ARCHITECTURE.md

# 🏗️ System Architecture

MissionControlMCP system design and architecture documentation.

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## 📊 High-Level Architecture

```

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│                        Client Layer                          │

│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐      │

│  │ Claude       │  │  Custom      │  │  Other MCP   │      │

│  │ Desktop      │  │  Client      │  │  Clients     │      │

│  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘      │

└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘

                       │ MCP Protocol (stdio)

┌──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┐

│                    MCP Server Layer                          │

│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │

│  │              mcp_server.py                             │ │

│  │  • Tool Registration                                   │ │

│  │  • Request Routing                                     │ │

│  │  • Response Formatting                                 │ │

│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │

└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘

                       │

┌──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┐

│                    Business Logic Layer                      │

│  ┌──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐            │

│  │ PDF      │ Text     │ Web      │ RAG      │            │

│  │ Reader   │ Extract  │ Fetcher  │ Search   │            │

│  ├──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤            │

│  │ Data     │ File     │ Email    │ KPI      │            │

│  │ Visual   │ Convert  │ Classify │ Generate │            │

│  └──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘            │

└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘

                       │

┌──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┐

│                    Utility Layer                             │

│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │

│  │  • helpers.py      - Text processing utilities         │ │

│  │  • rag_utils.py    - Vector search & FAISS             │ │

│  │  • schemas.py      - Pydantic models                   │ │

│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

```

---

## 🧩 Component Architecture

### 1. MCP Server (`mcp_server.py`)



**Responsibilities:**

- Register all 8 tools with MCP SDK

- Handle incoming tool requests

- Route requests to appropriate tool functions

- Format and return responses

- Error handling and logging



**Flow:**

```

Client Request → MCP Protocol → Server → Tool → Response → Client

```



**Code Structure:**

```python

# Tool Registration

server.register_tool(name, description, input_schema)



# Request Handler

async def call_tool(name, arguments):
    if name == "pdf_reader":

        return await pdf_reader.read_pdf(**arguments)

    elif name == "text_extractor":

        return await text_extractor.extract_text(**arguments)

    # ... other tools


# Server Startup
async with stdio_server() as (read_stream, write_stream):

    await server.run(read_stream, write_stream)

```



---



### 2. Tool Layer (`tools/`)



Each tool is independent and follows this pattern:



**Tool Structure:**

```python

"""

Tool Name - Description

"""

import logging

from typing import Dict, Any



logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)



def tool_function(param: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """

    Tool description.

    

    Args:

        param: Parameter description

        

    Returns:

        Standardized result dictionary

    """

    try:

        # Validation

        if not param:

            raise ValueError("Invalid input")

        

        # Processing

        result = process_data(param)

        

        # Return standardized format

        return {

            "success": True,

            "data": result,

            "metadata": {}

        }

        

    except Exception as e:

        logger.error(f"Error: {e}")

        raise

```


**Tool Independence:**
- Each tool is self-contained
- No dependencies between tools
- Can be tested individually
- Easy to add/remove tools

---

### 3. Utility Layer (`utils/`)

**helpers.py - Text Processing:**
```python

• clean_text() - Remove extra whitespace

• extract_keywords() - NLP keyword extraction

• chunk_text() - Text splitting with overlap

• validate_url() - URL validation

```

**rag_utils.py - Vector Search:**

```python

• SimpleRAGStore - FAISS-based vector database

• semantic_search() - Sentence transformer embeddings

• create_rag_store() - Initialize vector store

```



**Models (models/schemas.py):**
```python

• Pydantic models for type validation

• Input/output schemas

• Data validation

```

---

## 🔄 Data Flow

### Request Flow

```

1. Client sends MCP request

   ↓

2. mcp_server.py receives request

   ↓

3. Server validates input schema

   ↓

4. Server routes to tool function

   ↓

5. Tool processes data

   ↓

6. Tool returns result dict

   ↓

7. Server formats MCP response

   ↓

8. Client receives response

```

### Example: PDF Reading Flow

```

Client: "Read this PDF"

   ↓

MCP Server: Receives pdf_reader request

   ↓

pdf_reader.py: read_pdf(file_path)

   ↓

PyPDF2: Extract text from pages

   ↓

Return: {text, pages, metadata}

   ↓

MCP Server: Format response

   ↓

Client: Receives extracted text

```

---

## 🗂️ Project Structure

```

mission_control_mcp/

│

├── mcp_server.py              # MCP server entry point

│

├── tools/                     # 8 independent tools

│   ├── pdf_reader.py          # PDF text extraction

│   ├── text_extractor.py      # Text processing (4 ops)

│   ├── web_fetcher.py         # Web scraping

│   ├── rag_search.py          # Semantic search

│   ├── data_visualizer.py     # Chart generation

│   ├── file_converter.py      # File format conversion

│   ├── email_intent_classifier.py  # Email classification

│   └── kpi_generator.py       # Business metrics

│

├── utils/                     # Shared utilities

│   ├── helpers.py             # Text processing helpers

│   └── rag_utils.py           # Vector search utilities

│

├── models/                    # Data models

│   └── schemas.py             # Pydantic schemas

│

├── examples/                  # Sample test data

│   ├── sample_report.txt      # Business report

│   ├── business_data.csv      # Financial data

│   ├── sample_email_*.txt     # Email samples

│   └── sample_documents.txt   # RAG search docs

│

├── app.py                     # Gradio web interface

├── demo.py                    # Demo & test suite

│

├── docs/                      # Documentation

│   ├── README.md              # Main documentation

│   ├── API.md                 # API reference

│   ├── EXAMPLES.md            # Use cases

│   ├── TESTING.md             # Testing guide

│   ├── ARCHITECTURE.md        # This file

│   └── CONTRIBUTING.md        # Contribution guide

│

├── requirements.txt           # Python dependencies

├── .gitignore                 # Git ignore rules

└── LICENSE                    # MIT License

```

---

## 🔌 Integration Points

### MCP Protocol Integration

```python

from mcp.server import Server

from mcp.types import Tool, TextContent



# Create server

server = Server("mission-control")



# Register tool

@server.tool()

async def pdf_reader(file_path: str) -> str:

    result = read_pdf(file_path)

    return json.dumps(result)



# Run server

await server.run(stdin, stdout)

```

### Claude Desktop Integration

**Configuration:**
```json

{

  "mcpServers": {

    "mission-control": {

      "command": "python",

      "args": ["path/to/mcp_server.py"]

    }

  }

}

```

**Communication:**
```

Claude Desktop ←→ MCP Protocol ←→ mcp_server.py ←→ Tools

```

---

## 🚀 Scalability Design

### Horizontal Scaling

**Current:** Single-process server
**Future:** Multi-process with load balancing

```

             Load Balancer

                   │

        ┌──────────┼──────────┐

        │          │          │

   Server 1    Server 2    Server 3

        │          │          │

        └──────────┴──────────┘

                Tools

```

### Caching Strategy

**Implemented:**
- RAG model caching (sentence transformers)
- NLTK data caching

**Future Improvements:**
- Redis for result caching
- Database for document storage
- CDN for static assets

---

## 🔒 Security Architecture

### Input Validation

```python

# Pydantic schemas

from pydantic import BaseModel, validator



class PDFReaderInput(BaseModel):

    file_path: str

    

    @validator('file_path')

    def validate_path(cls, v):

        if not Path(v).exists():

            raise ValueError("File not found")

        return v

```

### Error Handling

```python

try:

    result = tool_function(input)

except FileNotFoundError:

    return {"error": "File not found", "code": 404}

except ValueError:

    return {"error": "Invalid input", "code": 400}

except Exception:

    return {"error": "Internal error", "code": 500}

```

### Authentication

**Current:** None (local tool execution)
**Production Considerations:**
- API key authentication
- Rate limiting
- Request logging
- User permissions

---

## 📊 Performance Characteristics

### Tool Performance

| Tool | Avg Time | Memory | Notes |
|------|----------|--------|-------|
| PDF Reader | 1s | 50MB | Depends on PDF size |
| Text Extractor | 0.5s | 10MB | Fast text processing |
| Web Fetcher | 2-3s | 20MB | Network dependent |
| RAG Search | 2.5s* | 200MB | *First run (model load) |

| RAG Search | 0.5s | 200MB | Subsequent runs |

| Data Visualizer | 1.2s | 30MB | Chart generation |

| File Converter | 1-2s | 50MB | File size dependent |

| Email Classifier | 0.1s | 5MB | Very fast |

| KPI Generator | 0.3s | 10MB | Quick calculations |



### Bottlenecks



1. **RAG Search** - Initial model loading (~2s)

   - Solution: Keep model in memory

   

2. **Web Fetcher** - Network latency

   - Solution: Async requests, caching

   

3. **PDF Reader** - Large files

   - Solution: Stream processing



---



## 🔄 State Management



### Stateless Design



Each tool request is independent:

- No session state

- No user context

- Pure function design



**Benefits:**

- Easy scaling

- No state synchronization

- Simple debugging

- High availability



### RAG Store State



Exception: RAG search maintains in-memory vector store:

```python

class SimpleRAGStore:

    def __init__(self):

        self.documents = []

        self.index = None  # FAISS index

```



**Lifecycle:**

- Created on first search

- Persists during server lifetime

- Cleared on server restart



---



## 🧪 Testing Architecture



### Test Pyramid



```

         ┌─────────────┐

         │   E2E Tests │  (MCP integration)

         ├─────────────┤

         │ Integration │  (Tool combinations)

         ├─────────────┤

         │  Unit Tests │  (Individual functions)

         └─────────────┘

```



### Test Coverage



- **Unit Tests:** Test each function independently

- **Integration Tests:** Test tool interactions

- **MCP Tests:** Test server communication

- **Sample Tests:** Test with real data



---



## 📦 Dependency Management



### Core Dependencies



```

MCP SDK (>=1.0.0)

├── stdio communication

└── Tool registration



Processing Libraries

├── PyPDF2 (PDF reading)

├── BeautifulSoup4 (HTML parsing)

├── Pandas (Data processing)

└── Matplotlib (Visualization)



ML/NLP Libraries

├── scikit-learn (Text processing)

├── NLTK (Keyword extraction)

├── sentence-transformers (Embeddings)

└── FAISS (Vector search)

```



### Optional Dependencies



- faiss-cpu: Can use faiss-gpu on GPU systems

- reportlab: Optional for PDF generation



---



## 🔮 Future Architecture Improvements



### Planned Enhancements



1. **Database Integration**

   ```

   PostgreSQL for persistent storage

   Redis for caching

   ```



2. **Async Processing**

   ```python

   async def process_pdf(file_path: str):

       # Async PDF processing

       return await asyncio.to_thread(read_pdf, file_path)

   ```



3. **Microservices**

   ```

   Each tool as separate service

   API gateway for routing

   Service mesh for communication

   ```



4. **Monitoring**

   ```

   Prometheus metrics

   Grafana dashboards

   Error tracking (Sentry)

   ```



---



## 📝 Design Principles



### SOLID Principles



- **Single Responsibility:** Each tool does one thing

- **Open/Closed:** Easy to add new tools

- **Liskov Substitution:** Tools are interchangeable

- **Interface Segregation:** Minimal tool interfaces

- **Dependency Inversion:** Tools depend on abstractions



### Clean Architecture



- **Independent of Frameworks:** Core logic separate from MCP

- **Testable:** Can test without MCP server

- **Independent of UI:** Works with any MCP client

- **Independent of Database:** No database coupling



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## 🎯 Architectural Goals



✅ **Achieved:**

- Modular design

- Easy to extend

- Well-documented

- Testable

- Production-ready



🔄 **In Progress:**

- Performance optimization

- Enhanced caching

- Better error handling



🎯 **Future:**

- Multi-tenancy

- Distributed processing

- Advanced monitoring

- Auto-scaling



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**MissionControlMCP Architecture Documentation v1.0** 🏗️