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Quickstart ​

This page shows how to run one ai-tool: route from a local file, and how to add the capability to Wanaku as an MCP forward.

Prerequisites ​

  • Java 21 or higher.
  • The CIC JAR file. Download it from the releases page, or build it from source (see Building).
  • A running Wanaku server and the Wanaku CLI, if you want to add the capability to Wanaku.

Routes from a local file do not need Wanaku Barn. You need Wanaku Barn only for datastore:// references and service catalogs.

Write a route ​

Create the file my-routes.camel.yaml:

yaml
- route:
    id: get-employee-info
    from:
      uri: ai-tool:get-employee-info
      parameters:
        description: "Fetches core profile data for a specific employee"
        tags: wanaku
        parameter.employeeId: string
        parameter.employeeId.description: "The employee ID"
      steps:
        - toD: https://api.example.com/employees/${header.employeeId}

The tags parameter must match --mcp-tags. The default value of --mcp-tags is wanaku. CIC does not serve a route without a matching tag. See Write and load routes.

Run the capability ​

Start CIC with an absolute file:// reference to the route file:

bash
java -jar camel-integration-capability-main-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
  --name camel-core \
  --routes-ref file:///path/to/my-routes.camel.yaml \
  --mcp-port 9090

The MCP server listens on http://localhost:9090/mcp.

Add the capability to Wanaku ​

Add CIC to Wanaku as an MCP forward:

bash
wanaku forwards add --service="http://localhost:9090/mcp" --name camel-core --namespace default

Wanaku discovers the get-employee-info tool. AI agents that connect to Wanaku can now call it.

To let CIC add and remove the forward itself, see Self-registration with Wanaku.

Next steps ​