rust-faf-mcp

Persistent Project Context for Rust MCP clients. Native. Fast. cargo install

The Lineage Edition (v0.8.3) — one.faf/rust-faf-mcp · rmcp 3.0.1 (MCP Tier 1 foundation) · faf-rust-sdk 3.1.1 (the same always-33 kernel faf-wasm-sdk uses) · solid cargo-native Rust MCP for Rust devs

v0.8.3 — --version and --help answer instead of starting the server. See CHANGELOG.

FAF defines. AGENTS.md instructs. AI codes.

Stop re-explaining your project to every AI session. One .faf file holds your persistent project context. Every AI reads it once and knows what you're building.

Rust-native MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for FAF — structured AI project context in YAML (application/vnd.faf+yaml). Single binary, stdio transport, 4.3 MB stripped. Built on rmcp and faf-rust-sdk.

Quickstart

# Rust toolchain (install):
cargo install rust-faf-mcp --version 0.8.3

# No Rust (try — downloads GH Release binary for darwin/linux):
npx --yes rust-faf-mcp@0.8.3

Point an MCP client at the pin. A bare rust-faf-mcp on PATH may be an old Homebrew binary.

# Claude Code
claude mcp add faf -- npx --yes rust-faf-mcp@0.8.3

// Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf — any client that reads mcpServers
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["--yes", "rust-faf-mcp@0.8.3"]
    }
  }
}

After cargo install rust-faf-mcp --version 0.8.3, "command": "rust-faf-mcp" is the install. Until you have proven that binary, use the npx pin.

No flags, no config files, no network listener. Pure stdio JSON-RPC.

Or via Homebrew (macOS, pre-built). If you already have it, upgrade — an old keg can sit on PATH as rust-faf-mcp:

brew update
brew install Wolfe-Jam/faf/rust-faf-mcp
# already installed:
brew upgrade Wolfe-Jam/faf/rust-faf-mcp

One command, done forever

faf_auto runs setup if project.faf is missing (tree detection writes mechanical facts), then syncs CLAUDE.md. It does not rewrite an existing file. Confirm setup (sweeps) lists what setup occupied — walk it; not a second write-gate. Empty human slots stay empty until you state them.

faf_auto complete
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Score: 0% → 42% (+42) ● GREEN
Steps:
  1. Setup — created project.faf
  2. Created CLAUDE.md

Path: /home/user/my-project

Confirm setup (sweeps)
Walk these. Detection is already a fact. Not a second write-gate.
  project.name           my-api
  project.main_language  Rust
  stack.backend          Rust

What it produces:

# project.faf — your project, machine-readable
faf_version: "3.3"
project:
  name: my-api
  goal: REST API for user management
  main_language: Rust
  version: "0.1.0"
  license: MIT
instant_context:
  what_building: REST API for user management
  tech_stack: Rust 2024
  key_files:
    - Cargo.toml
    - src/main.rs
    - README.md
  commands:
    build: cargo build
    test: cargo test
stack:
  backend: Rust
  build: cargo

Every AI agent reads this once and knows exactly what you're building. No 20-minute onboarding. No wrong assumptions.

Tools

Create & Detect

Score & Validate

Optimize

Lineage

Every tool declares MCP annotations: faf_read, faf_score, faf_compress, faf_discover, faf_tokens, faf_dna and faf_git are read-only; the writers are non-destructive; only faf_git reaches the network.

faf_init will not overwrite an existing file. Setup occupies mechanical facts; Confirm setup (sweeps) is the walk. Empty human slots stay empty until faf_go.

Architecture

src/
├── main.rs      # ~20 lines — tokio entry, rmcp stdio transport
├── server.rs    # FafServer: #[tool_router], ServerHandler, resources
└── tools.rs     # Business logic — tools as pure functions returning Value

• Runtime: tokio single-threaded (current_thread)
• HTTP: reqwest async (only used by faf_git for GitHub API)
• SDK: faf-rust-sdk 3.1 (Cargo pin — the facade over faf-kernel/faf-fafb in faf-rust; score() for the always-33 number, validate() for structural checks only)
• Server: rmcp 3.0.1 with #[tool_router] / #[tool_handler] — JSON-RPC, JSON Schema from the param types, stdio transport (Tier-1 assessed SDK cut)

Tools return serde_json::Value. The server adapts them to Result<String, String> for rmcp's IntoCallToolResult.

Testing

193 tests (146 integration + 47 unit):

cargo test    # runs all 193

# Full ship bar (same gates as GitHub CI — run before push)
bash scripts/ci.sh
# Optional: block push on red CI twin
bash scripts/install-hooks.sh

Tests spawn the compiled binary as a subprocess and communicate via stdin/stdout JSON-RPC — true integration tests against the real server.

FAF Ecosystem

One format, every AI platform.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Wolfe-Jam/rust-faf-mcp
cd rust-faf-mcp
cargo build --release
# Binary at target/release/rust-faf-mcp (about 5 MB)

Edition: 2024 | LTO: enabled | Strip: symbols

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Links

• crates.io/crates/rust-faf-mcp

• npmjs.com/package/rust-faf-mcp — npx --yes rust-faf-mcp@0.8.3 (no Rust toolchain; downloads GH Release binary)

• Dual-package publish guide — cargo + npm (this server is the product example)

• docs/DUAL-PACKAGE.md — pointer + OIDC docs for this repo

• docs/SKILLS-OVER-MCP.md — J1 Agent Skill faf-context (skills/list · digests)

• faf-rust-sdk — the parser this depends on

• faf.one — FAF home

• IANA registration — application/vnd.faf+yaml

• MCP Registry name: mcp-name: one.faf/rust-faf-mcp

• CHANGELOG

Citation

If you use rust-faf-mcp or the .faf / .fafa formats in research or production, please cite the format papers:

Wolfe, J. (2025). Format-Driven AI Context Architecture: The .faf Standard for Persistent Project Understanding. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18251362

Wolfe, J. (2026). Why Agents Need a Passport: .fafa — Portable Identity for the Agentic Era. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21951641

License

MIT

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