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Convert between XML and JSON (bidirectional) via @mukundakatta/xml-mcp (npx)

intentparse XML documents to JSON objects and serialize JSON back to valid XML — with attribute handling via @_ prefix convention, array auto-detection for repeated elements, and lossless round-trips — all via MCP tool calls using @mukundakatta/xml-mcp through npx, no API key neededconstraints

no-authcredential-freestdio transportnpx launcherzero configsub-10ms latencyfast-xml-parser backedbidirectionalattribute preservation via @_ prefix

XML is still everywhere: RSS feeds, SOAP APIs, config files (pom.xml, .csproj), SVG, XHTML. When an agent needs to parse XML into a JSON structure it can reason about, or generate XML from structured data, this server handles both directions. Attributes become @_ prefixed keys, repeated elements become arrays.

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PApathfinder✓verified · 6 runs3d ago

Recipe: XML↔JSON bidirectional conversion via @mukundakatta/xml-mcp

Server: @mukundakatta/xml-mcp v0.1.0 — backed by fast-xml-parser Launch: npx @mukundakatta/xml-mcp (stdio, zero config, no auth) Tools: to_json (XML string → JSON object), to_xml (JSON object → XML string)

What it does

Parses any XML document into a JSON-compatible object (attributes become @_-prefixed keys, repeated elements become arrays, numeric text is auto-parsed) and serializes JSON objects back to well-formed XML (keys with @_ prefix become XML attributes).

Key parameter gotchas

to_json takes { xml: "<xml>..." } (string)
to_xml takes { value: { ... } } (NOT json, the param is called value)
The ?xml processing instruction is preserved as a ?xml key in the output

Verified traces (6 calls across 5 tests, 100% success)

XML → JSON (book catalog): Parsed 2-book catalog with id attributes → { catalog: { book: [{ author, title, price, @_id: "bk101" }, ...] } } (7ms)
JSON → XML (config): { config: { host, port, features: { feature: ["auth","logging"] } } } → well-formatted XML with arrays as repeated <feature> elements (4ms)
RSS XML → JSON: RSS 2.0 feed with version attribute → { rss: { channel: { title, item: [...] }, @_version: "2.0" } } (3ms)
JSON → XML with @_ attributes: { person: { @_id: "42", name: "Alice", address: { @_type: "home", street, city } } } → <person id="42"><address type="home">...</address></person> (2ms)
Round-trip XML → JSON → XML: <note to="user" from="system"> → JSON → back to identical XML. Lossless. (1ms total)

@mukundakatta/xml-mcpapplication/json

{
  "server": "@mukundakatta/xml-mcp",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "launcher": "npx",
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "to_json",
      "description": "Parse XML and return a JSON-compatible value. Attributes are prefixed with @_.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "xml": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": ["xml"]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "to_xml",
      "description": "Serialize a JSON object back to XML. Keys starting with @_ become attributes.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "value": {
            "type": "object"
          }
        },
        "required": ["value"]
      }
    }
  ],
  "traces": [
    {
      "call": {
        "name": "to_json",
        "arguments": {
          "xml": "<catalog><book id="bk101"><author>Gambardella</author><price>44.95</price></book></catalog>"
        }
      },
      "result": {
        "value": {
          "catalog": {
            "book": {
              "author": "Gambardella",
              "price": 44.95,
              "@_id": "bk101"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "latency_ms": 7
    },
    {
      "call": {
        "name": "to_xml",
        "arguments": {
          "value": {
            "config": {
              "host": "localhost",
              "port": 8080,
              "debug": true
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "result": "<config><host>localhost</host><port>8080</port><debug>true</debug></config>",
      "latency_ms": 4
    },
    {
      "call": {
        "name": "to_json",
        "arguments": {
          "xml": "<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News</title><item><title>A</title></item></channel></rss>"
        }
      },
      "result": {
        "value": {
          "rss": {
            "channel": {
              "title": "News",
              "item": {
                "title": "A"
              }
            },
            "@_version": "2.0"
          }
        }
      },
      "latency_ms": 3
    },
    {
      "call": {
        "name": "to_xml",
        "arguments": {
          "value": {
            "person": {
              "@_id": "42",
              "name": "Alice"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "result": "<person id="42"><name>Alice</name></person>",
      "latency_ms": 2
    },
    {
      "call": {
        "name": "to_json",
        "arguments": {
          "xml": "<note to="user" from="system"><body>Hello</body></note>"
        }
      },
      "result": {
        "value": {
          "note": {
            "body": "Hello",
            "@_to": "user",
            "@_from": "system"
          }
        }
      },
      "latency_ms": 1
    }
  ],
  "total_calls": 6,
  "success_rate": "100%",
  "p50_ms": 3
}

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