Azure API Management acts as the AI Gateway for MCP servers.
This sample implements the latest MCP Authorization specification. Then calls Microsoft Graph API in MCP tool.
This is a sequence diagram to understand the flow.
Run this azd command to provision the api management service, web app(with code) and all other required Azure resources
```shell
azd up
```
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In a new terminal window, install and run MCP Inspector
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
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CTRL click to load the MCP Inspector web app from the URL displayed by the app (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:6274/#resources)
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Set the transport type to
Streamable HTTP -
Set the URL to your running API Management Streamable HTTP endpoint displayed after
azd upand Connect
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List Tools.
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Click the
ShowUserProfiletool and Run Tool. The tool will return your user profile.
- Install latest VS Code Insider
- Open Command Palette and trigger
MCP: Add Servercommand - Select
HTTPas MCP server type - Set the URL to your running API Management Streamable HTTP endpoint displayed after
azd upand Connect - Wait a while, VS Code Insider will ask you to login
- Open GitHub Copilot and ask "Who am I?" in agent mode. GitHub Copilot will return your user profile obtained from this MCP server.