Built-in Tools

In addition to the tools defined in your config, MCP General provides built-in tools for discovery and initialization.

init

Available when: No config file is found.

Creates an example config file and agent rule files in the current working directory. The config format is auto-detected based on the project setup. Agent rules instruct AI assistants to use list_namespaces and list_actions for context discovery. Existing rule files are not overwritten.

Note

After init creates the config, you need to restart the MCP server to load it.

Property	Value
Name	init
Parameters	None
Description	Create an example mcp-general config and agent rules in the project

Files created:

• Config: mcp-general.config.ts, .js, or .mcp-generalrc.json
• .amazonq/rules/mcp-general.md
• .github/instructions/mcp-general.instructions.md
• .cursor/rules/mcp-general.mdc
• .gitignore — adds .mcpg (cache directory) if not already present

list_namespaces

Available when: A config file is found.

Returns a newline-separated list of all namespace names (with descriptions if provided) from the current config.

Property	Value
Name	list_namespaces
Parameters	None
Description	List all available namespaces with their tools, resources, and prompts counts. Use list_actions to see the specific action names.

list_actions

Available when: A config file is found.

Returns all tools, resources, and prompts registered under a given namespace.

Property	Value
Name	list_actions
Parameters	namespace (string) — The namespace to list actions for
Description	List all tools, resources, and prompts for a namespace

Example output

[tools] exampleui_get_components — All available components
[tools] exampleui_get_styles — https://example.com/bla.md
[resources] exampleui_readme — https://example.com/README.md