliminating the need to manually write tool wrappers for each endpoint.
Background
- **MCP (Model Context Protocol)** is an open standard from Anthropic that lets AI assistants (like Claude) directly interact with external tools and data sources — think of it as a universal "plug" for giving LLMs access to APIs, databases, or files.
- Before MCP, connecting an AI to a REST API required writing custom code for each endpoint; MCP standardizes that into a server that the AI can call on its own.
- **OpenAPI** (formerly Swagger) is a widely used spec format that describes REST APIs — endpoints, parameters, authentication, etc. Most modern web services publish one.
- **mcpify** automates what was previously manual: it takes any API's OpenAPI spec and auto-generates a fully working MCP server, so developers don't have to write a tool wrapper for every single endpoint by hand.
- The pain point is real: teams integrating AI assistants into their workflows often have dozens of internal APIs, and hand-coding each one is tedious and brittle.