MCP Server — Sylvain Kalache Portfolio

I created this MCP server for fun, to explore the Model Context Protocol. I believe the future will be agent-driven — AI agents will increasingly handle how we discover information, interact with services, and get things done. Presenting yourself to the world through a protocol that agents can natively consume just makes sense.

This server pulls data from my portfolio website sylvainkalache.com and lets AI agents learn about my life story and professional career: articles, podcasts, talks, panels, open-source projects, news appearances, bio, and career timeline. And, just for fun, it can also tell you what the current weather is where I'm currently located. I'm planning on adding more fun stuff to it, like being able to check how my beehive is doing.

Quick Start

claude mcp add sylvain-kalache -- npx -y mcp-sylvain-kalache

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search_content | Full-text search across all content (title, description, topics, TL;DR). Optional category filter and limit. | | get_content_by_category | Get items by category: article, podcast, talk, panel, github, news. | | get_featured_content | Get featured and upcoming items. | | get_person_info | Get bio, job title, expertise, social links. | | get_timeline | Get career timeline entries with geo-coordinates. | | get_content_by_publication | Get items by publication name (partial match). | | get_stats | Summary statistics: totals, per-category counts, topics, date range. | | get_contact_info | Get email, social media profiles, and website. | | book_time | Get Sylvain's scheduling link to book a 30-minute meeting. | | get_weather | Get the current weather Sylvain is experiencing, plus upcoming event locations. |

Usage

With Claude Code

claude mcp add sylvain-kalache -- npx -y mcp-sylvain-kalache

With Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sylvain-kalache": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-sylvain-kalache"]
    }
  }
}

With VS Code

Add to your VS Code settings (.vscode/settings.json):

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "sylvain-kalache": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "mcp-sylvain-kalache"]
      }
    }
  }
}

From source

npm install
npm run build
npm start

Development

npm run dev    # watch mode
npm run build  # one-time compile
npm test       # run tests
npm start      # run the compiled server

Data

All data is static and loaded into memory at startup. The data files in src/data/ are derived from the portfolio website and cover:

• 40+ published articles (TechCrunch, The New Stack, VentureBeat, LeadDev, CNBC, and more)
• 25+ podcast episodes (Humans of Reliability, The Landscape, Data Defenders Forum, and more)
• 10+ conference talks (SREcon, PlatformCon, DevOpsDays, DockerCon, UNESCO, and more)
• 10+ moderated panels (AWS GenAI Loft, Google HQ, GitHub Offices, and more)
• Open-source GitHub projects
• 25+ news appearances (NYT, Forbes, Fortune, CNN, World Economic Forum, and more)
• Career timeline with 6 entries spanning France, LinkedIn, Holberton School, while42, and Rootly