Feat: Complete configuration of STDIO & SSE/HTTP transport modes

[askeita]

This pull request transitions the project from a single stdio transport mode to supporting both stdio (for local clients like Claude Desktop) and SSE/HTTP (for networked clients) via Spring profiles. It updates configuration files, documentation, and dependencies to make transport selection seamless and clearly documented, with no changes required to existing @Tool methods.

Transport Mode Support and Configuration:

• Added support for both stdio and SSE/HTTP transport modes, selectable via --spring.profiles.active=stdio or --spring.profiles.active=sse, with SSE/HTTP as the new default. (README.md, application.properties, application-sse.properties, application-stdio.properties, [1] [2] [3] [4]
• Updated the documentation in README.md to clearly explain both transport modes, their configuration, and example client setups for each. Also added details for production deployment and HTTPS reverse proxying.
• Updated the JavaDoc in McpServerConfig.java to describe the new profile-based transport selection and clarify that no tool code changes are needed when switching modes.

Dependency Updates:

• Changed the Maven dependency from spring-ai-starter-mcp-server (stdio only) to spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc to enable SSE/HTTP transport.

Configuration File Organization:

• Split shared and transport-specific configuration into application.properties, application-sse.properties, and application-stdio.properties for better separation and easier overrides. [1] [2] [3]

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Pull request overview

This PR adds profile-driven transport selection for the Spring AI MCP server, supporting both local stdio clients and networked SSE/HTTP clients, and updates project config/docs/dependencies to match.

Changes:

• Introduces stdio and sse Spring profiles with transport-specific property files and sets SSE as the intended default.
• Updates documentation and JavaDoc to explain transport selection and client configuration.
• Switches the Spring AI MCP dependency to the WebMVC-enabled starter to support SSE/HTTP.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/main/resources/application.properties	Moves MCP settings to “shared” config and sets the default transport profile to SSE.
src/main/resources/application-stdio.properties	Adds stdio-specific transport config and attempts to silence logging for clean stdin/stdout.
src/main/resources/application-sse.properties	Adds SSE transport configuration (endpoint + port).
src/main/java/com/atomiccontext/config/McpServerConfig.java	Updates JavaDoc to describe profile-based transport selection.
README.md	Documents both transports, example client configs, and production/reverse-proxy notes.

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[askeita]

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[Copilot]

Applied in c673a63. The stdio profile now sets spring.main.banner-mode=off and spring.main.web-application-type=none so stdout remains clean for MCP transport. No UI changes in this update.

[askeita]

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[Copilot]

Applied in 22a49f8. Changed to spring.profiles.default=sse to allow profile composition without overriding user-specified active profiles.