# Reference

This section provides comprehensive reference documentation for the `bx-mcp` module, organized into the following subsections:

### [MCP Tools](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-mcp/reference/tools.md)

Complete catalog of all 154 MCP introspection tools organized by domain — runtime, JVM, caches, datasources, SQL, HTTP, requests, routes, performance, executors, schedulers, modules, interceptors, applications, logging, watchers, and the web server.

### [MCP Prompts](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-mcp/reference/prompts.md)

Pre-built MCP prompts that guide AI clients through common diagnostic and administrative workflows — operations, diagnostics, development, data layer, infrastructure, web server, and incident response.

### [Protocol](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-mcp/reference/protocol.md)

JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint reference — request/response envelope structure, authentication, and curl examples for each supported method.

### [Health Reports](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-mcp/reference/health-reports.md)

Structured health report schema, scoring model, and the complete issue code catalog.

### [Configuration](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-mcp/reference/configuration.md)

Complete settings reference including authentication access control, slow request tracking, and performance monitoring configuration.


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