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# 1. Define Local Services
services:
# Example: Expose a local CLI MCP server to the mesh
# Example: Expose a local CLI MCP server to the mesh (stdio subprocess)
- type: mcp
name: local-shell-tools
description: "Execute bash commands safely in a local container"
command: ["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]

# Example: Expose an existing HTTP MCP server to the mesh (no subprocess)
- type: mcp
name: remote-docs-server
description: "Proxy an already-running Streamable HTTP MCP server"
target_url: "http://localhost:9001/mcp"

# Example: Expose a local inference endpoint
- type: inference
name: local-ollama
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| `type` | The protocol protocol type. Supported values are `mcp` (Model Context Protocol), `inference`, or `a2a`. |
| `name` | The unique name of the service (e.g., `git-helper`). This must exactly match the name authorized by the control plane's mesh policy (e.g., `mcp://git-helper`). |
| `description` | A human-readable description published to the mesh discovery catalogue. |
| `command` | *(For MCP)* The executable command array to spawn as a local subprocess (e.g. `["node", "index.js"]`). |
| `command` | *(For MCP)* The executable command array to spawn as a local subprocess, speaking MCP over stdio (e.g. `["node", "index.js"]`). Mutually exclusive with `target_url`. |
| `env` | *(For MCP)* Key-value environment variables passed to the subprocess. |
| `target_url` | *(For HTTP/Inference/A2A)* The upstream local URL to proxy traffic to. |
| `target_url` | *(For MCP/Inference/A2A)* The upstream URL to proxy traffic to. For `type: mcp`, this points to an already-running Streamable HTTP MCP server; SAM does not spawn or manage its lifecycle, but only proxies to it. Mutually exclusive with `command`. |

### Inference Service Path Standards & Proxy Routing

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