Create a CLI generator to bootstrap a MCP App

[lbroudoux]

This is an idea worth discussing...

When developing tests MCP Apps, I realized that those MCP Apps, where:

1. Mingling UI-resources / MCP Apps and MCP Server together
2. Targeting REACT developers

However, in the Reshapr approach:

1. We emphasize reuse of existing API and SoC, so UI-resources / MCP Apps come way after the endpoints
2. Other teams may produce UI-resources / MCP Apps - and are not specifically REACT-based teams.

For producing the two apps, I followed the same approach:

• Having a minimalist local HTTP server for UI development,
• Using the same structure and build for packaging the MCP Apps
• Have no dependency on REACT or other frameworks (they could be added later on though)
• Build a Resources artifact that follows the same template.

We could imagine having a simple line command tool that automates the initialization of all of this and offers a quick start for non-expert teams...

2 different approaches are possible:

• Put this into the main reshapr CLI
• Use a dedicated package like Bootstrap: https://backstage.io/docs/getting-started/#creating-and-running-a-backstage-application

As of today, I prefer the Bootstrap way of doing things because: no need to install anything upfront and once executed, there's no traces of it anywhere.