@ateam-ai/mcp 0.4.82 → 0.4.83

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ateam-ai/mcp",
-  "version": "0.4.82",
+  "version": "0.4.83",
   "mcpName": "io.github.ariekogan/ateam-mcp",
   "description": "A-Team MCP Server — build, validate, and deploy multi-agent solutions from any AI environment",
   "type": "module",

package/src/api.js

@@ -493,8 +493,11 @@ function headers(sessionId) {
 
 /**
  * Format an API error into a user-friendly message with actionable hints.
+ *
+ * Exported so the hints can be TESTED as behaviour rather than as source text.
+ * A test that greps for the right-looking code passes on code that never runs.
  */
-function formatError(method, path, status, body, baseUrl) {
+export function formatError(method, path, status, body, baseUrl) {
   const hints = {
     400: "Bad request — see the error details above for what to fix.",
     401: "Your API key may be invalid or expired. Get a valid key at https://mcp.ateam-ai.com/get-api-key then call ateam_auth(api_key: \"your_key\").",
@@ -532,6 +535,23 @@ function formatError(method, path, status, body, baseUrl) {
     }
   }
 
+  // A 404 ON /spec IS NOT A MISSING SOLUTION.
+  //
+  // The table answers every 404 with "check the solution_id or skill_id".
+  // /spec/* takes neither. Asking for a topic this deployment does not serve —
+  // which happens the moment the tool ships ahead of the backend, as
+  // device-capabilities did on 2026-09-04 — sent the reader looking for a
+  // solution that was never involved. The environment is the whole answer, so
+  // name it: the same call against a newer deployment succeeds.
+  if (status === 404 && /^\/spec(\/|$)/.test(String(path || ""))) {
+    const topic = String(path).replace(/^\/spec\/?/, "") || "(index)";
+    hints[404] =
+      `Nothing to do with solutions — /spec takes no solution_id or skill_id. The A-Team API at ` +
+      `${baseUrl || "this URL"} does not serve the topic "${topic}". Either the topic name is wrong (ateam_get_spec ` +
+      `with topic:"overview" lists what this deployment has), or this backend is OLDER than the tool you are ` +
+      `calling from and the topic has not been deployed here yet. Retrying will not change either.`;
+  }
+
   // A 500 THAT NAMES A MISSING CONFIGURATION IS NOT "TRY AGAIN IN A MINUTE".
   //
   // /chat answered 500 {"message":"OPENAI_API_KEY is not set"} and this table