Creating MCP Apps
Those are conversational experiences that extend AI assistants through tools and custom UI views. They're built as MCP servers invoked during conversations.
⚠️ The app is consumed by two users at once: the human and the AI Assistant LLM. They collaborate through the view—the human interacts with it, the LLM sees its state. Internalize this before writing code: the view is your shared surface.
SPEC.md keeps track of the app's requirements and design decisions. Keep it up to date as you work on the app.
No SPEC.md? → Read discover.md first. Nothing else until SPEC.md exists.
SPEC.md exists? → Read SPEC.md, then follow architecture.md to design the change. Update SPEC.md, then read the relevant Implementation references below before writing code.
Migrating from Skybridge < 0.36.x? → Read migrate-to-v1.md first. Users may reference skybridge >= 0.36.x as v1.
Migrating from Skybridge 1.x to 2.x? → Fetch the v2.0.0 release notes first and follow them.
Building an ecommerce app? → Read ecommerce.md first.
Setup
- Copy template → copy-template.md: when starting a new project with ready SPEC.md
- Run locally → run-locally.md: when ready to test, need dev server or ChatGPT/Claude connection
- Evals → evals.md: when checking that a real model reaches the right tools from natural prompts, in a test
Architecture
Design or evolve UX flows and API shape → architecture.md
Implementation
- Fetch and render data → fetch-and-render-data.md: when implementing server handlers and view data fetching
- State and context → state-and-context.md: when persisting view UI state and updating LLM context
- Prompt LLM → prompt-llm.md: when view needs to trigger LLM response
- UI guidelines → ui-guidelines.md: display modes, layout constraints, theme, device, and locale
- External links → open-external-links.md: when redirecting to external URLs or setting "open in app" target
- Download file → download-file.md: when saving content to the user's filesystem
- OAuth → oauth.md: when tools need user authentication to access user-specific data
- CSP → csp.md: when declaring allowed domains for fetch, assets, redirects, or iframes
Deploy
- Ship to production → deploy.md: when ready to deploy via Alpic
- Publish to ChatGPT/Claude Directories → publish.md: when ready to submit for review
Full API docs: https://docs.skybridge.tech/api-reference.md
Release notes & changelog: https://skybridge.tech/changelog.md