From 6574b3c89a42e4a3822120902e03f2c58c558f4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Powell <me@aaron-powell.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:54:47 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding the awesome copilot MCP server to our plugin and
 showing that in the rendered page

---
 eng/generate-website-data.mjs                 | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../.github/plugin/plugin.json                |  3 +-
 plugins/awesome-copilot/.mcp.json             | 14 +++++++++
 .../src/components/pages/IncludedItems.astro  |  3 +-
 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 plugins/awesome-copilot/.mcp.json

diff --git a/eng/generate-website-data.mjs b/eng/generate-website-data.mjs
index fb138806..1f3659da 100755
--- a/eng/generate-website-data.mjs
+++ b/eng/generate-website-data.mjs
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ function resolvePluginItem(item, resourceIndex) {
 
   return {
     ...item,
-    title: match?.title || candidateId || item.path,
+    title: match?.title || item.title || candidateId || item.path,
     detailUrl: match?.url || null,
   };
 }
@@ -614,12 +614,37 @@ function generatePluginsData(gitDates, resourceIndex = {}) {
         ];
       });
 
-      // Build items list from spec fields (agents, commands, skills)
+      // Parse mcpServers: supports a path to a .mcp.json file or an inline object
+      const mcpItems = [];
+      if (data.mcpServers) {
+        let mcpServersObj = null;
+        if (typeof data.mcpServers === "string") {
+          const mcpJsonPath = path.join(pluginDir, data.mcpServers.replace(/^\.\//, ""));
+          if (fs.existsSync(mcpJsonPath)) {
+            try {
+              const mcpJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(mcpJsonPath, "utf-8"));
+              mcpServersObj = mcpJson.mcpServers || mcpJson;
+            } catch {
+              // ignore parse errors
+            }
+          }
+        } else if (typeof data.mcpServers === "object") {
+          mcpServersObj = data.mcpServers;
+        }
+        if (mcpServersObj) {
+          for (const serverName of Object.keys(mcpServersObj)) {
+            mcpItems.push({ kind: "mcp", path: serverName, title: serverName });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Build items list from spec fields (agents, commands, skills, mcpServers)
       const items = [
         ...agentItems,
         ...(data.commands || []).map((p) => ({ kind: "prompt", path: p })),
         ...(data.skills || []).map((p) => ({ kind: "skill", path: p })),
         ...extensionItems,
+        ...mcpItems,
       ].map((item) => resolvePluginItem(item, resourceIndex));
 
       const tags = data.keywords || data.tags || [];
diff --git a/plugins/awesome-copilot/.github/plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/awesome-copilot/.github/plugin/plugin.json
index 87dd1b43..def06d7d 100644
--- a/plugins/awesome-copilot/.github/plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/awesome-copilot/.github/plugin/plugin.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
     "./skills/suggest-awesome-github-copilot-agents/",
     "./skills/suggest-awesome-github-copilot-instructions/",
     "./skills/suggest-awesome-github-copilot-skills/"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "mcpServers": "./.mcp.json"
 }
diff --git a/plugins/awesome-copilot/.mcp.json b/plugins/awesome-copilot/.mcp.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..905c6126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/awesome-copilot/.mcp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "awesome-copilot": {
+      "type": "stdio",
+      "command": "docker",
+      "args": [
+        "run",
+        "-i",
+        "--rm",
+        "ghcr.io/microsoft/mcp-dotnet-samples/awesome-copilot:latest"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/src/components/pages/IncludedItems.astro b/website/src/components/pages/IncludedItems.astro
index 118d95f1..39be97c8 100644
--- a/website/src/components/pages/IncludedItems.astro
+++ b/website/src/components/pages/IncludedItems.astro
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ const KIND_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   hook: "Hooks",
   prompt: "Commands",
   extension: "Extensions",
+  mcp: "MCP Servers",
 };
 
-const KIND_ORDER = ["agent", "skill", "instruction", "hook", "prompt", "extension"];
+const KIND_ORDER = ["agent", "skill", "instruction", "hook", "prompt", "extension", "mcp"];
 
 function githubHref(itemPath: string): string {
   const normalized = itemPath.replace(/^\.\/+/, "").replace(/\/+$/, "");