Usage Overview

This section provides guides for using the Maven MCP ecosystem with LLM clients.

What’s Available

The Maven MCPs enable AI assistants to access:

  • Mail Archives - Historical mailing list discussions (dev@ and users@)

  • GitHub - Repositories, issues, and pull requests

  • Atlassian - Confluence documentation and Jira (historical issues)

Getting Started

Guide Description

LLMs and MCPs

Introduction to Large Language Models and the Model Context Protocol

MCP Setup

Quick setup guide for all MCP servers (Docker-focused)

Claude Code

Install Claude Code as your MCP client

Advanced Usage

Cross-MCP orchestration and example queries

Detailed Documentation

LLM Clients

Guide Description

Claude Code

MCP scopes, manual configuration, troubleshooting

Claude Desktop

GUI client configuration

MCP Servers

Guide Description

Mail MCP

Detailed setup for Maven mailing list archive access

GitHub MCP

GitHub repositories and issues configuration

Atlassian MCP

Confluence and Jira access configuration