woods 1.2.0 → 1.3.0

data/lib/woods/mcp/server.rb

@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require 'json'
 require 'logger'
 require 'mcp'
+require 'open3'
+require 'time'
 require 'set'
+require_relative '../tasks'
 require_relative 'index_reader'
 require_relative 'tool_response_renderer'
 
 module Woods
   module MCP
-    # Builds an MCP::Server with 27 tools, 2 resources, and 2 resource templates for querying
-    # Woods extraction output, managing pipelines, and collecting feedback.
+    # Builds an MCP::Server with up to 29 tools, 2 resources, and 2 resource templates
+    # for querying Woods extraction output, managing pipelines, and collecting feedback.
+    # 14 tools are always registered; 15 more register conditionally based on wiring:
+    # 5 operator tools, 4 feedback tools, 4 snapshot tools, 1 session_trace tool,
+    # 1 Notion sync tool.
     #
     # All tools are defined inline via closures over an IndexReader instance.
     # No Rails required at runtime — reads JSON files from disk.
@@ -27,10 +34,19 @@ module Woods
         # @param retriever [Woods::Retriever, nil] Optional retriever for semantic search
         # @param operator [Hash, nil] Optional operator config with :status_reporter, :error_escalator, :pipeline_guard, :pipeline_lock
         # @param feedback_store [Woods::Feedback::Store, nil] Optional feedback store
+        # @param bootstrap_state [Woods::MCP::BootstrapState, nil] Optional state
+        #   from the bootstrap flow. When provided, woods_status reports the
+        #   hydrated/degraded/failed lifecycle plus the reason so operators can
+        #   diagnose "why is semantic search disabled" without reading the Ruby
+        #   source. Nil just means the caller didn't go through Bootstrapper.
+        # @param warmup [Boolean] Pre-populate the index reader's caches during build,
+        #   shifting first-tool-call latency to startup. Default: true. Pass false for
+        #   tests or when startup time matters more than first-query latency.
         # @return [MCP::Server] Configured server ready for transport
         def build(index_dir:, retriever: nil, operator: nil, feedback_store: nil, snapshot_store: nil,
-                  response_format: nil)
+                  bootstrap_state: nil, response_format: nil, warmup: true, retriever_reloader: nil)
           reader = IndexReader.new(index_dir)
+          reader.warmup! if warmup
           config = Woods.configuration
           format = response_format || (config.respond_to?(:context_format) ? config.context_format : nil) || :markdown
           renderer = ToolResponseRenderer.for(format)
@@ -39,6 +55,31 @@ module Woods
 
           # Lambda captured by all tool blocks for building responses.
           respond = method(:text_response)
+          respond_err = method(:error_response)
+          op_missing = lambda do |tool|
+            error_response(
+              'Pipeline operator is not configured. Pass `operator:` to Woods::MCP::Server.build ' \
+              'or use Woods::MCP::Bootstrapper to wire StatusReporter, ErrorEscalator, and PipelineGuard.',
+              code: :not_configured, config_key: 'operator',
+              doc_link: 'docs/OPERATOR_GUIDE.md', tool: tool
+            )
+          end
+          fb_missing = lambda do |tool|
+            error_response(
+              'Feedback store is not configured. Pass `feedback_store:` to Woods::MCP::Server.build ' \
+              'to enable retrieval feedback capture.',
+              code: :not_configured, config_key: 'feedback_store',
+              doc_link: 'docs/FEEDBACK_STORE.md', tool: tool
+            )
+          end
+          snap_missing = lambda do |tool|
+            error_response(
+              'Snapshot store is not configured. Set `enable_snapshots: true` in Woods.configure ' \
+              'and pass `snapshot_store:` to Woods::MCP::Server.build.',
+              code: :not_configured, config_key: 'enable_snapshots',
+              doc_link: 'docs/TEMPORAL_SNAPSHOTS.md', tool: tool
+            )
+          end
 
           server = ::MCP::Server.new(
             name: 'woods',
@@ -47,8 +88,8 @@ module Woods
             resource_templates: resource_templates
           )
 
-          define_lookup_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
-          define_search_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
+          define_lookup_tool(server, reader, respond, respond_err, renderer)
+          define_search_tool(server, reader, respond, respond_err, renderer)
           define_traversal_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer,
                                 name: 'dependencies',
                                 description: 'Traverse forward dependencies of a unit (what it depends on). Returns a BFS tree with depth.',
@@ -65,14 +106,21 @@ module Woods
           define_pagerank_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
           define_framework_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
           define_recent_changes_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
-          define_reload_tool(server, reader, respond)
-          define_retrieve_tool(server, retriever, respond)
-          define_trace_flow_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond, renderer)
-          define_session_trace_tool(server, reader, respond)
-          define_operator_tools(server, operator, respond)
-          define_feedback_tools(server, feedback_store, respond)
-          define_snapshot_tools(server, snapshot_store, respond)
-          define_notion_sync_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond)
+          define_reload_tool(server, reader, respond, retriever_reloader)
+          define_retrieve_tool(server, retriever, respond, respond_err)
+          define_trace_flow_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond, respond_err, renderer)
+          # Conditionally register collaborator-dependent tools. Historically
+          # all 15 stubs were registered unconditionally and returned
+          # isError: true when the wiring was missing — that added token
+          # noise to every LLM turn's tool catalog and invited the model to
+          # try tools guaranteed to fail. Only register when the collaborator
+          # is wired, so tools/list reflects what the server can actually do.
+          define_session_trace_tool(server, reader, respond, respond_err) if session_tracer_wired?
+          define_operator_tools(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing) if operator
+          define_feedback_tools(server, feedback_store, respond, respond_err, fb_missing) if feedback_store
+          define_snapshot_tools(server, snapshot_store, respond, respond_err, snap_missing) if snapshot_store
+          define_notion_sync_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond, respond_err) if notion_wired?
+          define_woods_status_tool(server, reader, retriever, index_dir, bootstrap_state, respond)
           register_resource_handler(server, reader)
 
           server
@@ -80,10 +128,67 @@ module Woods
 
         private
 
+        # Session tracer requires a configured session_store on Woods.configuration.
+        # The tool reads the store inside its handler; skipping registration when
+        # the store is absent keeps tools/list honest.
+        #
+        # The `session_trace` handler itself only calls `store.read`. We
+        # ALSO probe `:sessions` as a defense-in-depth cheap contract
+        # check — every shipped store (File/Redis/SolidCache) implements
+        # both, so if a misconfigured store lacks `:sessions` it is almost
+        # certainly missing `:read` too, and we'd rather fail at wire-up
+        # than at first invocation. A record-only store (permitted by the
+        # middleware for backward-compatibility) will correctly drop out
+        # of tools/list here.
+        def session_tracer_wired?
+          config = Woods.configuration
+          return false unless config
+          return false unless config.respond_to?(:session_store)
+
+          store = config.session_store
+          return false if store.nil?
+
+          %i[read sessions].all? { |m| store.respond_to?(m) }
+        end
+
+        # Notion export needs both an API token and at least one database ID.
+        # NOTION_API_TOKEN env var overrides the config token (see
+        # docs/NOTION_EXPORT.md).
+        def notion_wired?
+          config = Woods.configuration
+          return false unless config
+
+          token = ENV['NOTION_API_TOKEN'] || (config.respond_to?(:notion_api_token) ? config.notion_api_token : nil)
+          ids = config.respond_to?(:notion_database_ids) ? config.notion_database_ids : nil
+          token && !token.empty? && ids && !ids.empty?
+        end
+
         def text_response(text)
           ::MCP::Tool::Response.new([{ type: 'text', text: text }])
         end
 
+        # Build a structured error response that carries machine-readable
+        # metadata alongside the human-readable text. Agents can branch on
+        # `_meta.error_code` (e.g. `:not_configured`, `:not_found`,
+        # `:rate_limited`, `:unsupported_argument`) without parsing the text.
+        #
+        # @param message [String] Human-readable explanation
+        # @param code [Symbol] Stable error code (machine-readable)
+        # @param config_key [String, nil] Offending configuration key when relevant
+        # @param doc_link [String, nil] Relative docs path explaining the fix
+        # @param extra [Hash] Additional meta fields (e.g., identifier:, tool:)
+        def error_response(message, code:, config_key: nil, doc_link: nil, **extra)
+          meta = { error_code: code }
+          meta[:config_key] = config_key if config_key
+          meta[:doc_link] = doc_link if doc_link
+          meta.merge!(extra) unless extra.empty?
+          ::MCP::Tool::Response.new(
+            [{ type: 'text', text: message }],
+            error: true,
+            meta: meta
+          )
+        end
+
         def truncate_section(array, limit)
           return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
 
@@ -108,14 +213,55 @@ module Woods
           value.is_a?(String) ? [value] : value
         end
 
-        # Coerce a value to an Integer. Converts String representations
-        # to Integer; leaves existing Integers and nil unchanged.
-        # MCP clients may send "2" (string) instead of 2 (integer).
+        # Coerce a value to an Integer.
         #
-        # @param value [String, Integer, nil] The input value
+        # - `nil` passes through unchanged.
+        # - `Integer` passes through unchanged.
+        # - `String` is accepted iff it represents a decimal integer with an
+        #   optional leading `+`/`-`. `"abc"` and `"1abc"` used to silently
+        #   coerce to `0` via `String#to_i`; that was a footgun for tools with
+        #   integer bounds (limit, offset, budget, timeout) — they'd receive
+        #   the wrong value without any feedback to the client. Now we raise
+        #   `ArgumentError` so the MCP dispatch layer can surface a proper
+        #   JSON-RPC error back to the caller.
+        # - Any other type raises `ArgumentError`.
+        #
+        # @param value [String, Integer, nil]
         # @return [Integer, nil]
+        # @raise [ArgumentError] if `value` is not nil, Integer, or an Integer-shaped String.
+        INTEGER_STRING = /\A[+-]?\d+\z/
+        private_constant :INTEGER_STRING
         def coerce_integer(value)
-          value.is_a?(String) ? value.to_i : value
+          return nil if value.nil?
+          return value if value.is_a?(Integer)
+
+          return Integer(value, 10) if value.is_a?(String) && value.match?(INTEGER_STRING)
+
+          raise ArgumentError, "expected integer, got #{value.class}: #{value.inspect}"
+        end
+
+        # Load a precomputed flow document written by FlowPrecomputer, when
+        # `config.precompute_flows` was enabled during extraction. Returns nil
+        # when the entry point is missing a method suffix, the JSON file isn't
+        # on disk, or the file can't be parsed — callers fall back to
+        # FlowAssembler.
+        #
+        # @param index_dir [String]
+        # @param entry_point [String] e.g., "PostsController#create"
+        # @return [Woods::FlowDocument, nil]
+        def load_precomputed_flow(index_dir, entry_point)
+          return nil unless entry_point.to_s.include?('#')
+
+          controller, action = entry_point.split('#', 2)
+          return nil if controller.empty? || action.empty?
+
+          filename = "#{controller.gsub('::', '__')}_#{action}.json"
+          path = File.join(index_dir, 'flows', filename)
+          return nil unless File.exist?(path)
+
+          Woods::FlowDocument.from_h(JSON.parse(File.read(path)))
+        rescue JSON::ParserError, Errno::ENOENT
+          nil
         end
 
         # Apply offset+limit pagination to a single section key within a container hash.
@@ -139,26 +285,40 @@ module Woods
           container["#{key}_offset"] = offset if offset.positive?
         end
 
-        def define_lookup_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
+        def define_lookup_tool(server, reader, respond, respond_err, renderer)
           coerce = method(:coerce_array)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'lookup',
             description: 'Look up a code unit by its exact identifier. Returns full source code, metadata, ' \
                          'dependencies, and dependents. Use include_source: false to omit source_code. ' \
-                         'Use sections to select specific keys (type, identifier, file_path, namespace are always included).',
+                         'Use sections to select specific keys (type, identifier, file_path, namespace are always included). ' \
+                         '`name` is accepted as an alias for `identifier` for discoverability.',
             input_schema: {
               properties: {
                 identifier: { type: 'string',
                               description: 'Exact unit identifier (e.g. "Post", "PostsController", "Api::V1::HealthController")' },
+                name: { type: 'string', description: 'Alias for `identifier`. Either one works.' },
                 include_source: { type: 'boolean', description: 'Include source_code in response (default: true)' },
                 sections: {
                   type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
                   description: 'Select specific keys to return (e.g. ["metadata", "dependencies"]). Always includes type, identifier, file_path, namespace.'
                 }
-              },
-              required: ['identifier']
+              }
+              # NOTE: 'identifier' is not listed as required — `name` is an
+              # accepted alias. The handler validates that one of the two
+              # was provided.
             }
-          ) do |identifier:, server_context:, include_source: nil, sections: nil|
+          ) do |server_context:, identifier: nil, name: nil, include_source: nil, sections: nil|
+            identifier ||= name
+            if identifier.nil? || identifier.empty?
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'lookup requires `identifier` (or its alias `name`).',
+                code: :unsupported_argument,
+                tool: 'lookup',
+                argument: 'identifier',
+                hint: 'Pass identifier: "PostsController" (or name: "PostsController").'
+              )
+            end
             sections = coerce.call(sections)
             unit = reader.find_unit(identifier)
             if unit
@@ -171,47 +331,87 @@ module Woods
               end
               respond.call(renderer.render(:lookup, filtered))
             else
-              respond.call("Unit not found: #{identifier}")
+              respond_err.call(
+                "Unit not found: #{identifier}",
+                code: :not_found,
+                identifier: identifier,
+                tool: 'lookup',
+                hint: 'Use `search` to find identifiers by pattern, then `lookup` on the exact match.'
+              )
             end
           end
         end
 
-        def define_search_tool(server, reader, respond, renderer)
+        def define_search_tool(server, reader, respond, respond_err, renderer)
           coerce = method(:coerce_array)
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'search',
-            description: 'Search code units by pattern. Matches against identifiers by default; can also search source_code and metadata fields.',
+            description: 'Find code units whose identifiers (or source/metadata) match a regex. ' \
+                         'Example: search("Worker|Job") returns all workers and jobs; search("^Post") ' \
+                         'returns units starting with "Post". Returns [{identifier, type, match_field}]. ' \
+                         'Use `lookup` for exact identifiers, `dependencies`/`dependents` for graph traversal. ' \
+                         'Gotchas: query is a Ruby regex — literal pipe needs escaping as \\|; ' \
+                         'types restricts which index directories are scanned (e.g. ["mailer"] scans only ' \
+                         'the mailers dir); invalid regex falls back to literal match. ' \
+                         'For plain prefix/suffix matching on namespaces, prefer exact_prefix / exact_suffix ' \
+                         '(literal, case-insensitive) over escaping regex anchors.',
             input_schema: {
               properties: {
-                query: { type: 'string', description: 'Search pattern (case-insensitive regex)' },
+                query: { type: 'string', description: 'Case-insensitive Ruby regex pattern (e.g. "Worker|Job", "^Post", ".*Service$")' },
                 types: {
                   type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
-                  description: 'Filter to these types: model, controller, service, job, mailer, etc.'
+                  description: 'Restrict scan to these unit types: model, controller, service, job, mailer, etc.'
                 },
                 fields: {
                   type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
-                  description: 'Fields to search: identifier, source_code, metadata. Default: [identifier]'
+                  description: 'Fields to search: identifier (default), source_code, metadata'
                 },
-                limit: { type: 'integer', description: 'Maximum results (default: 20)' }
-              },
-              required: ['query']
+                limit: { type: 'integer', description: 'Maximum results (default: 20)' },
+                exact_prefix: {
+                  type: 'string',
+                  description: 'Literal (non-regex) case-insensitive identifier prefix filter. ' \
+                               'Use for namespace scoping like "Next::Settings::" without escaping regex metacharacters.'
+                },
+                exact_suffix: {
+                  type: 'string',
+                  description: 'Literal (non-regex) case-insensitive identifier suffix filter. ' \
+                               'Use for suffix matching like "Controller" without escaping regex metacharacters.'
+                }
+              }
             }
-          ) do |query:, server_context:, types: nil, fields: nil, limit: nil|
+          ) do |server_context:, query: nil, types: nil, fields: nil, limit: nil, exact_prefix: nil, exact_suffix: nil|
+            if (query.nil? || query.empty?) &&
+               (exact_prefix.nil? || exact_prefix.empty?) &&
+               (exact_suffix.nil? || exact_suffix.empty?)
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'search requires `query` or at least one of `exact_prefix` / `exact_suffix`.',
+                code: :unsupported_argument,
+                tool: 'search',
+                argument: 'query',
+                hint: 'Pass query: "Worker|Job" for regex matching, or exact_prefix: "Next::Settings::" for literal prefix scoping.'
+              )
+            end
             types = coerce.call(types)
             fields = coerce.call(fields)
             limit = coerce_int.call(limit)
-            results = reader.search(
+            search_result = reader.search(
               query,
               types: types,
               fields: fields || %w[identifier],
-              limit: limit || 20
+              limit: limit || 20,
+              exact_prefix: exact_prefix,
+              exact_suffix: exact_suffix
             )
-            respond.call(renderer.render(:search, {
-                                           query: query,
-                                           result_count: results.size,
-                                           results: results
-                                         }))
+            results = search_result[:results]
+            payload = {
+              query: query,
+              result_count: results.size,
+              results: results
+            }
+            payload[:note] = search_result[:note] if search_result[:note]
+            payload[:partial] = true if search_result[:partial]
+            respond.call(renderer.render(:search, payload))
           end
         end
 
@@ -228,14 +428,23 @@ module Woods
                 types: {
                   type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
                   description: 'Filter to these types'
+                },
+                via: {
+                  type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
+                  description: 'Filter by relationship type. Accepts either a single string ' \
+                               "(e.g. 'code_reference') or an array " \
+                               "(e.g. ['code_reference','render']); both forms are coerced to an array internally. " \
+                               'Known values: link_to, redirect_to, form_action, render, code_reference, ' \
+                               'belongs_to, has_many, has_one, has_and_belongs_to_many.'
                 }
               },
               required: ['identifier']
             }
-          ) do |identifier:, server_context:, depth: nil, types: nil|
+          ) do |identifier:, server_context:, depth: nil, types: nil, via: nil|
             types = coerce.call(types)
+            via = coerce.call(via)
             depth = coerce_int.call(depth)
-            result = reader.send(reader_method, identifier, depth: depth || 2, types: types)
+            result = reader.send(reader_method, identifier, depth: depth || 2, types: types, via: via)
             if result[:found] == false
               result[:message] =
                 "Identifier '#{identifier}' not found in the index. Use 'search' to find valid identifiers."
@@ -257,7 +466,7 @@ module Woods
               }
             }
           ) do |server_context:, detail: nil|
-            result = { manifest: reader.manifest }
+            result = { manifest: reader.manifest, template_engines: reader.template_engines }
             result[:summary] = reader.summary if (detail || 'summary') == 'full'
             respond.call(renderer.render(:structure, result))
           end
@@ -434,56 +643,127 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_reload_tool(server, reader, respond)
+        def define_reload_tool(server, reader, respond, retriever_reloader)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'reload',
-            description: 'Reload extraction data from disk. Use after re-running extraction to pick up changes ' \
-                         'without restarting the server.',
+            description: 'Reload extraction data from disk. Use after re-running extraction or woods:embed to pick ' \
+                         'up changes without restarting the server. Refreshes the JSON index (manifest, dependency ' \
+                         'graph, unit cache) AND re-hydrates the retriever\'s in-memory vector/metadata/graph ' \
+                         'stores from the latest dumps. Durable backends (pgvector, Qdrant) are auto-refreshed ' \
+                         'externally — their counts in the response reflect the read-through state.',
             input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} }
           ) do |server_context:|
             reader.reload!
             manifest = reader.manifest
-            respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({
-                                                reloaded: true,
-                                                extracted_at: manifest['extracted_at'],
-                                                total_units: manifest['total_units'],
-                                                counts: manifest['counts']
-                                              }))
+            payload = {
+              reloaded: true,
+              extracted_at: manifest['extracted_at'],
+              total_units: manifest['total_units'],
+              counts: manifest['counts']
+            }
+            if retriever_reloader
+              begin
+                payload[:retriever] = retriever_reloader.call
+              rescue StandardError => e
+                payload[:retriever] = { error: "#{e.class}: #{e.message}" }
+              end
+            end
+            respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate(payload))
           end
         end
 
-        def define_retrieve_tool(server, retriever, respond)
+        def define_retrieve_tool(server, retriever, respond, respond_err)
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
+          coerce = method(:coerce_array)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'codebase_retrieve',
-            description: 'Retrieve relevant codebase context for a natural language query using semantic search. ' \
-                         'Returns ranked code units assembled into a token-budgeted context string.',
+            description: 'Semantic search: retrieve relevant code units for a natural-language question. ' \
+                         'Example: codebase_retrieve("how does billing work?") returns ranked source context. ' \
+                         'Returns a token-budgeted context string ready to paste into a prompt. ' \
+                         'Use `search` for exact name/pattern matching; use this for conceptual questions. ' \
+                         'Requires an embedding provider — disabled if OPENAI_API_KEY is unset and Ollama is unreachable. ' \
+                         'By default excludes test_mappings (~33% of a typical index) so spec filenames do not ' \
+                         'dominate semantic rank; pass types: ["test_mapping"] to opt back in. ' \
+                         'Parameter: use `budget` for the token budget (not `limit` — that means result count ' \
+                         'on sibling tools, and mapping it here would silently produce a near-empty response).',
             input_schema: {
               properties: {
                 query: { type: 'string',
-                         description: 'Natural language query (e.g. "How does user authentication work?")' },
-                budget: { type: 'integer', description: 'Token budget for context assembly (default: 8000)' }
+                         description: 'Natural language question (e.g. "How does user authentication work?")' },
+                budget: { type: 'integer',
+                          description: 'Token budget for context assembly (default: 8000).' },
+                types: {
+                  type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
+                  description: 'Restrict results to these unit types (model, controller, service, job, mailer, ' \
+                               'rails_source, test_mapping, etc.). Overrides the default test_mapping exclusion. ' \
+                               'When the unfiltered top-K has no candidate of a requested type, the retriever ' \
+                               'falls back to rank-within-type so the response is populated whenever units of ' \
+                               'the requested type exist in the index. The response appends a "Type rank ' \
+                               'context" table with per-type: source, rank in unfiltered top-K, global_k, ' \
+                               'total_of_type. Read source to tell the cases apart: in_top_k (strong match), ' \
+                               'within_type_fallback (weak match surfaced by the fallback), outside_top_k ' \
+                               '(index has this type but other requested types filled the result), absent ' \
+                               '(zero units of this type in the index).'
+                },
+                exclude_types: {
+                  type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' },
+                  description: 'Additional types to exclude on top of the default test_mapping exclusion.'
+                }
               },
               required: ['query']
             }
-          ) do |query:, server_context:, budget: nil|
+          ) do |query:, server_context:, budget: nil, limit: nil, types: nil, exclude_types: nil|
+            # `limit` isn't declared in the schema but clients still send it
+            # because sibling tools (search, recent_changes, pagerank) use
+            # `limit` as a result count. Mapping it to `budget` here would
+            # silently produce a near-empty response (limit: 10 → 10-token
+            # budget). Surface a helpful typed error instead.
+            unless limit.nil?
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'codebase_retrieve uses `budget` (token budget, default 8000), not `limit`. ' \
+                '`limit` is the result-count parameter on sibling tools (search, recent_changes, pagerank). ' \
+                "Pass `budget: #{coerce_int.call(limit)}` if you meant a #{coerce_int.call(limit)}-token context, " \
+                'or drop the kwarg entirely for the default 8000.',
+                code: :unsupported_argument,
+                tool: 'codebase_retrieve',
+                argument: 'limit',
+                hint: 'Use `budget:` for tokens. Retrieval does not cap by result count — the token budget ' \
+                      'governs how many ranked units fit in the returned context.'
+              )
+            end
+
             budget = coerce_int.call(budget)
+            types = coerce.call(types)
+            exclude_types = coerce.call(exclude_types)
             if retriever
-              result = retriever.retrieve(query, budget: budget || 8000)
+              result = retriever.retrieve(
+                query,
+                budget: budget || 8000,
+                types: types,
+                exclude_types: exclude_types
+              )
               respond.call(result.context)
             else
-              respond.call(
-                'Semantic search is not available. Embedding provider is not configured. ' \
-                'Use the search tool for pattern-based search instead.'
+              respond_err.call(
+                'Semantic search is disabled — no embedding provider is configured. ' \
+                'To enable: set OPENAI_API_KEY, or run Ollama locally ' \
+                '(brew install ollama && ollama serve && ollama pull nomic-embed-text). ' \
+                'Use the `search` tool for pattern-based matching in the meantime.',
+                code: :not_configured,
+                config_key: 'embedding_provider',
+                doc_link: 'docs/RETRIEVAL_GUIDE.md#configuring-retrieval',
+                tool: 'codebase_retrieve'
               )
             end
           end
         end
 
-        def define_trace_flow_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond, renderer)
+        def define_trace_flow_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond, respond_err, renderer)
           require_relative '../flow_assembler'
+          require_relative '../flow_document'
           require_relative '../dependency_graph'
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
+          load_precomputed = method(:load_precomputed_flow)
 
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'trace_flow',
@@ -503,21 +783,33 @@ module Woods
             }
           ) do |entry_point:, server_context:, depth: nil|
             max_depth = coerce_int.call(depth) || 3
-            graph = reader.dependency_graph
 
-            assembler = Woods::FlowAssembler.new(
-              graph: graph,
-              extracted_dir: index_dir
-            )
-            flow_doc = assembler.assemble(entry_point, max_depth: max_depth)
+            # Prefer the precomputed flow JSON written by FlowPrecomputer during
+            # extraction (gated on `config.precompute_flows`) — it avoids
+            # re-parsing source on every request. Fall back to query-time
+            # reassembly when no precomputed document exists.
+            flow_doc = load_precomputed.call(index_dir, entry_point)
+            flow_doc ||= begin
+              graph = reader.dependency_graph
+              assembler = Woods::FlowAssembler.new(graph: graph, extracted_dir: index_dir)
+              assembler.assemble(entry_point, max_depth: max_depth)
+            end
 
             respond.call(renderer.render(:trace_flow, flow_doc.to_h))
           rescue StandardError => e
-            respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({ error: e.message }))
+            # Emit an MCP error so clients can detect the failure and
+            # surface it, rather than wrapping the error payload in a
+            # successful response — consistent with session_trace and
+            # codebase_retrieve.
+            respond_err.call(
+              "trace_flow failed: #{e.message}",
+              code: :internal_error,
+              data: { entry_point: entry_point, exception: e.class.name }
+            )
           end
         end
 
-        def define_session_trace_tool(server, reader, respond)
+        def define_session_trace_tool(server, reader, respond, respond_err)
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'session_trace',
@@ -534,7 +826,16 @@ module Woods
             budget = coerce_int.call(budget)
             depth = coerce_int.call(depth)
             store = Woods.configuration.session_store
-            next respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({ error: 'Session tracer not configured' })) unless store
+            unless store
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Session tracer is not configured. Assign `session_store` (FileStore, RedisStore, or SolidCacheStore) ' \
+                'and set `session_tracer_enabled = true` in Woods.configure.',
+                code: :not_configured,
+                config_key: 'session_store',
+                doc_link: 'docs/SESSION_TRACER.md',
+                tool: 'session_trace'
+              )
+            end
 
             require_relative '../session_tracer/session_flow_assembler'
 
@@ -544,26 +845,31 @@ module Woods
             doc = assembler.assemble(session_id, budget: budget || 8000, depth: depth || 1)
             respond.call(doc.to_markdown)
           rescue StandardError => e
-            respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({ error: e.message }))
+            respond_err.call(
+              "Session trace failed: #{e.message}",
+              code: :internal_error,
+              tool: 'session_trace',
+              session_id: session_id
+            )
           end
         end
 
-        def define_operator_tools(server, operator, respond)
-          define_pipeline_extract_tool(server, operator, respond)
-          define_pipeline_embed_tool(server, operator, respond)
-          define_pipeline_status_tool(server, operator, respond)
-          define_pipeline_diagnose_tool(server, operator, respond)
-          define_pipeline_repair_tool(server, operator, respond)
+        def define_operator_tools(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
+          define_pipeline_extract_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
+          define_pipeline_embed_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
+          define_pipeline_status_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
+          define_pipeline_diagnose_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
+          define_pipeline_repair_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
         end
 
-        def define_feedback_tools(server, feedback_store, respond)
-          define_retrieval_rate_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
-          define_retrieval_report_gap_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
-          define_retrieval_explain_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
-          define_retrieval_suggest_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
+        def define_feedback_tools(server, feedback_store, respond, _respond_err, fb_missing)
+          define_retrieval_rate_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
+          define_retrieval_report_gap_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
+          define_retrieval_explain_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
+          define_retrieval_suggest_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
         end
 
-        def define_pipeline_extract_tool(server, operator, respond)
+        def define_pipeline_extract_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'pipeline_extract',
             description: 'Trigger a codebase extraction pipeline run. Checks rate limits before proceeding.',
@@ -573,11 +879,31 @@ module Woods
               }
             }
           ) do |server_context:, incremental: nil|
-            next respond.call('Pipeline operator is not configured.') unless operator
+            next op_missing.call('pipeline_extract') unless operator
 
             guard = operator[:pipeline_guard]
-            next respond.call('Extraction is rate-limited. Try again later.') if guard && !guard.allow?(:extraction)
+            if guard && !guard.allow?(:extraction)
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Extraction is rate-limited. Try again later.',
+                code: :rate_limited,
+                tool: 'pipeline_extract',
+                retry_after_seconds: 300
+              )
+            end
 
+            # Acquire the in-process lock BEFORE recording to the guard.
+            # Otherwise a refused "already running" request still resets
+            # the cooldown clock and blocks the next legitimate attempt
+            # for the full 5-minute window once the current run finishes.
+            unless Woods::MCP::Server.send(:pipeline_start, :extraction)
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Extraction pipeline is already running. Wait for it to complete.',
+                code: :already_running,
+                tool: 'pipeline_extract'
+              )
+            end
+
+            # Lock acquired — now it's safe to record the run.
             guard&.record!(:extraction)
 
             Thread.new do
@@ -588,6 +914,8 @@ module Woods
             rescue StandardError => e
               logger = defined?(Rails) ? Rails.logger : Logger.new($stderr)
               logger.error("[Woods] Pipeline extract failed: #{e.message}")
+            ensure
+              Woods::MCP::Server.send(:pipeline_finish, :extraction)
             end
 
             respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({
@@ -597,7 +925,7 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_pipeline_embed_tool(server, operator, respond)
+        def define_pipeline_embed_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'pipeline_embed',
             description: 'Trigger embedding generation for extracted units. Checks rate limits before proceeding.',
@@ -607,29 +935,43 @@ module Woods
               }
             }
           ) do |server_context:, incremental: nil|
-            next respond.call('Pipeline operator is not configured.') unless operator
+            next op_missing.call('pipeline_embed') unless operator
 
             guard = operator[:pipeline_guard]
-            next respond.call('Embedding is rate-limited. Try again later.') if guard && !guard.allow?(:embedding)
+            if guard && !guard.allow?(:embedding)
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Embedding is rate-limited. Try again later.',
+                code: :rate_limited,
+                tool: 'pipeline_embed',
+                retry_after_seconds: 300
+              )
+            end
+
+            # Acquire the in-process lock first so a refused "already
+            # running" request doesn't burn the cooldown clock.
+            unless Woods::MCP::Server.send(:pipeline_start, :embedding)
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Embedding pipeline is already running. Wait for it to complete.',
+                code: :already_running,
+                tool: 'pipeline_embed'
+              )
+            end
 
             guard&.record!(:embedding)
 
             Thread.new do
-              config = Woods.configuration
-              builder = Woods::Builder.new(config)
-              provider = builder.build_embedding_provider
-              text_preparer = Woods::Embedding::TextPreparer.new
-              vector_store = builder.build_vector_store
-              indexer = Woods::Embedding::Indexer.new(
-                provider: provider,
-                text_preparer: text_preparer,
-                vector_store: vector_store,
-                output_dir: config.output_dir
-              )
+              # Share the rake-task wiring so the MCP path picks up the
+              # provider-tuned TextPreparer + token-aware chunker. Without
+              # this, MCP-triggered embedding still hit Ollama's "input
+              # length exceeds context length" error after the rake path
+              # was fixed in PR #70.
+              indexer = Woods::Tasks.build_embed_indexer
               incremental ? indexer.index_incremental : indexer.index_all
             rescue StandardError => e
               logger = defined?(Rails) ? Rails.logger : Logger.new($stderr)
               logger.error("[Woods] Pipeline embed failed: #{e.message}")
+            ensure
+              Woods::MCP::Server.send(:pipeline_finish, :embedding)
             end
 
             respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({
@@ -639,23 +981,50 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_pipeline_status_tool(server, operator, respond)
+        # Acquire a pipeline-kind lock atomically. Returns false when
+        # another thread is already running that kind of pipeline (so the
+        # caller can refuse the new request instead of racing the running
+        # pipeline). Module-level state — a single MCP server process
+        # serializes its own pipelines.
+        def pipeline_start(kind)
+          @pipeline_mutex ||= Mutex.new
+          @pipeline_in_flight ||= {}
+          @pipeline_mutex.synchronize do
+            return false if @pipeline_in_flight[kind]
+
+            @pipeline_in_flight[kind] = true
+            true
+          end
+        end
+
+        def pipeline_finish(kind)
+          @pipeline_mutex&.synchronize { @pipeline_in_flight&.delete(kind) }
+        end
+
+        def define_pipeline_status_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'pipeline_status',
             description: 'Get the current pipeline status: last extraction time, unit counts, staleness.',
             input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} }
           ) do |server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Pipeline operator is not configured.') unless operator
+            next op_missing.call('pipeline_status') unless operator
 
             reporter = operator[:status_reporter]
-            next respond.call('Status reporter is not configured.') unless reporter
+            unless reporter
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Status reporter is not configured.',
+                code: :not_configured,
+                config_key: 'operator.status_reporter',
+                tool: 'pipeline_status'
+              )
+            end
 
             status = reporter.report
             respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate(status))
           end
         end
 
-        def define_pipeline_diagnose_tool(server, operator, respond)
+        def define_pipeline_diagnose_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'pipeline_diagnose',
             description: 'Classify a recent pipeline error and suggest remediation.',
@@ -667,10 +1036,17 @@ module Woods
               required: %w[error_class error_message]
             }
           ) do |error_class:, error_message:, server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Pipeline operator is not configured.') unless operator
+            next op_missing.call('pipeline_diagnose') unless operator
 
             escalator = operator[:error_escalator]
-            next respond.call('Error escalator is not configured.') unless escalator
+            unless escalator
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'Error escalator is not configured.',
+                code: :not_configured,
+                config_key: 'operator.error_escalator',
+                tool: 'pipeline_diagnose'
+              )
+            end
 
             error = StandardError.new(error_message)
             # Set the class name in the error string for pattern matching
@@ -680,7 +1056,7 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_pipeline_repair_tool(server, operator, respond)
+        def define_pipeline_repair_tool(server, operator, respond, respond_err, op_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'pipeline_repair',
             description: 'Attempt to repair pipeline state: clear stale locks, reset rate limits.',
@@ -695,7 +1071,7 @@ module Woods
               required: ['action']
             }
           ) do |action:, server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Pipeline operator is not configured.') unless operator
+            next op_missing.call('pipeline_repair') unless operator
 
             case action
             when 'clear_locks'
@@ -704,17 +1080,29 @@ module Woods
                 lock.release
                 respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({ repaired: true, action: 'clear_locks' }))
               else
-                respond.call('Pipeline lock is not configured.')
+                respond_err.call(
+                  'Pipeline lock is not configured.',
+                  code: :not_configured,
+                  config_key: 'operator.pipeline_lock',
+                  tool: 'pipeline_repair'
+                )
               end
             when 'reset_cooldowns'
               respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({ repaired: true, action: 'reset_cooldowns' }))
             else
-              respond.call("Unknown repair action: #{action}")
+              respond_err.call(
+                "Unknown repair action: #{action}",
+                code: :unsupported_argument,
+                tool: 'pipeline_repair',
+                argument: 'action',
+                value: action,
+                allowed: %w[clear_locks reset_cooldowns]
+              )
             end
           end
         end
 
-        def define_retrieval_rate_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
+        def define_retrieval_rate_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'retrieval_rate',
@@ -728,7 +1116,7 @@ module Woods
               required: %w[query score]
             }
           ) do |query:, score:, server_context:, comment: nil|
-            next respond.call('Feedback store is not configured.') unless feedback_store
+            next fb_missing.call('retrieval_rate') unless feedback_store
 
             score = coerce_int.call(score)
             feedback_store.record_rating(query: query, score: score, comment: comment)
@@ -736,7 +1124,7 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_retrieval_report_gap_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
+        def define_retrieval_report_gap_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'retrieval_report_gap',
             description: 'Report a missing unit that should have appeared in retrieval results.',
@@ -749,7 +1137,7 @@ module Woods
               required: %w[query missing_unit unit_type]
             }
           ) do |query:, missing_unit:, unit_type:, server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Feedback store is not configured.') unless feedback_store
+            next fb_missing.call('retrieval_report_gap') unless feedback_store
 
             feedback_store.record_gap(query: query, missing_unit: missing_unit, unit_type: unit_type)
             respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({
@@ -760,13 +1148,13 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_retrieval_explain_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
+        def define_retrieval_explain_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'retrieval_explain',
             description: 'Get feedback statistics: average score, total ratings, gap count.',
             input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} }
           ) do |server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Feedback store is not configured.') unless feedback_store
+            next fb_missing.call('retrieval_explain') unless feedback_store
 
             ratings = feedback_store.ratings
             gaps = feedback_store.gaps
@@ -780,13 +1168,13 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_retrieval_suggest_tool(server, feedback_store, respond)
+        def define_retrieval_suggest_tool(server, feedback_store, respond, fb_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'retrieval_suggest',
             description: 'Analyze feedback to suggest improvements: detect patterns in low scores and missing units.',
             input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} }
           ) do |server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Feedback store is not configured.') unless feedback_store
+            next fb_missing.call('retrieval_suggest') unless feedback_store
 
             require_relative '../feedback/gap_detector'
             detector = Woods::Feedback::GapDetector.new(feedback_store: feedback_store)
@@ -798,14 +1186,14 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_snapshot_tools(server, snapshot_store, respond)
-          define_list_snapshots_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
-          define_snapshot_diff_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
-          define_unit_history_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
-          define_snapshot_detail_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
+        def define_snapshot_tools(server, snapshot_store, respond, respond_err, snap_missing)
+          define_list_snapshots_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, snap_missing)
+          define_snapshot_diff_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, snap_missing)
+          define_unit_history_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, snap_missing)
+          define_snapshot_detail_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, respond_err, snap_missing)
         end
 
-        def define_list_snapshots_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
+        def define_list_snapshots_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, snap_missing)
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'list_snapshots',
@@ -817,7 +1205,7 @@ module Woods
               }
             }
           ) do |server_context:, limit: nil, branch: nil|
-            next respond.call('Snapshot store is not configured. Set enable_snapshots: true.') unless snapshot_store
+            next snap_missing.call('list_snapshots') unless snapshot_store
 
             limit = coerce_int.call(limit)
             results = snapshot_store.list(limit: limit || 20, branch: branch)
@@ -825,7 +1213,7 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_snapshot_diff_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
+        def define_snapshot_diff_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, snap_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'snapshot_diff',
             description: 'Compare two extraction snapshots by git SHA. Returns lists of added, modified, and deleted units.',
@@ -837,7 +1225,7 @@ module Woods
               required: %w[sha_a sha_b]
             }
           ) do |sha_a:, sha_b:, server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Snapshot store is not configured. Set enable_snapshots: true.') unless snapshot_store
+            next snap_missing.call('snapshot_diff') unless snapshot_store
 
             result = snapshot_store.diff(sha_a, sha_b)
             respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate({
@@ -850,7 +1238,7 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_unit_history_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
+        def define_unit_history_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, snap_missing)
           coerce_int = method(:coerce_integer)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'unit_history',
@@ -863,7 +1251,7 @@ module Woods
               required: ['identifier']
             }
           ) do |identifier:, server_context:, limit: nil|
-            next respond.call('Snapshot store is not configured. Set enable_snapshots: true.') unless snapshot_store
+            next snap_missing.call('unit_history') unless snapshot_store
 
             limit = coerce_int.call(limit)
             entries = snapshot_store.unit_history(identifier, limit: limit || 20)
@@ -875,7 +1263,7 @@ module Woods
           end
         end
 
-        def define_snapshot_detail_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond)
+        def define_snapshot_detail_tool(server, snapshot_store, respond, respond_err, snap_missing)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'snapshot_detail',
             description: 'Get full metadata for a specific extraction snapshot by git SHA.',
@@ -886,18 +1274,24 @@ module Woods
               required: ['git_sha']
             }
           ) do |git_sha:, server_context:|
-            next respond.call('Snapshot store is not configured. Set enable_snapshots: true.') unless snapshot_store
+            next snap_missing.call('snapshot_detail') unless snapshot_store
 
             snapshot = snapshot_store.find(git_sha)
             if snapshot
               respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate(snapshot))
             else
-              respond.call("Snapshot not found for git SHA: #{git_sha}")
+              respond_err.call(
+                "Snapshot not found for git SHA: #{git_sha}",
+                code: :not_found,
+                tool: 'snapshot_detail',
+                git_sha: git_sha,
+                hint: 'Use `list_snapshots` to see available SHAs.'
+              )
             end
           end
         end
 
-        def define_notion_sync_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond)
+        def define_notion_sync_tool(server, reader, index_dir, respond, respond_err)
           server.define_tool(
             name: 'notion_sync',
             description: 'Sync extracted codebase data (Data Models + Columns) to Notion databases. ' \
@@ -909,11 +1303,23 @@ module Woods
           ) do |server_context:|
             config = Woods.configuration
             unless config.notion_api_token
-              next respond.call('Error: notion_api_token is not configured. Set it in Woods.configure.')
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'notion_api_token is not configured. Set it in Woods.configure or via the NOTION_API_TOKEN env var.',
+                code: :not_configured,
+                config_key: 'notion_api_token',
+                doc_link: 'docs/NOTION_EXPORT.md',
+                tool: 'notion_sync'
+              )
             end
 
             if (config.notion_database_ids || {}).empty?
-              next respond.call('Error: notion_database_ids is not configured. Set it in Woods.configure.')
+              next respond_err.call(
+                'notion_database_ids is not configured. Set it in Woods.configure.',
+                code: :not_configured,
+                config_key: 'notion_database_ids',
+                doc_link: 'docs/NOTION_EXPORT.md',
+                tool: 'notion_sync'
+              )
             end
 
             require_relative '../notion/exporter'
@@ -927,7 +1333,11 @@ module Woods
                                                 errors: stats[:errors].first(10)
                                               }))
           rescue StandardError => e
-            respond.call("Notion sync failed: #{e.message}")
+            respond_err.call(
+              "Notion sync failed: #{e.message}",
+              code: :api_error,
+              tool: 'notion_sync'
+            )
           end
         end
 
@@ -965,6 +1375,196 @@ module Woods
           ]
         end
 
+        def define_woods_status_tool(server, reader, retriever, index_dir, bootstrap_state, respond)
+          server.define_tool(
+            name: 'woods_status',
+            description: 'Diagnose whether the Woods index and server are healthy. Returns extraction metadata ' \
+                         '(last run, unit counts, git SHA, staleness in seconds), retriever/embedding configuration, ' \
+                         'bootstrap state (hydrated / degraded / failed + reason), feature flags, and a ready flag. ' \
+                         'Call this first on cold connect to learn what the server knows.',
+            input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} }
+          ) do |server_context:|
+            _ = server_context
+            status = Woods::MCP::Server.build_status(
+              reader: reader, retriever: retriever, index_dir: index_dir,
+              bootstrap_state: bootstrap_state
+            )
+            respond.call(JSON.pretty_generate(status))
+          end
+        end
+
+        public
+
+        # Build the woods_status payload. Exposed at module level so specs (and future
+        # console/unified-server entry points) can assemble the same shape without
+        # reaching through the MCP::Server internals.
+        #
+        # +features.embedding_model+ / +features.embedding_provider+ /
+        # +features.vector_store+ prefer the ResolvedConfig captured at embed time
+        # (+bootstrap_state.resolved_config+, which is read back from +woods.json+)
+        # over +Woods.configuration+, whose defaults can contradict the actual
+        # provider in use. Without this, operators debugging "wrong provider" see
+        # status claiming +embedding_model: "text-embedding-3-small"+ next to
+        # +embedding_provider: "ollama"+ and reasonably distrust every field.
+        def build_status(reader:, retriever:, index_dir:, bootstrap_state: nil)
+          manifest = safe_manifest(reader)
+          extracted_at = manifest && manifest['extracted_at']
+          staleness = staleness_seconds(extracted_at)
+          # Tolerate a nil Woods.configuration — specs that reset it between
+          # runs can leave a transient nil window, and build_status should
+          # still produce a readable payload during that window.
+          config = Woods.configuration || Woods::Configuration.new
+          resolved = bootstrap_state&.resolved_config
+
+          {
+            ready: manifest && !manifest['counts'].to_h.empty?,
+            server: {
+              name: 'woods',
+              version: Woods::VERSION,
+              index_dir: index_dir.to_s
+            },
+            index: index_section(manifest, extracted_at, staleness, index_dir),
+            retriever: {
+              configured: !retriever.nil?,
+              class: retriever&.class&.name
+            },
+            bootstrap: bootstrap_state&.to_h,
+            features: features_from(config, resolved)
+          }
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        # Assemble the +index+ sub-hash of woods_status, including a staleness
+        # gate that compares +manifest.git_sha+ against the current HEAD. The
+        # manifest captures +git_sha+ / +gemfile_lock_sha+ / +schema_sha+ at
+        # extraction time; until this change nothing compared them against the
+        # live working tree, so an agent asking questions after 40 uncommitted
+        # changes and an MCP restart silently got pre-change answers.
+        #
+        # +git_sha_matches_head+ is a tri-state:
+        #   - true      — manifest.git_sha == current HEAD
+        #   - false     — mismatch (stale)
+        #   - nil       — couldn't resolve (not a git repo, git unavailable,
+        #                 or manifest has no git_sha)
+        #
+        # When stale, +head_git_sha+ carries the live HEAD so operators can
+        # diff directly. This is an observability signal, not a hard gate —
+        # hard-refusing responses would be much more disruptive than a loudly-
+        # visible staleness flag that agents can branch on.
+        def index_section(manifest, extracted_at, staleness, index_dir)
+          base = {
+            extracted_at: extracted_at,
+            staleness_seconds: staleness,
+            rails_version: manifest && manifest['rails_version'],
+            ruby_version: manifest && manifest['ruby_version'],
+            total_units: manifest && manifest['total_units'],
+            counts: (manifest && manifest['counts']) || {},
+            git_sha: manifest && manifest['git_sha'],
+            git_branch: manifest && manifest['git_branch'],
+            gemfile_lock_sha: manifest && manifest['gemfile_lock_sha'],
+            schema_sha: manifest && manifest['schema_sha']
+          }
+
+          manifest_sha = manifest && manifest['git_sha']
+          head_sha = manifest_sha ? resolve_head_sha(index_dir) : nil
+          return base unless head_sha
+
+          base[:head_git_sha] = head_sha
+          base[:git_sha_matches_head] = (manifest_sha == head_sha)
+          base
+        end
+
+        # Resolve the current HEAD SHA for the git repo containing +index_dir+.
+        # Returns nil when git is unavailable or +index_dir+ is not in a repo —
+        # callers treat nil as "can't compare" rather than "mismatch".
+        #
+        # Uses +capture2e+ so git's "fatal: not a git repository" stderr banner
+        # does not leak through the MCP stdio transport. MCP clients that parse
+        # stderr for protocol framing can't tolerate stray lines.
+        def resolve_head_sha(index_dir)
+          return nil unless index_dir
+
+          dir = index_dir.to_s
+          return nil unless File.directory?(dir)
+
+          output, status = Open3.capture2e('git', '-C', dir, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD')
+          status.success? ? output.strip : nil
+        rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::EACCES
+          # git not installed or not executable on this host — equivalent to
+          # "can't compare". Any other exception is a genuine bug and should
+          # propagate.
+          nil
+        end
+
+        # Assemble the +features+ sub-hash of woods_status, preferring the
+        # ResolvedConfig captured at embed time over live {Woods::Configuration}.
+        #
+        # Fields that read from resolved+config (when present): embedding_model,
+        # embedding_provider, vector_store. Everything else is host-process
+        # state (snapshots_enabled, notion_configured, session_tracer_enabled)
+        # and comes from the running config.
+        #
+        # +console_mcp_enabled+ is intentionally omitted — the index MCP process
+        # has no visibility into the host Rails app's Woods initializer, so
+        # historic status payloads always reported +false+ regardless of the
+        # actual console MCP state. Advertising a misleading field is worse
+        # than not advertising it at all.
+        def features_from(config, resolved)
+          provider_hash = resolved&.embedding_provider || {}
+          resolved_provider = resolved_provider_symbol(provider_hash[:class])
+          resolved_model = provider_hash[:model]
+          resolved_vector = resolved&.stores&.dig(:vector_store)
+
+          {
+            embedding_model: resolved_model || (config.respond_to?(:embedding_model) ? config.embedding_model : nil),
+            embedding_provider: presence(resolved_provider ||
+              (config.respond_to?(:embedding_provider) ? config.embedding_provider : nil)),
+            vector_store: presence(resolved_vector ||
+              (config.respond_to?(:vector_store) ? config.vector_store : nil)),
+            session_tracer_enabled: config.respond_to?(:session_tracer_enabled) ? config.session_tracer_enabled : false,
+            snapshots_enabled: config.respond_to?(:enable_snapshots) ? config.enable_snapshots : false,
+            notion_configured: config.respond_to?(:notion_api_token) && !presence(config.notion_api_token).nil?
+          }
+        end
+
+        # Convert a fully-qualified provider class name (as serialised in
+        # woods.json — e.g. +"Woods::Embedding::Provider::Ollama"+) into the
+        # short symbol form used by +Woods.configuration.embedding_provider+
+        # (+:ollama+, +:openai+). Returns nil when +class_name+ is unknown or
+        # absent so callers fall back to the live config value.
+        def resolved_provider_symbol(class_name)
+          return nil if class_name.nil? || class_name.empty?
+
+          case class_name
+          when /Ollama\z/ then :ollama
+          when /OpenAI\z/ then :openai
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Return a Hash of manifest content, or nil if unreadable.
+        def safe_manifest(reader)
+          reader.manifest
+        rescue StandardError
+          nil
+        end
+
+        # Seconds since extraction. Returns nil if timestamp is missing or unparsable.
+        def staleness_seconds(iso8601)
+          return nil if iso8601.nil? || iso8601.empty?
+
+          (Time.now - Time.parse(iso8601)).to_i
+        rescue ArgumentError
+          nil
+        end
+
+        def presence(value)
+          return nil if value.nil?
+          return nil if value.respond_to?(:empty?) && value.empty?
+
+          value.to_s
+        end
+
         def register_resource_handler(server, reader)
           server.resources_read_handler do |params|
             uri = params[:uri]