The latest articles on DEV Community by Balaji Venkatasubramaniyar (@balaji_venkatasubramaniya). https://dev.to/balaji_venkatasubramaniya https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F811704%2F8290d14a-daf1-45a6-b847-34059cbf5c92.png https://dev.to/balaji_venkatasubramaniya en Balaji Venkatasubramaniyar Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:49:29 +0000 https://dev.to/balaji_venkatasubramaniya/convert-your-soap-or-rest-api-to-an-mcp-server-in-60-seconds-4c4j https://dev.to/balaji_venkatasubramaniya/convert-your-soap-or-rest-api-to-an-mcp-server-in-60-seconds-4c4j <p>Repo: github.com/bvenkata/legacy2mcp</p> <p>Letting an AI agent call a legacy system is risky. One wrong call to something like DeleteRecord and you have a problem.</p> <p>legacy2mcp turns a SOAP/WSDL service, REST API or database into an MCP server, and it is safe by default:</p> <p>Read-only by default. Write-like operations stay hidden until you opt in.<br> Schema-validated. Every call is checked before it reaches your backend.<br> Audit-logged. One JSON line per call.<br> Try it in 60 seconds<br> bash<br> pip install legacy2mcp<br> legacy2mcp init --rest-url <a href="https://petstore.swagger.io" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://petstore.swagger.io</a><br> legacy2mcp inspect --config config.yaml</p> <p>For SOAP, use legacy2mcp init --wsdl-url instead.</p> <p>inspect prints every MCP tool it generated. When it looks right, connect it to Claude Desktop or any MCP client:</p> <p>json<br> {<br> "mcpServers": {<br> "legacy2mcp": {<br> "command": "uvx",<br> "args": ["legacy2mcp", "run", "--config", "/absolute/path/to/config.yaml"]<br> }<br> }<br> }<br> Known limits</p> <p>The SOAP write filter is a name heuristic, so use include_operations for anything important. The MCP server has no auth yet, so don't expose it to untrusted callers.</p> <p>Try it on your own system and tell me what breaks.</p> <p>Repo: github.com/bvenkata/legacy2mcp · pip install legacy2mcp</p> ai mcp opensource python Balaji Venkatasubramaniyar Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:51:15 +0000 https://dev.to/balaji_venkatasubramaniya/i-built-legacy2mcp-turns-any-soapwsdl-service-into-a-safe-typed-mcp-server-schema-validated-1m8c https://dev.to/balaji_venkatasubramaniya/i-built-legacy2mcp-turns-any-soapwsdl-service-into-a-safe-typed-mcp-server-schema-validated-1m8c <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__cover"> <a href="https://github.com/bvenkata/legacy2mcp" class="c-link align-middle" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img alt="" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fopengraph.githubassets.com%2F0f34cbdeb379e90a1a3c2d357ff5f9f4a1d1d48ba3c68363396b8e64357c1ac9%2Fbvenkata%2Flegacy2mcp" height="400" class="m-0" width="800"> </a> </div> <div class="c-embed__body"> <h2 class="fs-xl lh-tight"> <a href="https://github.com/bvenkata/legacy2mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link"> GitHub - bvenkata/legacy2mcp: Safely expose legacy SOAP/WSDL systems to AI agents as typed, schema-validated, audit-logged MCP servers · GitHub </a> </h2> <p class="truncate-at-3"> Safely expose legacy SOAP/WSDL systems to AI agents as typed, schema-validated, audit-logged MCP servers - bvenkata/legacy2mcp </p> <div class="color-secondary fs-s flex items-center"> <img alt="favicon" class="c-embed__favicon m-0 mr-2 radius-0" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.githubassets.com%2Ffavicons%2Ffavicon.svg" width="32" height="32"> github.com </div> </div> </div> </div> api backend mcp opensource