# Vision Driven Design (VDD) MCP Server [Health: Active]

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## Description
Spec-driven development MCP server: 8 phases, bi-directional traceability, 7 quality gates.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
No confirmed install details yet, so no config is published. Follow the setup steps in the repository above.

## Documentation

## What Vision Driven Design (VDD) MCP Server MCP server does

Vision Driven Design (VDD) MCP Server MCP server organizes software work from an initial human vision through implementation and impact validation. The workflow has eight phases: Vision, Strategy, Tactics, Specs, Plan, Tasks, Implement, and Validate. A separate Constitution phase can establish project rules before the chain begins.

The system produces project artifacts at each stage. These include a structured vision, research and risk information, a codebase audit, acceptance criteria, implementation plans, data models, contracts, atomic tasks, code changes, and an impact report. It is intended for projects where developers want an AI agent to preserve links between desired outcomes and delivered code.

## How it works

The workflow applies seven gates between phases. Each gate checks both directions: whether earlier intent is represented in later work, and whether later work can be traced back to an earlier decision. The README describes 108 checks across the gates, covering necessity, achievability, sufficiency, and warnings.

Trace identifiers connect vision items to strategy, tactics, specifications, plans, tasks, and commits. The trace command creates a bidirectional matrix, while analyze checks consistency across artifacts. If a requirement changes, amend cascades the change through affected levels and reruns the relevant gates before changed tasks are implemented again.

## Setup and configuration

A hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint is available at `https://vdd.simonmak.com/api/mcp`, so an MCP client can connect without a local installation. The repository also provides an installation script and client-specific skill locations for OpenCode, Claude Code, and Cursor.

For a local stdio setup, clone the repository, run `pnpm install`, build the TypeScript packages with `pnpm -r build`, and configure the agent to use the resulting stdio entry point. The provided material does not specify an environment variable configuration for the server.

## Tools and capabilities

The documented command surface includes:

- `init` to generate `constitution.md`.
- `vision`, `strategize`, `tactics`, `specify`, and `clarify` for early workflow phases.
- `plan`, `tasks`, `get-next-task`, and `implement` for execution preparation and implementation.
- `validate`, `trace`, and `analyze` for verification and consistency checks.
- `amend` to propagate changed requirements.
- `detect-environment` to report phase-level tool and MCP requirements.
- `e2e` to run the complete chain in one call.

The documented `e2e -clone` option crawls a supplied domain using browserless/fetch and generates a clone-site dataset, interface, backend, schema, AI tools, and deployable dynamic site. Use this option only when that site-cloning workflow matches the project need.

## Limitations and notes

Vision Driven Design (VDD) MCP Server MCP server is a methodology and workflow layer, not a general-purpose code hosting or project management integration. Its documented behavior centers on files, repository auditing, generated plans, task execution, commits, and traceability. The README does not identify external issue trackers, source-control providers, or deployment platforms as integrations.

The workflow can run autonomously after a vision statement, but a gated mode is also documented through a `VDD Mode: Gated` entry in `constitution.md`. Local operation requires the repository, package installation, and a build; hosted operation avoids those local steps but depends on access to the published endpoint. Vision Driven Design (VDD) MCP Server MCP server reports environmental requirements, but the available material does not guarantee that every phase can execute without additional tools or MCP capabilities.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/vision-driven-design-vdd-mcp-server/readme_