MSFS SDK MCP Server

A modern, performant MCP server for fast, structured access to Microsoft Flight Simulator SDK documentation via natural language and structured queries.

🚀 Features

⚡️ Real-time documentation search in the official MSFS SDK documentation
📚 Multiple search categories: contents, index, glossary, all
🧠 Natural language processing: queries like "Search livery op msfs sdk"
📊 Structured results: titles, URLs, descriptions, categories
📄 Detailed content retrieval from specific documentation pages
🔌 Full MCP compatibility with AI assistants and tools
💾 Embedded data: no external files needed
🛡️ Robust error handling and logging

🛠️ Tech Stack

Runtime: Node.js 18+
Language: TypeScript 5.0
Framework: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
HTTP Client: node-fetch
HTML Parser: Cheerio
Browser Automation: Puppeteer (optional)
Build Tool: TypeScript Compiler

📋 Requirements

Node.js 18.x or higher
npm 8.x or higher
TypeScript 5.x

🚀 Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/msfs-sdk-mcp.git
cd msfs-sdk-mcp

Install dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Build the project:
```
npm run build
```
Start the server:
```
npm start
```

🔧 Available Tools

Tool	Description	Parameters
`search_msfs_docs`	🔍 Search MSFS SDK documentation	`query`, `category`, `limit`
`get_doc_content`	📄 Retrieve detailed content	`url`, `section`
`list_categories`	📚 Show all search categories	-
`list_category_items`	📋 List items per category	`category`
`natural_language_query`	🧠 Natural language queries	`query`

🏷️ Search Categories

contents - 📖 Main documentation content
index - 📇 Documentation index entries
glossary - 📚 Technical terms and definitions
all - 🌐 Search across all categories (default: index)

🔌 Integration with AI Assistants

This server works with MCP-compatible AI assistants such as:

🤖 Claude Desktop - Official MCP support
🌊 Windsurf IDE - Built-in MCP integration
🔧 Other MCP clients - All MCP-compatible tools

⚙️ Configuration Example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "msfs-sdk": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/msfs-sdk-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

📁 Project Structure

msfs-sdk-mcp/
├── 📄 package.json             # Dependencies and scripts
├── 📄 tsconfig.json            # TypeScript configuration
├── 📄 README.md               # Project documentation
├── 📄 LICENSE                 # MIT License
├── 📂 src/
│   ├── 📄 index.ts            # 🚀 Main MCP server
│   └── 📂 services/
│       ├── 📄 documentationService.ts  # 🔍 Search logic
│       └── 📄 naturalLanguageService.ts # 🧠 NLP processing
└── 📂 dist/                   # 🏗️ Compiled JavaScript

🧪 Development & Scripts

Script	Description	Command
🏗️ Build	Compile TypeScript	`npm run build`
👀 Dev	Watch mode development	`npm run dev`
🚀 Start	Start MCP server	`npm start`
🔍 Type Check	TypeScript validation	`npx tsc --noEmit`

📚 API Reference

📈 Tool Examples

🔍 search_msfs_docs

{
  "name": "search_msfs_docs",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "livery",
    "category": "all",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

📋 list_category_items

{
  "name": "list_category_items",
  "arguments": {
    "category": "glossary"
  }
}

📄 get_doc_content

{
  "name": "get_doc_content",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/...",
    "section": "overview"
  }
}

🌐 Search URL Format

https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Introduction/Introduction.htm?rhsearch={query}&agt={category}

Parameters:

{query} - 🔍 Search term (URL-encoded)
{category} - 🏷️ Optional category (index, glossary, or empty for contents)

📊 Response Format

{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "**Title**\n- Category: category\n- URL: url\n- Description: description"
    }
  ]
}

🤝 Contributing

🍴 Fork this repository
🌱 Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature-name
✨ Implement and test your changes
📝 Commit with clear message: git commit -am 'Add new feature'
🚀 Push to your branch: git push origin feature-name
📩 Open a Pull Request

📅 Commit Convention

feat: - New features
fix: - Bug fixes
docs: - Documentation updates
refactor: - Code refactoring
test: - Test additions

📄 License

MIT License – See LICENSE file for details.

📞 Support & Contact

🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
📚 MSFS SDK Docs: Official documentation
❓ New issue? Provide clear information and reproducible steps

📅 Changelog

v1.0.0 - 🎉 Initial Release

✨ Initial release - Complete MCP server implementation
🔍 Real-time documentation search - Fast access to MSFS SDK docs
📚 Multiple search categories - Contents, index, glossary support
🧠 Natural language processing - Intuitive query processing
🔌 MCP standard support - Full compatibility
💾 Embedded data - No external dependencies

⚠️ Disclaimer

This is an unofficial tool, not affiliated with Microsoft or Microsoft Flight Simulator. Provides access to public documentation via the official MSFS SDK website.

🚀 Happy Flying! ✈️

Microsoft Flight Simulator SDK