Epic Goal

• Develop MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools that enable seamless interaction with Backstage Techdocs functionality

• Provide developers and AI assistants with programmatic access to discover and retrieve technical documentation from Backstage entities

• Enable efficient documentation workflows through standardized MCP tool interfaces

Why is this important?

• Backstage Techdocs contains critical technical documentation that developers and AI assistants need to access programmatically

• Current manual navigation through Backstage UI is inefficient for automated workflows and AI-assisted development

• MCP tools will enable AI assistants to help developers find relevant documentation quickly and accurately

• Standardized access patterns will improve developer productivity and reduce time spent searching for documentation

• Enhanced integration capabilities will support better documentation discovery and content retrieval workflows

Scenarios

1. List available techdocs for each entity.
   • Provide an MCP tool to list entities that have techdocs, and provide a list of techdocs for each entity, along with their links. Properly format the data to allow the MCP client to properly manipulate the response 
2. Fetch the content of techdocs
   • Provide an MCP tool to return the content of a techdoc associated with a given entity. 

Acceptance Criteria (Mandatory)

• One or more MCP tool plugins implementing the actions listed above

• Proper Data Formatting - All MCP tool responses must be properly structured and formatted to enable easy manipulation by MCP clients and AI assistants
• Error Handling - Implement comprehensive error handling for scenarios including missing entities, inaccessible techdocs, and network issues
• CI - MUST be running successfully with tests automated

• Release Technical Enablement - Provide necessary release enablement details and documents including deployment guides, configuration requirements, and usage examples