Need API Teams to Support Copilots
API teams lack common tooling and guidance to deliver MCP servers alongside their existing APIs for copilot integration.
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Persona Story:
Riley, the head of APIs, must support leadership’s request for an AI copilot on top of existing internal and public APIs multiple teams produce.
Problem Context
- API teams are design first and use the OpenAPI specification
- Teams are using OpenAPI + extensions to generate MCP servers
- Teams do not have common tooling & guidance to deliver MCP servers
Problem Impact
- Expanding existing API sprawl with new MCP server sprawl
- Have been able to handle on governing APIs, but not MCP servers
- No consistency, reusability, and discovery across MCP servers
Naftiko Today
- The Naftiko Engine reads YAML capability specs and exposes MCP tools without code generation, giving API teams a standard path to deliver MCP servers alongside existing APIs
- CLI wizard (
naftiko create capability) and VS Code Extension with live validation lower the barrier for API teams to create well-formed capabilities - Backstage Integration with capability template scaffolding and one-click creation provides a team-friendly web UI for MCP server delivery
- JSON Schema validation and Spectral ruleset enforce consistency across all capabilities, preventing MCP server sprawl with different quality levels
- Agent Skills exposure groups related MCP tools into business-level skills, providing reusability and discovery across teams
Naftiko Tomorrow
- OpenAPI-to-Naftiko import (May 2026) would let design-first API teams automatically generate capability specs from their existing OpenAPI definitions
- Capability scaffolding from existing APIs (Second Alpha) would further accelerate adoption by bootstrapping from what teams already have
- Naftiko Shipyard MVP (Second Alpha) would provide a central registry for discovering and sharing capabilities across teams
- K8s operator and Argo CD integration (Second Alpha) would enable production-grade deployment of MCP servers alongside existing API infrastructure