md24de-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

md24de-mcp — Copilot Instructions

Project overview

Unofficial MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that wraps the python-md24de library to expose messdienst24.de utility-consumption data as MCP tools.

Language & runtime

• Python 3.12+; use syntax compatible with Python 3.12 and above
• All files start with from __future__ import annotations

Code style

• Formatter/linter: ruff (line-length = 100, target py312)
• Active ruff rules: E, F, I, N, W, UP, ANN, S, B, C4, PIE, RET, SIM — all annotations required (ANN)
• Type checker: pyright strict — every function must be fully annotated; no Any unless unavoidable
• Private module files are prefixed with _ (e.g. _cache.py, _config.py)
• Public surface is re-exported from __init__.py only; internals stay in _*.py modules

MCP server

• MCP framework: FastMCP (from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP)
• The server instance, all tools, and all resources live in server.py
• Config and caches are initialised lazily on the first tool call — never at import time
• Each tool call creates a fresh Md24deClient, performs the minimum required requests, then closes the connection
• Results are cached in memory via Cache[T] from _cache.py

Configuration

Runtime config is loaded from environment variables:

• MD24DE_TENANT, MD24DE_USERNAME, MD24DE_PASSWORD (required) — loaded in _config.py
• MD24DE_TIMEOUT (optional, default 30 s), MD24DE_CACHE_TTL (optional, default 1800 s) — loaded in _config.py
• LOG_LEVEL (optional, default WARNING) — applied in main() in __init__.py

Models

• All data models are @dataclass(frozen=True) where applicable
• Use Python 3.12+ type parameter syntax (class Foo[T]:) instead of Generic[T]

Logging

• Every _*.py module has _log = logging.getLogger(__name__) at module level
• __init__.py registers logging.NullHandler() on the md24de_mcp root logger
• main() in __init__.py applies LOG_LEVEL env var via logging.basicConfig() and propagates it to the md24de and httpx loggers
• Use _log.debug(...) for operational events (cache hits/misses, byte counts, month/year values)
• Never log credentials (username, password)