install and document mcp-server-mode too

Author: rainu

README.md

@@ -61,23 +61,25 @@ ask-mai -b deepseek --llm.deepseek.api-key.plain=YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
 * Tool Support
   * You can define your own tools which can be called from the LLM
   * There are some built-in tools:
-    * "_getSystemInformation" - Get some information about the system
-    * "_getEnvironment" - Read environment variables from the system
-    * "_getSystemTime" - Get the current system time
-    * "_getStats" - Get stats of a file or directory
-    * "_changeMode" - Changes the mode of file or directory
-    * "_changeOwner" - Changes the owner of file or directory
-    * "_changeTimes" - Changes the access and/or modification time of file or directory
-    * "_createFile" - Create a file on the system
-    * "_createTempFile" - Create a temporary file on the system
-    * "_appendFile" - Append content to an existing file
-    * "_readTextFile" - Read a text file from the system
-    * "_deleteFile" - Delete a file from the system
-    * "_createDirectory" - Creates a new directory on the system
-    * "_createTempDirectory" - Creates a new temporary directory on the system
-    * "_deleteDirectory" - Delete a directory from the system
-    * "_executeCommand" - Execute a command on the system
-    * "_callHttp" - Do a http call
+    * "getSystemInformation" - Get some information about the system
+    * "getEnvironment" - Read environment variables from the system
+    * "getSystemTime" - Get the current system time
+    * "getStats" - Get stats of a file or directory
+    * "changeMode" - Changes the mode of file or directory
+    * "changeOwner" - Changes the owner of file or directory
+    * "changeTimes" - Changes the access and/or modification time of file or directory
+    * "createFile" - Create a file on the system
+    * "createTempFile" - Create a temporary file on the system
+    * "appendFile" - Append content to an existing file
+    * "readTextFile" - Read a text file from the system
+    * "deleteFile" - Delete a file from the system
+    * "createDirectory" - Creates a new directory on the system
+    * "createTempDirectory" - Creates a new temporary directory on the system
+    * "deleteDirectory" - Delete a directory from the system
+    * "executeCommand" - Execute a command on the system
+    * "callHttp" - Do a http call
+* Run as [MCP](https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol)-Server (see below)
+  * Which allows you to use ask-mai' tools (even **your** custom tools) for other applications which support MCP-Server
 * [MCP](https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol)-Server support
   * You can define multiple MCP-Servers which can be used by the LLM (currently only tools)
 * Scriptable
@@ -124,6 +126,18 @@ Available Features:
 * console - The binary is console application (only for windows)
 * debug - The binary contains devtools (you can inspect the GUI-Sources)
 
+## Start this application as mcp-server
+
+You can start this application as an MCP server by using the `ask-mai-mcp-server` as first positional argument:
+```bash
+ask-mai ask-mai-mcp-server
+```
+
+Or you can rename the binary to `ask-mai-mcp-server` and start it like this:
+```bash
+ask-mai-mcp-server
+```
+
 ## How to build this application
 
 1. Install dependencies [see wails documentation](https://wails.io/docs/gettingstarted/installation)

build/generatePKGBUILD.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ package() {
   # Binary file
   install -Dm755 "\$srcdir/\$pkgname-binary-\$pkgver" "\$pkgdir/usr/bin/ask-mai"
 
+  # Symbolic link for mcp-server
+  ln -s "/usr/bin/ask-mai" "\$pkgdir/usr/bin/ask-mai-mcp-server"
+
   # Icon file
   install -Dm644 "build/appicon.png" "\$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/ask-mai.png"
 
@@ -49,4 +52,4 @@ EOF
   # License
   install -Dm644 "LICENSE" "\$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/\$pkgname/LICENSE"
 }
-EOP
+EOP

main.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	mode := getMode()
 
-	if mode == "ask-mai-mcp" {
+	if mode == "ask-mai-mcp-server" {
 		rc = mcp_server.Main(mcp_server.Args{
 			VersionLine: versionLine(),
 		})