Show HN: I Built an MCP Server in 200 Lines of Go (and Claude Became 10x Useful)

Category: library

Tags: mcp, go, ai-tools

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 6, Utility: 6)

A minimal Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in Go that exposes file reading and Go code execution tools to AI clients like Claude Desktop. It demonstrates the protocol's simplicity and Go's suitability for building AI tool integrations in a small, dependency-free package.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://medium.com/dev-genius/i-built-an-mcp-server-in-200-lines-of-go-and-claude-became-10x-more-useful-5352546a48cb

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