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  # mcpi-ext
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  > **Experimental.** This extension implements progressive MCP tool discovery via skills for [mcpi](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi) (an experimental pi fork). See the [skills-as-groups proposal](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/experimental-ext-grouping/pull/13) for the proposed MCP spec addition, and the [progressive tool discovery docs](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi/blob/main/docs/progressive-tool-discovery.md) for implementation details.
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  Building custom [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) support as [mcpi](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi) extensions. This project implements **tiered progressive discovery** — three complementary strategies for exposing MCP tools to an AI agent, each paying only the context tokens it needs.
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+ tool-cli and bash compose especially closely: because tool-cli _is_ a program run with the bash
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+ tool, fetching MCP data and then filtering, joining, or writing it to disk with ordinary programs is
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+ 1. **Code mode** paginated all open bug issues, filtered by `updated < 90d ago`, grouped by label
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+ and keyword to find clusters. Computation across many pages — this is what sandboxes are for.
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+ 2. **tool-cli** spot-checked suspect issues. `tool-cli github get_issue '{"number":42}'` piped
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+ through `jq` to eyeball specific fields. Quick, ad-hoc, composable.
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- > _The rule of thumb is simple: skill for workflows, tool-cli for one-shots, code_execute for computation. The three are not competing. They are collaborating._
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  T3["code_search / code_execute\n(Tier 3 — Code Mode)"]
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- All three tiers route MCP tool calls back through the extension process. This is a subtle but important property: even when the model writes sandboxed JavaScript (Code Mode) or shells out to `tool-cli`, the actual MCP call happens in the harness. This means:
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+ All three tiers route MCP tool calls back through the extension process, and every one of them crosses the same authorization boundary: `McpPolicy`. Even when the model writes sandboxed JavaScript (Code Mode) or shells out to `tool-cli`, the actual MCP call is authorized and dispatched by that one object. This means:
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181
  - **Every tool invocation appears in the agent log** — skills, tool-cli one-shots, and Code Mode sandbox calls alike. Full observability without instrumentation.
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- - **Human-in-the-loop can be added at one point** — the `McpClientManager` is the single choke point. Future work can check tool annotations (`readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint`) and gate destructive calls through user confirmation, regardless of which tier initiated them.
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+ - **Human-in-the-loop happens at one point** — `McpPolicy` checks tool annotations (`readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint`) and gates non-read-only calls through user confirmation, regardless of which tier initiated them. A tool unlocked by an approved skill grant is not re-prompted.
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+ - **Undiscovered and gated tools never reach upstream** — the policy verifies the tool exists in the discovered set and is not skill-gated before contacting the server, so naming a hidden tool over the authenticated RPC socket fails at the boundary.
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+ - **Resource operations use the same policy** — tool-cli can list templates and read ordinary text/binary resources, while every `skill://` URI and SEP-2640-declared resource remains isolated; skill reads are origin-bound, and a discovery pass cannot authorize a skill-load read.
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+ - **Every decision is audited** — allowed and denied operations alike are recorded with their source (`proxy`, `code-mode`, `tool-cli`, `skill-discovery`, `skill-load`).
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187
  > _MCP doesn't have a context problem. It never did. It was just waiting for someone to imagine the right way to read the runes._
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+ ### Protocol compatibility and defaults
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+
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+ mcpi-ext uses `@modelcontextprotocol/client@2.0.0` in automatic version-negotiation
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+ mode. It first probes the released `2026-07-28` protocol with `server/discover`, then
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+ falls back to the legacy `initialize` handshake when a server does not support the
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+ modern era. The connection log reports the negotiated era.
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+
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+ - Tool and skill-resource lists follow cursors automatically, with a 64-page safety
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+ limit.
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+ - Results without a server-provided `ttlMs` are immediately stale
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+ (`defaultCacheTtlMs: 0`). Explicit server cache hints are still honored in the
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+ SDK's in-memory cache; mcpi-ext does not configure a persistent or shared cache.
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+ - Tool-list change handling is enabled. On modern servers the SDK may open a
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+ `subscriptions/listen` stream when the capability is advertised; legacy servers
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+ continue to use list-changed notifications. General subscription management,
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+ durable subscription resume, and live skill-resource refresh are not exposed.
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+ - Modern `input_required` flows support explicit form input, decline, and cancel in
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+ interactive mcpi sessions. Headless and URL elicitation fail with an actionable
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+ error rather than approving automatically.
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269
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287
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- See [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) for full tooling docs, dev loop, and architecture details.
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+ See [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi-ext/blob/main/AGENTS.md) for full tooling docs, dev loop, and architecture details.
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  ## Project Structure
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294
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  index.ts Extension entry point (lifecycle hooks, wiring)
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- mcp/ MCP client management (connections, tool discovery)
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+ mcp/ MCP client management (connections, discovery) + McpPolicy
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+ routing/ Execution-facility descriptors, prompt section, host seam
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  skills/ Skill registry, discovery, gating, tool proxies
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- tool-cli/ tool-cli RPC server, client, CLI binary, prompt
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- code-mode/ V8 sandbox executor, eligibility, type hints
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- test-servers/ Test MCP servers (weather, echo)
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- docs/ Detailed mechanism documentation
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+ tool-cli/ tool-cli RPC server, provider, bridge handshake, prompt
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+ code-mode/ V8 sandbox executor, lazy isolated-vm adapter, type hints
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+ test-servers/ Test MCP servers (weather, echo, skills fixtures)
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+ docs/ Detailed mechanism documentation (incl. releasing.md)
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  images/ Banner, character art, and screenshots
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+ scripts/ Integration, smoke, and release-check scripts
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+ tsconfig.json Development build (compiles tests and fixture servers)
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+ tsconfig.build.json Published build (no tests, fixtures, or source maps)
244
308
  ```
245
309
 
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+ ## Requirements
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+
312
+ Node.js `>=22.13.0`. Node 22 and 24 are both covered by CI.
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+
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+ Code Mode needs the optional [`isolated-vm`](https://github.com/laverdet/isolated-vm)
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+ native addon. It ships prebuilt binaries for Linux (x64, arm64), macOS
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+ (Apple Silicon), and Windows (x64), so the usual install is a download rather than a
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+ compile. Where no prebuild matches — Intel macOS, for instance — npm compiles it from
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+ source and needs a C++ toolchain.
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+
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+ If the addon is unavailable for any reason, installation still succeeds and the
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+ extension still loads. Code Mode reports itself unavailable with the specific cause,
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+ and skills, tool-cli, and execution routing continue to work. Code Mode never falls
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+ back to `node:vm`: that would silently downgrade an isolate boundary to same-process
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+ execution and hand sandboxed code the host realm.
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+
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+ To skip the addon deliberately, install with `npm install --omit=optional`.
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+
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+ ## Releasing
329
+
330
+ Published to npm by [`.github/workflows/publish.yml`](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi-ext/blob/main/.github/workflows/publish.yml)
331
+ using npm trusted publishing — a GitHub Release triggers it, OIDC authenticates it,
332
+ and no `NPM_TOKEN` exists anywhere in this repository.
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+
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+ 📖 [**Release process →**](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi-ext/blob/main/docs/releasing.md) — trusted-publisher setup, cutting a release, and what the workflow refuses to do.
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+
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336
  ## License
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337
 
248
- See repository for license details.
338
+ [MIT](https://github.com/SamMorrowDrums/mcpi-ext/blob/main/LICENSE)
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
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+ import type { McpClientManager, McpTool } from "../mcp/index.js";
2
+ export declare const SYNTHESIZED_OUTPUT_SCHEMA: NonNullable<McpTool["outputSchema"]>;
3
+ export type OutputSchemaProvenance = "declared" | "synthesized" | "unavailable";
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+ export type CodeModeRefusalReason = "destructive_hint" | "read_only_hint_required";
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+ /**
6
+ * Client-internal Code Mode metadata. The source MCP tool is retained separately
7
+ * so provenance never becomes part of an MCP request or response.
8
+ */
9
+ export interface CodeModeTool {
10
+ readonly tool: McpTool;
11
+ readonly callable: boolean;
12
+ readonly refusalReasons: readonly CodeModeRefusalReason[];
13
+ readonly outputSchema?: NonNullable<McpTool["outputSchema"]>;
14
+ readonly outputSchemaProvenance: OutputSchemaProvenance;
15
+ }
16
+ export interface CodeModeDiagnostics {
17
+ readonly totalTools: number;
18
+ readonly callableTools: number;
19
+ readonly refusedTools: number;
20
+ readonly declaredOutputSchemas: number;
21
+ readonly synthesizedOutputSchemas: number;
22
+ readonly unavailableOutputSchemas: number;
23
+ }
24
+ /**
25
+ * Code Mode dispatch is allowed only when a tool explicitly declares itself
26
+ * read-only and does not also declare destructive behavior.
27
+ */
28
+ export declare function isEligibleForCodeMode(tool: McpTool): boolean;
29
+ /** Get all tools eligible for code mode across all connected MCP servers. */
30
+ export declare function getEligibleTools(mcpManager: McpClientManager): McpTool[];
31
+ /** Build the internal Code Mode catalog without mutating source MCP tool definitions. */
32
+ export declare function toCodeModeTool(tool: McpTool): CodeModeTool;
33
+ /** Get every discovered MCP tool with Code Mode permission and schema metadata. */
34
+ export declare function getCodeModeTools(mcpManager: McpClientManager): CodeModeTool[];
35
+ export declare function getCodeModeDiagnostics(tools: readonly CodeModeTool[]): CodeModeDiagnostics;
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
1
+ export const SYNTHESIZED_OUTPUT_SCHEMA = Object.freeze({});
2
+ /**
3
+ * Code Mode dispatch is allowed only when a tool explicitly declares itself
4
+ * read-only and does not also declare destructive behavior.
5
+ */
6
+ export function isEligibleForCodeMode(tool) {
7
+ return tool.annotations?.readOnlyHint === true && tool.annotations.destructiveHint !== true;
8
+ }
9
+ /** Get all tools eligible for code mode across all connected MCP servers. */
10
+ export function getEligibleTools(mcpManager) {
11
+ return mcpManager.getTools().filter(isEligibleForCodeMode);
12
+ }
13
+ /** Build the internal Code Mode catalog without mutating source MCP tool definitions. */
14
+ export function toCodeModeTool(tool) {
15
+ const refusalReasons = [];
16
+ if (tool.annotations?.readOnlyHint !== true) {
17
+ refusalReasons.push("read_only_hint_required");
18
+ }
19
+ if (tool.annotations?.destructiveHint === true) {
20
+ refusalReasons.push("destructive_hint");
21
+ }
22
+ const callable = refusalReasons.length === 0;
23
+ const declaredOutputSchema = tool.outputSchema !== undefined && tool.outputSchema !== null ? tool.outputSchema : undefined;
24
+ if (declaredOutputSchema) {
25
+ return {
26
+ tool,
27
+ callable,
28
+ refusalReasons,
29
+ outputSchema: declaredOutputSchema,
30
+ outputSchemaProvenance: "declared",
31
+ };
32
+ }
33
+ if (callable) {
34
+ return {
35
+ tool,
36
+ callable,
37
+ refusalReasons,
38
+ outputSchema: SYNTHESIZED_OUTPUT_SCHEMA,
39
+ outputSchemaProvenance: "synthesized",
40
+ };
41
+ }
42
+ return {
43
+ tool,
44
+ callable,
45
+ refusalReasons,
46
+ outputSchemaProvenance: "unavailable",
47
+ };
48
+ }
49
+ /** Get every discovered MCP tool with Code Mode permission and schema metadata. */
50
+ export function getCodeModeTools(mcpManager) {
51
+ return mcpManager.getTools().map(toCodeModeTool);
52
+ }
53
+ export function getCodeModeDiagnostics(tools) {
54
+ const callableTools = tools.filter((tool) => tool.callable).length;
55
+ const countProvenance = (provenance) => tools.filter((tool) => tool.outputSchemaProvenance === provenance).length;
56
+ return {
57
+ totalTools: tools.length,
58
+ callableTools,
59
+ refusedTools: tools.length - callableTools,
60
+ declaredOutputSchemas: countProvenance("declared"),
61
+ synthesizedOutputSchemas: countProvenance("synthesized"),
62
+ unavailableOutputSchemas: countProvenance("unavailable"),
63
+ };
64
+ }
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
1
+ /** Result of code execution. */
2
+ export interface ExecuteResult {
3
+ result: unknown;
4
+ error?: string;
5
+ errorDetails?: CodeModeErrorDetails;
6
+ logs: string[];
7
+ }
8
+ export interface CodeModeErrorDetails {
9
+ error: string;
10
+ message: string;
11
+ alternatives?: string[];
12
+ toolName?: string;
13
+ reason?: string;
14
+ }
15
+ export declare class CodeModeDispatchError extends Error {
16
+ readonly details: CodeModeErrorDetails;
17
+ constructor(details: CodeModeErrorDetails);
18
+ }
19
+ /** A function the sandbox can call to invoke an MCP tool. */
20
+ export type ToolDispatchFn = (toolName: string, args: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>;
21
+ export interface ExecutorOptions {
22
+ /** Memory limit in MB for the V8 isolate. Default: 128. */
23
+ memoryLimit?: number;
24
+ /** Execution timeout in milliseconds. Default: 30000. */
25
+ timeoutMs?: number;
26
+ }
27
+ /** Error code surfaced when the V8 isolate backend is not installed. */
28
+ export declare const SANDBOX_UNAVAILABLE_ERROR = "sandbox_unavailable";
29
+ /**
30
+ * Execute model-generated JavaScript code in an isolated V8 sandbox.
31
+ *
32
+ * The code runs in a fresh `isolated-vm` isolate with:
33
+ * - Enforced memory limit (default 128MB)
34
+ * - Execution timeout (default 30s)
35
+ * - No access to Node.js APIs, filesystem, or network
36
+ * - Only access to provided tool dispatch functions via `codemode.*` proxy
37
+ *
38
+ * Tool calls are dispatched to the host via `Reference` callbacks —
39
+ * actual MCP tool execution happens outside the sandbox.
40
+ *
41
+ * The `isolated-vm` addon is optional and loaded lazily. If it is unavailable
42
+ * this returns a structured `sandbox_unavailable` error rather than falling
43
+ * back to Node's `vm` module: `node:vm` shares the host realm and heap, so
44
+ * using it here would silently void the isolation guarantee this API makes.
45
+ */
46
+ export declare function executeInSandbox(code: string, toolNames: string[], dispatch: ToolDispatchFn, options?: ExecutorOptions): Promise<ExecuteResult>;
47
+ /**
48
+ * Normalize model-generated code:
49
+ * - Strip markdown code fences
50
+ * - Handle arrow functions, function declarations, export default
51
+ * - Otherwise leave code as a statement block; callers must explicitly `return` a value
52
+ */
53
+ export declare function normalizeCode(code: string): string;