mcp-lightcast: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

mcp-lightcast CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from lawwu/mcp-lightcast. It costs 1,635 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for MCP Lightcast, a Python server that connects agents to Lightcast career-data APIs. Lightcast provides information about job titles, skills, and careers.

In plain words
What is it for?
Setting up the project, running it for web or Claude Desktop use, validating authentication, and running linting, type checks, and tests.
Why use it?
They give an agent the project's setup commands, run modes, configuration checks, and quality checks in one place. This reduces guesswork when developing or running the server.

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CLAUDE.md · 178 lines

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

MCP Lightcast is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides FastMCP-based integration with Lightcast APIs for job titles, skills analysis, and career data. The project is built using Python 3.12+ and follows modern Python development practices.

Current Status: v0.2.0 - Production ready with 11/18 API endpoints working (61% coverage)

Essential Commands

Development Setup

make setup                    # Initial project setup (installs deps, creates .env)
make install-dev              # Install all dependencies including dev
uv sync --all-groups          # Sync all dependencies from lockfile

Running the Server

make run                      # Run MCP server (streamable-http, port 3000)
make run-stdio                # Run with stdio transport (for Claude Desktop)
make dev-server               # Run with debug logging
make validate-config          # Validate configuration and test auth

Code Quality & Testing

make check                    # Run all checks (lint + type-check + test)
make lint                     # Run ruff linting
make type-check               # Run mypy type checking
make format                   # Format with black and ruff
make test                     # Run pytest tests
make test-coverage            # Run tests with coverage report
make test-apis-manual         # Test with real API calls (requires credentials)

Environment Configuration

make test-env-check           # Check if API credentials are configured
make claude-config            # Show Claude Desktop integration config

Architecture Overview

Core Components

Entry Points:

  • src/mcp_lightcast/__init__.py - Main CLI entry point with Click framework
  • src/mcp_lightcast/__main__.py - Module execution entry point
  • src/mcp_lightcast/server.py - FastMCP server instance and tool registration

Read the full file on GitHub · 178 lines

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mcp-lightcast CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository lawwu/mcp-lightcast (5 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,635 tokens to every session, about $0.0082 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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