The Dev Server MCP

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Register and manage multiple development server processes consistently.

• 2

  Start, stop, restart, and inspect dev servers through PM2 with persistent state.

• 3

  Stream logs and diagnose issues in development servers efficiently.

Description

The Dev Server MCP acts as a centralized control plane for managing development servers using PM2. It allows registering, starting, stopping, restarting, and inspecting dev server processes with persistent configuration stored in versioned JSON. This ensures consistent process management across teams, unified status views, log streaming, and troubleshooting workflows, improving developer productivity and reducing configuration drift.