mcp-3d-printer-server 1.2.5 → 1.2.11

package/dist/index.js

@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ import axios from "axios";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
+import os from "node:os";
+import { BlenderMcpBridge } from "./blender-mcp-bridge.js";
 import { createServer as createHttpServer } from "node:http";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import * as THREE from 'three';
 import { PrinterFactory } from "./printers/printer-factory.js";
 import { STLManipulator } from "./stl/stl-manipulator.js";
+import { SlicerError } from "./slicer/slicer-error.js";
+import { inspectSliceSettings, listTemplateRegistry, resolveTemplatePath, resolveTemplateSlicerProfilePath, saveTemplate, } from "./slicer/templates.js";
 import { parse3MF } from './3mf_parser.js';
 import { BambuImplementation } from "./printers/bambu.js";
-import { inspectFuluOrcaSetup, invokeFuluBridgeRpc, isFuluPrintRpcMethod, } from "./fulu-orca.js";
+import { inspectFuluOrcaSetup, invokeFuluBridgeRpc, } from "./fulu-orca.js";
+import { CONFIRMATION_UNAVAILABLE, confirmationTimedOut, confirmationTimeoutMs } from "./safety/confirmation.js";
+import { validateExpectedPeaks } from "./safety/expected-peaks.js";
 // Load environment variables from .env file
 dotenv.config();
 // Default values
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ const DEFAULT_HOST = process.env.PRINTER_HOST || "localhost";
 const DEFAULT_PORT = process.env.PRINTER_PORT || "80";
 const DEFAULT_API_KEY = process.env.API_KEY || "";
 const DEFAULT_TYPE = process.env.PRINTER_TYPE || "octoprint"; // Default to OctoPrint
-const TEMP_DIR = process.env.TEMP_DIR || path.join(process.cwd(), "temp");
+const TEMP_DIR = process.env.TEMP_DIR || fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mcp-3d-printer-server-"));
 // Slicer configuration
 const CANONICAL_SLICER_TYPES = [
     "prusaslicer",
@@ -125,6 +131,208 @@ const BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS = {
     a1mini: (n) => `Bambu Lab A1 mini ${n} nozzle`,
     h2d: (n) => `Bambu Lab H2D ${n} nozzle`,
 };
+// Models whose bundled machine presets the Bambu-compatible CLI slicing path
+// can target. The installed slicer must still contain the exact
+// "<model> <nozzle> nozzle" preset; a missing preset stops the slice.
+const SLICE_BAMBU_MODELS = ["p1s", "p1p", "p2s", "x1c", "x1e", "a1", "a1mini", "h2d", "h2s", "h2c"];
+const SLICE_BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS = {
+    ...BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS,
+    p2s: (n) => `Bambu Lab P2S ${n} nozzle`,
+    h2s: (n) => `Bambu Lab H2S ${n} nozzle`,
+    h2c: (n) => `Bambu Lab H2C ${n} nozzle`,
+};
+const DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_3MF_PATH = process.env.BAMBU_TEMPLATE_3MF_PATH || "";
+const VALID_NOZZLE_TYPES = ["stainless_steel", "hardened_steel", "tungsten_carbide", "brass"];
+/** The installed hotend material. Bambu machine presets assume the stock nozzle; the print gate compares this with the printer. */
+function resolveNozzleType(value) {
+    const raw = value === undefined || value === null || value === "" ? process.env.BAMBU_NOZZLE_TYPE?.trim() : value;
+    if (raw === undefined || raw === "")
+        return undefined;
+    const normalized = String(raw).trim().toLowerCase().replace(/[\s-]+/g, "_");
+    if (!VALID_NOZZLE_TYPES.includes(normalized)) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid nozzle type "${raw}". Valid types: ${VALID_NOZZLE_TYPES.join(", ")}`);
+    }
+    return normalized;
+}
+// Shared slice_stl / slice_with_template argument schema.
+const SLICE_TOOL_PROPERTIES = {
+    bambu_model: {
+        type: "string",
+        enum: [...SLICE_BAMBU_MODELS],
+        description: "Bambu Lab printer model. Required for bambustudio and orcaslicer-bambulab (elicited or read from BAMBU_MODEL when omitted); " +
+            "passing it with orcaslicer selects the Bambu-compatible path. The installed slicer must contain the exact model/nozzle preset.",
+    },
+    nozzle_diameter: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Nozzle diameter in mm (default: NOZZLE_DIAMETER or 0.4). Selects the '<model> <diameter> nozzle' machine preset.",
+    },
+    slicer_type: {
+        type: "string",
+        enum: [...SLICER_TYPE_ENUM],
+        description: "Type of slicer to use (prusaslicer, cura, slic3r, orcaslicer, orcaslicer-bambulab, bambustudio). Use orcaslicer-bambulab for the FULU fork. " +
+            "bambustudio and orcaslicer-bambulab (and orcaslicer with bambu_model) export a sliced 3MF.",
+    },
+    slicer_path: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Path to the slicer executable (default: value from env). Per-call overrides require MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1.",
+    },
+    slicer_profile: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Profile to use for slicing (default: SLICER_PROFILE env). Bambu-compatible slicing: one process profile JSON (the machine preset comes from bambu_model). " +
+            "Generic OrcaSlicer: machine/process profiles separated with ';', optionally followed by '|filament.json'.",
+    },
+    filament_profile: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Filament profile path(s), ';'-separated in slot order, loaded with --load-filaments (default: FILAMENT_PROFILE/SLICER_FILAMENT_PROFILE env). Alias of load_filaments.",
+    },
+    load_filaments: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: filament profile JSON paths in slot order, ';'-separated. One profile applies to every project slot; otherwise supply one per slot.",
+    },
+    load_filament_ids: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: comma-separated filament IDs mapping load_filaments to objects, e.g. '1,2,3,1'.",
+    },
+    filament_colours: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: one #RRGGBB per filament slot, ';'-separated. Defaults to the input 3MF's colours, then each profile's colour.",
+    },
+    bed_type: {
+        type: "string",
+        enum: [...VALID_BED_TYPES],
+        description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: build plate type (default: BED_TYPE or textured_plate).",
+    },
+    nozzle_type: {
+        type: "string",
+        enum: [...VALID_NOZZLE_TYPES],
+        description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: the hotend nozzle material installed on the printer (default: BAMBU_NOZZLE_TYPE, else the model preset's stock nozzle, usually stainless_steel; X1C/X1E presets use hardened_steel). Printing compares it with the printer's reported nozzle.",
+    },
+    template_3mf_path: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: 3MF or profile whose embedded slicer settings are reused as the process profile (default: BAMBU_TEMPLATE_3MF_PATH). An explicit slicer_profile takes precedence.",
+    },
+    template_name: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Named template from the local registry (see list_templates); resolves to its file.",
+    },
+    template_dir: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "Template directory override when resolving template_name (default: BAMBU_TEMPLATE_DIR or ~/Sync/bambu/templates).",
+    },
+    uptodate: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: refresh 3MF preset configs to the installed slicer version (--uptodate)." },
+    repetitions: { type: "number", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: print N identical copies (--repetitions)." },
+    orient: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: auto-orient for printability (--orient)." },
+    arrange: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: auto-arrange objects on the plate (--arrange). Set false to keep an existing layout." },
+    ensure_on_bed: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: lower floating models onto the bed (--ensure-on-bed)." },
+    clone_objects: { type: "string", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: comma-separated clone counts per object index, e.g. '1,3,1,10'." },
+    skip_objects: { type: "string", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: comma-separated object indices to skip, e.g. '3,5,10'." },
+    enable_timelapse: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: insert timelapse parking moves (--enable-timelapse)." },
+    allow_mix_temp: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: allow filaments with different temperature requirements on one plate." },
+    scale: { type: "number", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: uniform scale factor applied before slicing (1.0 = original size)." },
+    rotate: { type: "number", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: Z-axis rotation in degrees before slicing." },
+    rotate_x: { type: "number", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: X-axis rotation in degrees before slicing." },
+    rotate_y: { type: "number", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: Y-axis rotation in degrees before slicing." },
+    min_save: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: write a smaller output 3MF (--min-save)." },
+    skip_modified_gcodes: { type: "boolean", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: ignore custom G-code embedded in an input 3MF (--skip-modified-gcodes)." },
+    slice_plate: { type: "number", description: "Bambu-compatible slicing: plate number to slice; 0 slices all plates (default)." },
+};
+function validateSliceBambuModel(model) {
+    const normalized = model.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (!SLICE_BAMBU_MODELS.includes(normalized)) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid bambu_model "${model}" for slicing. Valid models: ${SLICE_BAMBU_MODELS.join(", ")}`);
+    }
+    return normalized;
+}
+function normalizeSliceNozzleDiameter(raw) {
+    const text = String(raw ?? "").trim() || DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER;
+    const value = Number(text);
+    if (!/^\d+(\.\d+)?$/.test(text) || !Number.isFinite(value) || value <= 0 || value > 2) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid nozzle_diameter "${text}". Use a diameter in mm such as 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, or 0.8.`);
+    }
+    return String(value);
+}
+/** Parse "#RRGGBB;#RRGGBB" (leading '#' optional) into positional slot colours. */
+function parseFilamentColours(value) {
+    const colours = value.split(";").map((c) => c.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+        .map((c) => (c.startsWith("#") ? c : `#${c}`).toUpperCase());
+    for (const c of colours) {
+        if (!/^#[0-9A-F]{6}([0-9A-F]{2})?$/.test(c)) {
+            throw new Error(`Invalid filament colour "${c}"; expected #RRGGBB.`);
+        }
+    }
+    if (colours.length === 0)
+        throw new Error("Invalid filament_colours: list at least one colour.");
+    return colours;
+}
+function optionalFiniteNumber(args, key) {
+    if (args?.[key] === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+    const value = Number(args[key]);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(value))
+        throw new Error(`Invalid ${key}: expected a number.`);
+    return value;
+}
+function optionalBoolean(args, key) {
+    const value = args?.[key];
+    if (value === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+    if (typeof value !== "boolean")
+        throw new Error(`Invalid ${key}: expected a boolean.`);
+    return value;
+}
+/** Map slice_stl/slice_with_template arguments to Bambu-compatible CLI options. */
+function buildBambuSliceOptions(args) {
+    const options = {};
+    const text = (key) => (args?.[key] !== undefined && String(args[key]).trim() ? String(args[key]).trim() : undefined);
+    options.uptodate = optionalBoolean(args, "uptodate");
+    options.orient = optionalBoolean(args, "orient");
+    options.arrange = optionalBoolean(args, "arrange");
+    options.ensureOnBed = optionalBoolean(args, "ensure_on_bed");
+    options.enableTimelapse = optionalBoolean(args, "enable_timelapse");
+    options.allowMixTemp = optionalBoolean(args, "allow_mix_temp");
+    options.minSave = optionalBoolean(args, "min_save");
+    options.skipModifiedGcodes = optionalBoolean(args, "skip_modified_gcodes");
+    options.repetitions = optionalFiniteNumber(args, "repetitions");
+    options.scale = optionalFiniteNumber(args, "scale");
+    options.rotate = optionalFiniteNumber(args, "rotate");
+    options.rotateX = optionalFiniteNumber(args, "rotate_x");
+    options.rotateY = optionalFiniteNumber(args, "rotate_y");
+    options.slicePlate = optionalFiniteNumber(args, "slice_plate");
+    if (options.repetitions !== undefined && (!Number.isInteger(options.repetitions) || options.repetitions < 1)) {
+        throw new Error("Invalid repetitions: expected a positive integer.");
+    }
+    if (options.slicePlate !== undefined && (!Number.isInteger(options.slicePlate) || options.slicePlate < 0)) {
+        throw new Error("Invalid slice_plate: expected 0 (all plates) or a plate number.");
+    }
+    if (options.scale !== undefined && options.scale <= 0)
+        throw new Error("Invalid scale: expected a positive factor.");
+    options.cloneObjects = text("clone_objects");
+    options.skipObjects = text("skip_objects");
+    options.loadFilamentIds = text("load_filament_ids");
+    const loadFilaments = text("load_filaments");
+    const filamentAlias = text("filament_profile");
+    if (loadFilaments && filamentAlias && loadFilaments !== filamentAlias) {
+        throw new Error("Provide either load_filaments or filament_profile, not conflicting values.");
+    }
+    options.loadFilaments = loadFilaments ?? filamentAlias;
+    const colours = text("filament_colours");
+    if (colours)
+        options.filamentColours = parseFilamentColours(colours);
+    options.bedType = resolveBedType(args?.bed_type);
+    options.nozzleType = resolveNozzleType(args?.nozzle_type);
+    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(options).filter(([, value]) => value !== undefined));
+}
+function defaultSlicerPathFor(slicerType) {
+    if (process.env.SLICER_PATH)
+        return process.env.SLICER_PATH;
+    if (slicerType === DEFAULT_SLICER_TYPE)
+        return DEFAULT_SLICER_PATH;
+    if (slicerType === "bambustudio")
+        return defaultBambuStudioPath();
+    if (slicerType === "orcaslicer-bambulab")
+        return defaultFuluOrcaPath();
+    return DEFAULT_SLICER_PATH;
+}
 function validateBambuModel(model) {
     const normalized = model.trim().toLowerCase();
     if (!VALID_BAMBU_MODELS.includes(normalized)) {
@@ -139,6 +347,34 @@ function resolveBedType(bedType) {
     }
     return resolved;
 }
+const SUPPORTED_NOZZLE_DIAMETERS = [0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8];
+/** Optional declared material; blank means "not declared". */
+function optionalMaterialArg(value) {
+    if (value === undefined || value === null || value === "")
+        return undefined;
+    if (typeof value !== "string" || !value.trim()) {
+        throw new Error("material must be a non-empty string such as PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU, PA or PC.");
+    }
+    return value.trim();
+}
+/** Temperatures are validated as finite numbers before any printer connection. */
+function optionalTemperatureArg(value, name) {
+    if (value === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+    if (typeof value !== "number" || !Number.isFinite(value) || value < 0) {
+        throw new Error(`${name} must be a finite, non-negative number in °C.`);
+    }
+    return value;
+}
+function optionalNozzleDiameterArg(value) {
+    if (value === undefined || value === null || value === "")
+        return undefined;
+    const diameter = Number(value);
+    if ((typeof value !== "number" && typeof value !== "string") || !SUPPORTED_NOZZLE_DIAMETERS.includes(diameter)) {
+        throw new Error(`nozzle_diameter must be one of ${SUPPORTED_NOZZLE_DIAMETERS.join(", ")} mm.`);
+    }
+    return diameter;
+}
 function parseBooleanEnv(rawValue, fallback) {
     if (rawValue === undefined) {
         return fallback;
@@ -193,29 +429,68 @@ function readRuntimeConfig() {
         enableJsonResponse: parseBooleanEnv(process.env.MCP_HTTP_JSON_RESPONSE, true),
         allowedOrigins: parseCsvEnv(process.env.MCP_HTTP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS),
         blenderBridgeCommand: process.env.BLENDER_MCP_BRIDGE_COMMAND?.trim() || undefined,
+        allowExecutableArg: parseBooleanEnv(process.env.MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG, false),
+        allowBridgeCommandArg: parseBooleanEnv(process.env.MCP_ALLOW_BRIDGE_COMMAND_ARG, false),
     };
 }
+const SLICING_TOOLS = new Set(["slice_stl", "slice_with_template", "list_templates", "save_template", "get_slice_settings"]);
 // Ensure temp directory exists
 if (!fs.existsSync(TEMP_DIR)) {
     fs.mkdirSync(TEMP_DIR, { recursive: true });
 }
+/** MQTT "Not authorized", FTP 530, and HTTP 401/403 all mean the printer rejected its credentials. */
+function isCredentialRejection(message) {
+    return /not authori[sz]ed|\b530\b|login incorrect|\b401\b|\b403\b|unauthori[sz]ed|forbidden|bad user name or password/i.test(message);
+}
+function credentialSuggestion() {
+    return (process.env.PRINTER_TYPE ?? "").toLowerCase() === "bambu"
+        ? "The printer rejected its LAN access code. Read the current Access Code on the printer (Settings > Network/WLAN; it changes " +
+            "when LAN mode is toggled and after some resets), update BAMBU_TOKEN, and check BAMBU_SERIAL. Retrying unchanged will not help."
+        : "The printer rejected its credentials. Check API_KEY (and PRINTER_HOST/PRINTER_PORT) for this printer system. Retrying unchanged will not help.";
+}
 class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
     constructor() {
+        this.blender = new BlenderMcpBridge();
         this.runtimeConfig = readRuntimeConfig();
         this.server = new Server({
             name: "mcp-3d-printer-server",
-            version: "1.2.0"
+            version: JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL("../package.json", import.meta.url), "utf8")).version
         }, {
             capabilities: {
                 resources: {},
                 tools: {}
             }
         });
-        this.printerFactory = new PrinterFactory();
+        this.printerFactory = new PrinterFactory((message) => this.confirmHardware(message));
         this.stlManipulator = new STLManipulator(TEMP_DIR);
         this.setupHandlers();
         this.setupErrorHandling();
     }
+    /** Human MCP elicitation before a print start or positive heating command. */
+    async confirmHardware(message) {
+        let response;
+        const timeout = confirmationTimeoutMs();
+        try {
+            response = await this.server.elicitInput({
+                mode: "form",
+                message,
+                requestedSchema: {
+                    type: "object",
+                    properties: {
+                        confirmed: { type: "boolean", title: "I checked the printer and confirm this operation", default: false },
+                    },
+                    required: ["confirmed"],
+                },
+            }, { timeout });
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            // A person may take minutes to check the bed; a timeout is not a missing capability.
+            if (error?.code === ErrorCode.RequestTimeout)
+                throw new Error(confirmationTimedOut(timeout));
+            throw new Error(CONFIRMATION_UNAVAILABLE);
+        }
+        return response.action === "accept" && response.content?.confirmed === true;
+    }
     async resolveBambuModel(argsModel) {
         const fromArgs = (argsModel || DEFAULT_BAMBU_MODEL).trim().toLowerCase();
         if (fromArgs) {
@@ -247,7 +522,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     required: ["bambu_model"],
                 },
-            });
+            }, { timeout: confirmationTimeoutMs() });
             if (result.action === "accept" && result.content?.bambu_model) {
                 return validateBambuModel(String(result.content.bambu_model));
             }
@@ -255,6 +530,10 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
         }
         catch (elicitError) {
             const msg = elicitError?.message || String(elicitError);
+            if (elicitError?.code === ErrorCode.RequestTimeout) {
+                throw new Error("No printer model was chosen in time; nothing was sent. Set BAMBU_MODEL or pass bambu_model, " +
+                    `or answer the prompt within PRINT_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT_MS. Valid models: ${VALID_BAMBU_MODELS.join(", ")}`);
+            }
             if (elicitError?.code === -32601 || elicitError?.code === -32600 ||
                 msg.includes("does not support") || msg.includes("elicitation")) {
                 throw new Error("bambu_model is required but your MCP client does not support elicitation. " +
@@ -264,6 +543,54 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
             throw elicitError;
         }
     }
+    /** Slicing accepts every model with a Bambu-compatible CLI preset mapping. */
+    async resolveSliceBambuModel(argsModel) {
+        const requested = (argsModel || DEFAULT_BAMBU_MODEL).trim().toLowerCase();
+        if (requested) {
+            return validateSliceBambuModel(requested);
+        }
+        return this.resolveBambuModel(undefined);
+    }
+    /** Shared slice_stl / slice_with_template implementation. */
+    async runSliceTool(toolName, args) {
+        if (!args?.stl_path) {
+            throw new Error("Missing required parameter: stl_path");
+        }
+        const slicerType = normalizeSlicerType(String(args.slicer_type || DEFAULT_SLICER_TYPE));
+        const explicitModel = typeof args.bambu_model === "string" && args.bambu_model.trim() ? args.bambu_model : undefined;
+        // Generic OrcaSlicer keeps its user-supplied machine profile unless the
+        // call explicitly targets a Bambu model.
+        const bambuCli = isBambuProjectSlicer(slicerType) || (slicerType === "orcaslicer" && explicitModel !== undefined);
+        let printerPreset;
+        let options;
+        if (bambuCli) {
+            const model = await this.resolveSliceBambuModel(explicitModel);
+            printerPreset = SLICE_BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS[model](normalizeSliceNozzleDiameter(args.nozzle_diameter));
+            options = buildBambuSliceOptions(args);
+        }
+        // Process profile precedence: explicit slicer_profile, then a template, then SLICER_PROFILE.
+        const explicitProfile = typeof args.slicer_profile === "string" && args.slicer_profile.trim() ? args.slicer_profile.trim() : undefined;
+        const templateDir = typeof args.template_dir === "string" ? args.template_dir : undefined;
+        const requestedTemplate = resolveTemplatePath(typeof args.template_name === "string" ? args.template_name : undefined, templateDir, ["json", "config", "3mf"]) ||
+            (typeof args.template_3mf_path === "string" && args.template_3mf_path.trim() ? args.template_3mf_path.trim() : undefined);
+        if (requestedTemplate && !bambuCli) {
+            throw new Error("template_name/template_3mf_path apply to Bambu-compatible slicing (bambustudio, orcaslicer-bambulab, or orcaslicer with bambu_model).");
+        }
+        let slicerProfile = explicitProfile;
+        const templatePath = requestedTemplate || (bambuCli && DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_3MF_PATH ? DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_3MF_PATH : undefined);
+        if (!slicerProfile && templatePath) {
+            if (!fs.existsSync(templatePath)) {
+                throw new Error(`Template not found: ${templatePath}`);
+            }
+            slicerProfile = await resolveTemplateSlicerProfilePath(templatePath, path.join(TEMP_DIR, "templates"));
+        }
+        slicerProfile ?? (slicerProfile = DEFAULT_SLICER_PROFILE || undefined);
+        const explicitFilament = typeof args.filament_profile === "string" && args.filament_profile.trim() ? args.filament_profile.trim() : undefined;
+        const filamentProfile = options?.loadFilaments ?? explicitFilament ?? (DEFAULT_FILAMENT_PROFILE || undefined);
+        const slicerPath = this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args.slicer_path, toolName, "slicer_path") ?? defaultSlicerPathFor(slicerType);
+        return this.stlManipulator.sliceSTL(String(args.stl_path), slicerType, slicerPath, slicerProfile, undefined, // progressCallback
+        printerPreset, filamentProfile, options);
+    }
     setupErrorHandling() {
         this.server.onerror = (error) => {
             console.error("[MCP Error]", error);
@@ -461,7 +788,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     {
                         name: "upload_gcode",
-                        description: "Upload G-code content or a local G-code file path to the printer",
+                        description: "Upload G-code content or a local G-code file path to the printer. With print=true the exact uploaded bytes are inspected first (every S/R heater target, tool changes, hardware and material ceilings), printer state is checked, and a human confirmation is requested before the print starts.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -489,6 +816,11 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Access token for Bambu Lab printers (default: value from env)"
                                 },
+                                bambu_model: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    enum: [...VALID_BAMBU_MODELS],
+                                    description: "Required for Bambu print operations unless BAMBU_MODEL is configured. Must match the printer and pre-sliced G-code."
+                                },
                                 filename: {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Filename to use on the printer. Defaults to the basename of gcode_path when omitted."
@@ -503,18 +835,18 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 print: {
                                     type: "boolean",
-                                    description: "Start printing after upload when the printer backend supports it."
+                                    description: "Start printing after upload when the printer backend supports it. Printing requires a declared material from slicer metadata (; filament_type = PLA) or the material argument."
+                                },
+                                material: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    description: "Declared filament material (for example PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU, PA, PC) when the G-code has no slicer filament_type metadata. Must not contradict the file. Material ceilings limit nozzle targets."
                                 }
-                            },
-                            anyOf: [
-                                { required: ["filename", "gcode"] },
-                                { required: ["gcode_path"] }
-                            ]
+                            }
                         }
                     },
                     {
                         name: "start_print",
-                        description: "Start printing a file that is already available on the printer",
+                        description: "Start printing a G-code file already stored on the printer. The server downloads and inspects the exact file, then starts a uniquely named checked copy after printer-state checks and human confirmation. Printers whose API cannot download files (Repetier, Prusa, Creality) refuse; use upload_gcode with print=true instead.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -542,9 +874,18 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Access token for Bambu Lab printers (default: value from env)"
                                 },
+                                bambu_model: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    enum: [...VALID_BAMBU_MODELS],
+                                    description: "Required for Bambu print operations unless BAMBU_MODEL is configured. Must match the printer and pre-sliced G-code."
+                                },
                                 filename: {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Name/path of the printer-side G-code file to start."
+                                },
+                                material: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    description: "Declared filament material when the G-code has no slicer filament_type metadata (non-Bambu printers). Must not contradict the file."
                                 }
                             },
                             required: ["filename"]
@@ -585,7 +926,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     {
                         name: "set_printer_temperature",
-                        description: "Set the temperature of a printer component",
+                        description: "Set the temperature of a printer component. Temperature 0 switches a heater off and is never gated. Positive targets are validated before connecting, limited by independent hardware and material ceilings, require a ready printer and a human confirmation.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -619,7 +960,20 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 temperature: {
                                     type: "number",
-                                    description: "Target temperature in Celsius."
+                                    description: "Target temperature in Celsius: a finite number >= 0. 0 switches the heater off."
+                                },
+                                material: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    description: "Declared material at the nozzle (for example PLA, PETG, ABS). Required for positive nozzle heating, including non-RFID spools."
+                                },
+                                bambu_model: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    enum: [...VALID_BAMBU_MODELS],
+                                    description: "Bambu printer model; required for positive Bambu heating unless BAMBU_MODEL is configured. Checked against the live printer."
+                                },
+                                nozzle_diameter: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    description: "Installed Bambu nozzle diameter in mm for nozzle heating (default: NOZZLE_DIAMETER or 0.4). Checked against the live printer."
                                 }
                             },
                             required: ["component", "temperature"]
@@ -646,7 +1000,10 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     {
                         name: "slice_stl",
-                        description: "Slice an STL or 3MF file to generate G-code or sliced 3MF",
+                        description: "Slice an STL or 3MF file to generate G-code or a sliced 3MF. For Bambu-compatible CLI slicing " +
+                            "(bambustudio, orcaslicer-bambulab, or orcaslicer with bambu_model), the exact bambu_model/nozzle machine " +
+                            "preset from the selected slicer installation is required, profile inheritance is resolved before the CLI " +
+                            "runs, and the result must contain plate G-code. Failures stop with the slicer's exit status and output.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -654,39 +1011,73 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Path to the STL or 3MF file to slice"
                                 },
-                                bambu_model: {
-                                    type: "string",
-                                    enum: ["p1s", "p1p", "x1c", "x1e", "a1", "a1mini", "h2d"],
-                                    description: "Bambu Lab printer model - required when using Bambu project slicers to ensure correct G-code."
-                                },
-                                nozzle_diameter: {
-                                    type: "string",
-                                    description: "Nozzle diameter in mm (default: 0.4)."
-                                },
-                                slicer_type: {
-                                    type: "string",
-                                    enum: [...SLICER_TYPE_ENUM],
-                                    description: "Type of slicer to use (prusaslicer, cura, slic3r, orcaslicer, orcaslicer-bambulab, bambustudio). Use orcaslicer-bambulab for the FULU fork."
-                                },
-                                slicer_path: {
-                                    type: "string",
-                                    description: "Path to the slicer executable (default: value from env)"
-                                },
+                                ...SLICE_TOOL_PROPERTIES,
+                            },
+                            required: ["stl_path"]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "slice_with_template",
+                        description: "Slice an STL or 3MF with a named template from the local template registry (BAMBU_TEMPLATE_DIR). " +
+                            "The template supplies process settings; the machine preset still comes from bambu_model and nozzle_diameter.",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                stl_path: { type: "string", description: "Path to the STL or 3MF file to slice" },
+                                ...SLICE_TOOL_PROPERTIES,
+                                template_name: { type: "string", description: "Named template from the local registry (required)." },
                                 slicer_profile: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Profile to use for slicing (default: value from env). OrcaSlicer also accepts machine/process profiles separated with ';', optionally followed by '|filament.json'."
+                                    description: "Explicit process profile that overrides the named template only when provided in this call."
                                 },
-                                filament_profile: {
+                            },
+                            required: ["stl_path", "template_name"]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "list_templates",
+                        description: "List saved slicing templates (.3mf, .json, .config) in the local template registry directory.",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                template_dir: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "OrcaSlicer filament profile path loaded with --load-filaments (default: FILAMENT_PROFILE/SLICER_FILAMENT_PROFILE env)."
+                                    description: "Template directory override. Defaults to BAMBU_TEMPLATE_DIR or ~/Sync/bambu/templates."
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "save_template",
+                        description: "Copy a .3mf, .json, or .config file into the local template registry under a template name.",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                source_path: { type: "string", description: "Local .3mf, .json, or .config file to save as a template." },
+                                template_name: { type: "string", description: "Template name. Defaults to the source filename without extension." },
+                                template_dir: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    description: "Template directory override. Defaults to BAMBU_TEMPLATE_DIR or ~/Sync/bambu/templates."
                                 }
                             },
-                            required: ["stl_path"]
+                            required: ["source_path"]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "get_slice_settings",
+                        description: "Inspect slicer settings in a 3MF template or JSON/config profile without slicing (layer height, infill, walls, supports, brim, bed, printer, filaments).",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                source_path: { type: "string", description: "Path to a 3MF, extracted project_settings.config, or slicer profile JSON." },
+                                template_name: { type: "string", description: "Named template from the local registry; used when source_path is omitted." },
+                                template_dir: { type: "string", description: "Template directory override when resolving template_name." }
+                            }
                         }
                     },
                     {
                         name: "confirm_temperatures",
-                        description: "Confirm temperature settings in a G-code file",
+                        description: "Report every heater target in a G-code file (S and R forms, tool-addressed, RepRapFirmware G10/M568 and Klipper SET_HEATER_TEMPERATURE). An expected temperature matches only when it equals the file's highest target. Read-only; printing tools enforce their own safety gate.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -696,11 +1087,11 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 extruder_temp: {
                                     type: "number",
-                                    description: "Expected extruder temperature"
+                                    description: "Expected highest nozzle target"
                                 },
                                 bed_temp: {
                                     type: "number",
-                                    description: "Expected bed temperature"
+                                    description: "Expected highest bed target"
                                 }
                             },
                             required: ["gcode_path"]
@@ -708,7 +1099,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     {
                         name: "process_and_print_stl",
-                        description: "Process an STL file (extend base), slice it, confirm temperatures, and start printing",
+                        description: "Process an STL file (extend base), slice it, and start printing through the same checked print gate as upload_gcode/print_3mf. Expected temperatures are enforced: a mismatch refuses before upload.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -722,11 +1113,15 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 extruder_temp: {
                                     type: "number",
-                                    description: "Expected extruder temperature"
+                                    description: "Expected highest nozzle target in the sliced G-code (S and R forms, every tool). Printing stops before upload if it differs."
                                 },
                                 bed_temp: {
                                     type: "number",
-                                    description: "Expected bed temperature"
+                                    description: "Expected highest bed target in the sliced G-code (S and R forms). Printing stops before upload if it differs."
+                                },
+                                material: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    description: "Declared filament material when the sliced G-code has no filament_type metadata. Must not contradict the file."
                                 },
                                 host: {
                                     type: "string",
@@ -754,6 +1149,11 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                     enum: ["textured_plate", "cool_plate", "engineering_plate", "hot_plate"],
                                     description: "Bed/plate type installed on the printer (default: textured_plate)."
                                 },
+                                nozzle_type: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    enum: [...VALID_NOZZLE_TYPES],
+                                    description: "Installed Bambu nozzle material used when slicing (default: BAMBU_NOZZLE_TYPE, else the preset's stock nozzle). The print gate compares it with the printer's report."
+                                },
                                 nozzle_diameter: {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Nozzle diameter in mm (default: 0.4)."
@@ -765,7 +1165,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 slicer_path: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Path to the slicer executable (default: value from env)."
+                                    description: "Path to the slicer executable (default: value from env). Per-call overrides require MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1."
                                 },
                                 slicer_profile: {
                                     type: "string",
@@ -960,7 +1360,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     {
                         name: "print_3mf",
-                        description: "Print a 3MF file on a Bambu Lab printer, potentially overriding settings.",
+                        description: "Print a 3MF file on a Bambu Lab printer. The exact selected plate is inspected (model, nozzle, bed type, materials, every heater target) and checked against a fresh MQTT report of the printer's identity, nozzle, state, errors and loaded filament, then a human confirmation is requested before upload and start.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
@@ -978,6 +1378,11 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                     enum: ["textured_plate", "cool_plate", "engineering_plate", "hot_plate"],
                                     description: "Bed/plate type installed on the printer (default: textured_plate)."
                                 },
+                                nozzle_type: {
+                                    type: "string",
+                                    enum: [...VALID_NOZZLE_TYPES],
+                                    description: "Installed nozzle material, used when the 3MF must be auto-sliced (default: BAMBU_NOZZLE_TYPE, else the preset's stock nozzle)."
+                                },
                                 nozzle_diameter: {
                                     type: "string",
                                     description: "Nozzle diameter in mm (default: 0.4)."
@@ -1010,7 +1415,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 slicer_path: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Path to the slicer executable if auto-slicing is needed."
+                                    description: "Path to the slicer executable if auto-slicing is needed. Per-call overrides require MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1."
                                 },
                                 slicer_profile: {
                                     type: "string",
@@ -1056,15 +1461,20 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                             properties: {
                                 slicer_path: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Path to the FULU OrcaSlicer executable. Defaults from SLICER_PATH/FULU_ORCA_PATH."
+                                    description: "Path to the FULU OrcaSlicer executable. Defaults from SLICER_PATH/FULU_ORCA_PATH. " +
+                                        "When run_bridge_probe=true, requires MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1 to be accepted here."
                                 },
                                 plugin_dir: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Directory containing the FULU Bambu runtime payload; on macOS this is usually OrcaSlicer.app/Contents/MacOS."
+                                    description: "Directory containing the FULU Bambu runtime payload; on macOS this is usually " +
+                                        "OrcaSlicer.app/Contents/MacOS. When run_bridge_probe=true, requires " +
+                                        "MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1 to be accepted here."
                                 },
                                 runtime_dir: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Installed runtime directory. On macOS this defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/OrcaSlicer/macos-bridge/runtime."
+                                    description: "Installed runtime directory. On macOS this defaults to ~/Library/Application " +
+                                        "Support/OrcaSlicer/macos-bridge/runtime. When run_bridge_probe=true, requires " +
+                                        "MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1 to be accepted here."
                                 },
                                 platform: {
                                     type: "string",
@@ -1073,7 +1483,9 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 bridge_command: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Command that starts the FULU BambuNetwork bridge host for probing."
+                                    description: "Command that starts the FULU BambuNetwork bridge host for probing. Read from " +
+                                        "FULU_BAMBU_BRIDGE_COMMAND by default; requires MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1 " +
+                                        "to be accepted here."
                                 },
                                 run_bridge_probe: {
                                     type: "boolean",
@@ -1088,13 +1500,15 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                     },
                     {
                         name: "fulu_bambu_network_rpc",
-                        description: "Advanced FULU bridge RPC for BambuNetwork diagnostics and development. Read-only methods are allowed by default; mutating methods require allow_mutating_method=true, and print methods require bambu_model.",
+                        description: "Advanced FULU bridge RPC for BambuNetwork diagnostics and development. Read-only methods are allowed by default. Agent/session setup methods require allow_mutating_method=true. Raw print methods, printer messages, file transfers and unknown methods are refused because they would bypass the print safety gate; use print_3mf for checked printing.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
                                 bridge_command: {
                                     type: "string",
-                                    description: "Command that starts the FULU BambuNetwork bridge host. Defaults to FULU_BAMBU_BRIDGE_COMMAND."
+                                    description: "Command that starts the FULU BambuNetwork bridge host. Defaults to " +
+                                        "FULU_BAMBU_BRIDGE_COMMAND; requires MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1 to be " +
+                                        "accepted here."
                                 },
                                 method: {
                                     type: "string",
@@ -1111,12 +1525,12 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 },
                                 allow_mutating_method: {
                                     type: "boolean",
-                                    description: "Required for methods outside the read-only bridge/net allowlist."
+                                    description: "Required for the allowlisted agent/session setup methods. It never enables print, printer-message, or unknown methods."
                                 },
                                 bambu_model: {
                                     type: "string",
                                     enum: ["p1s", "p1p", "x1c", "x1e", "a1", "a1mini", "h2d"],
-                                    description: "Required when calling FULU print RPC methods; preserves the Bambu model safety gate."
+                                    description: "Informational only. Raw FULU print RPC methods are disabled; use print_3mf."
                                 }
                             },
                             required: ["method"]
@@ -1168,38 +1582,80 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                             required: ["stl_path"]
                         }
                     },
+                    {
+                        name: "blender_mcp_status",
+                        description: "Inspect Blender MCP configuration or connect and discover the remote server's tools. Lists tool names and summaries; pass tool_names for the full input schemas of the tools you will call. Connecting does not edit the scene; use get_scene_info through blender_mcp_call to check the Blender addon.",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                connect: { type: "boolean", description: "Initialize the configured stdio MCP server and discover its tools (default false)." },
+                                tool_names: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" }, maxItems: 64, description: "Return full input schemas for these discovered tools, such as [\"execute_blender_code\"]." },
+                                include_schemas: { type: "boolean", description: "Return every discovered tool's full definition (large; default false)." },
+                                timeout_ms: { type: "integer", minimum: 100, maximum: 300000, description: "Total connection and discovery deadline in milliseconds; defaults to BLENDER_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS or 120000." }
+                            },
+                            additionalProperties: false
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "blender_mcp_call",
+                        description: "Call a discovered tool on the configured Blender MCP server, preserving its full MCP content and errors. Discover tool schemas with blender_mcp_status first; execute_blender_code accepts Python code and user_prompt. Calls can modify the active Blender scene and are never automatically retried.",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                tool_name: { type: "string", description: "Exact name advertised by Blender MCP, such as get_scene_info or execute_blender_code." },
+                                arguments: { type: "object", description: "Arguments matching the remote tool's discovered input schema. Preserve the user's own words in user_prompt when the remote tool requests it." },
+                                timeout_ms: { type: "integer", minimum: 100, maximum: 300000, description: "Total connection, discovery, and tool deadline in milliseconds; defaults to BLENDER_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS or 120000." }
+                            },
+                            required: ["tool_name"],
+                            additionalProperties: false
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: "blender_mcp_export_stl",
+                        description: "Export named objects from the live Blender scene to a new, verified STL for slicing. Writes world-space geometry with modifiers applied, without changing the scene, selection, or mode, and reports triangle count and bounding-box dimensions from the written file. Use this after editing or modelling through blender_mcp_call; Blender MCP's own export_scene writes GLB/FBX only. Requires standard Blender MCP and a shared local filesystem.",
+                        inputSchema: {
+                            type: "object",
+                            properties: {
+                                object_names: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" }, minItems: 1, maxItems: 64, description: "Blender object names to export together as one STL (mesh, curve, surface, metaball, or text objects)." },
+                                output_path: { type: "string", description: "New local .stl path. Its parent must exist; existing files are never overwritten." },
+                                apply_modifiers: { type: "boolean", description: "Export the evaluated geometry with modifiers applied (default true)." },
+                                scale: { type: "number", exclusiveMinimum: 0, description: "Multiply coordinates before writing (default 1). Slicers read STL units as millimetres, so use 1000 for a scene modelled in metres." },
+                                user_prompt: { type: "string", description: "The user's own words, passed unchanged to Blender MCP." },
+                                timeout_ms: { type: "integer", minimum: 100, maximum: 300000, description: "Total Blender request deadline in milliseconds; defaults to BLENDER_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS or 120000." }
+                            },
+                            required: ["object_names", "output_path"],
+                            additionalProperties: false
+                        }
+                    },
                     {
                         name: "blender_mcp_edit_model",
-                        description: "Optionally send STL-edit instructions to a Blender MCP bridge command. Use for advanced model edits outside built-in STL tools.",
+                        description: "Import, edit, and export a local STL through standard Blender MCP with verified output and existing scene objects preserved. Requires a shared local filesystem and Blender Object Mode. Also supports a separately configured legacy executable bridge.",
                         inputSchema: {
                             type: "object",
                             properties: {
-                                stl_path: {
-                                    type: "string",
-                                    description: "Path to the local STL file."
-                                },
+                                stl_path: { type: "string", description: "Path to the local STL file" },
                                 operations: {
                                     type: "array",
-                                    description: "Ordered edit operations for Blender (e.g. remesh, boolean, decimate).",
+                                    description: "Ordered operations: decimate:<ratio greater than 0 and at most 1>, remesh:<positive voxel size in STL units>, boolean_union:<STL path>. Legacy custom bridges define their own operations.",
+                                    minItems: 1,
+                                    maxItems: 64,
                                     items: { type: "string" }
                                 },
-                                bridge_command: {
-                                    type: "string",
-                                    description: "Optional override command for invoking a local Blender MCP bridge."
-                                },
-                                execute: {
-                                    type: "boolean",
-                                    description: "When true, attempts to execute bridge command; otherwise returns a prepared payload only."
-                                }
+                                output_path: { type: "string", description: "New local STL output path for standard MCP editing; defaults to a unique model-edited-<id>.stl beside the input. Its parent must exist and existing files are never overwritten. Reuse the preview's output_path when executing that plan." },
+                                user_prompt: { type: "string", description: "The user's own words describing the edit, passed unchanged to Blender MCP." },
+                                timeout_ms: { type: "integer", minimum: 100, maximum: 300000, description: "Total Blender request deadline in milliseconds; defaults to BLENDER_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS or 120000." },
+                                bridge_command: { type: "string", description: "Legacy custom bridge executable override, not a standard MCP command. Per-call overrides require MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1." },
+                                execute: { type: "boolean", description: "Apply edits and export (true) or validate and return the prepared request without connecting (false, default)." }
                             },
-                            required: ["stl_path", "operations"]
+                            required: ["stl_path", "operations"],
+                            additionalProperties: false
                         }
                     }
                 ]
             };
         });
         // Handle tool calls
-        this.server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
+        this.server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request, extra) => {
             const { name, arguments: args } = request.params;
             // Set default values for common parameters
             const host = String(args?.host || DEFAULT_HOST);
@@ -1209,7 +1665,6 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
             const bambuSerial = String(args?.bambu_serial || DEFAULT_BAMBU_SERIAL);
             const bambuToken = String(args?.bambu_token || DEFAULT_BAMBU_TOKEN);
             const slicerType = normalizeSlicerType(String(args?.slicer_type || DEFAULT_SLICER_TYPE));
-            const slicerPath = String(args?.slicer_path || DEFAULT_SLICER_PATH);
             const slicerProfile = String(args?.slicer_profile || DEFAULT_SLICER_PROFILE);
             const filamentProfile = String(args?.filament_profile || DEFAULT_FILAMENT_PROFILE);
             try {
@@ -1231,15 +1686,26 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         if (!args?.filename && !args?.gcode_path) {
                             throw new Error("Missing required parameter: filename");
                         }
+                        if (args.print !== undefined && typeof args.print !== "boolean") {
+                            throw new Error("print must be a boolean.");
+                        }
+                        const uploadOptions = { material: optionalMaterialArg(args?.material) };
+                        if (type.toLowerCase() === "bambu" && args.print === true) {
+                            uploadOptions.bambuModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
+                        }
                         const uploadFilename = String(args?.filename || path.basename(String(args.gcode_path)));
                         const uploadGcodeSource = String(args?.gcode_path || args.gcode);
-                        result = await this.uploadGcode(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, uploadFilename, uploadGcodeSource, Boolean(args.print || false));
+                        result = await this.uploadGcode(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, uploadFilename, uploadGcodeSource, Boolean(args.print || false), uploadOptions);
                         break;
                     case "start_print":
                         if (!args?.filename) {
                             throw new Error("Missing required parameter: filename");
                         }
-                        result = await this.startPrint(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, String(args.filename));
+                        const startOptions = { material: optionalMaterialArg(args?.material) };
+                        if (type.toLowerCase() === "bambu") {
+                            startOptions.bambuModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
+                        }
+                        result = await this.startPrint(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, String(args.filename), startOptions);
                         break;
                     case "cancel_print":
                         result = await this.cancelPrint(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken);
@@ -1248,7 +1714,15 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         if (!args?.component || args?.temperature === undefined) {
                             throw new Error("Missing required parameters: component and temperature");
                         }
-                        result = await this.setPrinterTemperature(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, String(args.component), Number(args.temperature));
+                        // Never coerce: "not-a-number" must not become NaN in a heater command.
+                        const requestedTemperature = optionalTemperatureArg(args.temperature, "temperature");
+                        const heatOptions = { material: optionalMaterialArg(args.material) };
+                        if (type.toLowerCase() === "bambu" && requestedTemperature > 0) {
+                            heatOptions.bambuModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
+                            heatOptions.nozzleDiameter =
+                                optionalNozzleDiameterArg(args.nozzle_diameter) ?? Number(DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
+                        }
+                        result = await this.setPrinterTemperature(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, String(args.component), requestedTemperature, heatOptions);
                         break;
                     // New STL manipulation tools
                     case "extend_stl_base":
@@ -1257,19 +1731,32 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         result = await this.stlManipulator.extendBase(String(args.stl_path), Number(args.extension_inches));
                         break;
-                    case "slice_stl": {
-                        if (!args?.stl_path) {
-                            throw new Error("Missing required parameter: stl_path");
+                    case "slice_stl":
+                        result = await this.runSliceTool("slice_stl", args);
+                        break;
+                    case "slice_with_template":
+                        if (!args?.template_name || !String(args.template_name).trim()) {
+                            throw new Error("Missing required parameter: template_name");
                         }
-                        // Resolve printer model for BambuStudio slicer
-                        let slicePreset;
-                        if (isBambuProjectSlicer(slicerType)) {
-                            const sliceModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
-                            const nozzleDiam = String(args?.nozzle_diameter || DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
-                            slicePreset = BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS[sliceModel]?.(nozzleDiam);
+                        result = await this.runSliceTool("slice_with_template", args);
+                        break;
+                    case "list_templates":
+                        result = listTemplateRegistry(typeof args?.template_dir === "string" ? args.template_dir : undefined);
+                        break;
+                    case "save_template":
+                        if (!args?.source_path) {
+                            throw new Error("Missing required parameter: source_path");
                         }
-                        result = await this.stlManipulator.sliceSTL(String(args.stl_path), slicerType, slicerPath, slicerProfile || undefined, undefined, // progressCallback
-                        slicePreset, filamentProfile || undefined);
+                        result = saveTemplate(String(args.source_path), typeof args?.template_name === "string" ? args.template_name : undefined, typeof args?.template_dir === "string" ? args.template_dir : undefined);
+                        break;
+                    case "get_slice_settings": {
+                        if (!args?.source_path && !args?.template_name) {
+                            throw new Error("Missing required parameter: source_path or template_name");
+                        }
+                        const settingsSource = args?.source_path
+                            ? String(args.source_path)
+                            : resolveTemplatePath(String(args.template_name), typeof args?.template_dir === "string" ? args.template_dir : undefined, ["3mf", "json", "config"]);
+                        result = await inspectSliceSettings(settingsSource, TEMP_DIR);
                         break;
                     }
                     case "confirm_temperatures":
@@ -1285,22 +1772,38 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         if (!args?.stl_path || args?.extension_inches === undefined) {
                             throw new Error("Missing required parameters: stl_path and extension_inches");
                         }
+                        // Validate every safety input before extending, slicing or connecting.
+                        const expectedPeaks = {
+                            nozzle: optionalTemperatureArg(args.extruder_temp, "extruder_temp"),
+                            bed: optionalTemperatureArg(args.bed_temp, "bed_temp"),
+                        };
+                        validateExpectedPeaks(expectedPeaks);
+                        const processMaterial = optionalMaterialArg(args?.material);
+                        let processModel;
+                        let processNozzle = String(DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
+                        if (type.toLowerCase() === 'bambu' || isBambuProjectSlicer(slicerType)) {
+                            processModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
+                            processNozzle = String(optionalNozzleDiameterArg(args?.nozzle_diameter) ?? DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
+                        }
                         // Define progress callback for UI updates
                         const processProgressCallback = (progress, message) => {
-                            console.log(`Process progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
+                            console.error(`Process progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
                         };
                         // 1. Extend the base of the STL file
                         const extendedStlPath = await this.stlManipulator.extendBase(String(args.stl_path), Number(args.extension_inches), processProgressCallback);
                         // 2. Slice the extended STL file
                         let processPreset;
-                        if (type.toLowerCase() === 'bambu' || isBambuProjectSlicer(slicerType)) {
-                            const processModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
-                            const processNozzle = String(args?.nozzle_diameter || DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
-                            if (isBambuProjectSlicer(slicerType)) {
-                                processPreset = BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS[processModel]?.(processNozzle);
+                        if (processModel && isBambuProjectSlicer(slicerType)) {
+                            processPreset = BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS[processModel]?.(processNozzle);
+                        }
+                        const gcodePath = await this.stlManipulator.sliceSTL(extendedStlPath, slicerType, this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.slicer_path, "process_and_print_stl", "slicer_path") ?? DEFAULT_SLICER_PATH, slicerProfile || undefined, processProgressCallback, processPreset, filamentProfile || undefined, 
+                        // Slice for the plate and nozzle the print gate will check against.
+                        processPreset
+                            ? {
+                                bedType: resolveBedType(args?.bed_type),
+                                ...(resolveNozzleType(args?.nozzle_type) ? { nozzleType: resolveNozzleType(args?.nozzle_type) } : {}),
                             }
-                        }
-                        const gcodePath = await this.stlManipulator.sliceSTL(extendedStlPath, slicerType, slicerPath, slicerProfile || undefined, processProgressCallback, processPreset, filamentProfile || undefined);
+                            : undefined);
                         if (type.toLowerCase() === 'bambu' && gcodePath.toLowerCase().endsWith(".3mf")) {
                             if (!bambuSerial || !bambuToken) {
                                 throw new Error("Bambu serial number and access token are required for Bambu 3MF printing.");
@@ -1321,6 +1824,9 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                             result = await factoryImplementation.print3mf(host, bambuSerial, bambuToken, {
                                 projectName: path.basename(gcodePath).replace(/\.3mf$/i, ''),
                                 filePath: gcodePath,
+                                bambuModel: processModel,
+                                nozzleDiameters: [Number(processNozzle)],
+                                expectedPeaks,
                                 plateIndex: 0,
                                 ...amsOptions,
                                 bedType: printBedType,
@@ -1337,26 +1843,20 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         if (gcodePath.toLowerCase().endsWith(".3mf")) {
                             throw new Error("process_and_print_stl produced a sliced 3MF. Direct process-and-print for sliced 3MF is only supported for Bambu printers via print_3mf.");
                         }
-                        // 3. Confirm temperatures if specified
-                        if (args.extruder_temp !== undefined || args.bed_temp !== undefined) {
-                            const tempConfirmation = await this.stlManipulator.confirmTemperatures(gcodePath, {
-                                extruder: args.extruder_temp !== undefined ? Number(args.extruder_temp) : undefined,
-                                bed: args.bed_temp !== undefined ? Number(args.bed_temp) : undefined
-                            }, processProgressCallback);
-                            if (!tempConfirmation.match) {
-                                console.warn("Temperature mismatch:", tempConfirmation);
-                            }
-                        }
-                        // 4. Upload the G-code file to the printer
-                        const gcodeContent = await fs.promises.readFile(gcodePath, 'utf8');
+                        // 3. Upload and print through the adapter's hard safety gate. It
+                        // inspects the exact bytes sent (S and R targets, tool changes,
+                        // hardware and material ceilings), requires the expected peaks to
+                        // match, reads fresh printer state and asks for human confirmation.
+                        // A mismatch refuses before upload; nothing is only logged.
                         const filename = path.basename(gcodePath);
-                        await this.uploadGcode(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, filename, gcodeContent, true // Start printing immediately
-                        );
+                        const printResult = await this.uploadGcode(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, filename, gcodePath, true, // Start printing immediately
+                        { bambuModel: processModel, material: processMaterial, expectedPeaks });
                         result = {
                             extended_stl_path: extendedStlPath,
                             gcode_path: gcodePath,
                             filename,
-                            status: "Print job started"
+                            status: "Checked print job started",
+                            print: printResult,
                         };
                         break;
                     // New STL manipulation tool handlers
@@ -1372,7 +1872,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         // Define progress callback for UI updates
                         const scaleProgressCallback = (progress, message) => {
-                            console.log(`Scale progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
+                            console.error(`Scale progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
                         };
                         let scaleFactors;
                         // Check if we have individual axis scaling factors
@@ -1396,7 +1896,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         // Define progress callback for UI updates
                         const rotateProgressCallback = (progress, message) => {
-                            console.log(`Rotate progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
+                            console.error(`Rotate progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
                         };
                         // Get rotation angles, defaulting to 0 for any undefined axis
                         const rotationAngles = [
@@ -1412,7 +1912,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         // Define progress callback for UI updates
                         const translateProgressCallback = (progress, message) => {
-                            console.log(`Translate progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
+                            console.error(`Translate progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
                         };
                         // Get translation values, defaulting to 0 for any undefined axis
                         const translationValues = [
@@ -1428,7 +1928,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         // Define progress callback for UI updates
                         const modifySectionProgressCallback = (progress, message) => {
-                            console.log(`Modify section progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
+                            console.error(`Modify section progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
                         };
                         // Determine the section to modify
                         let sectionBox;
@@ -1485,7 +1985,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         // Define progress callback for UI updates
                         const visualizationProgressCallback = (progress, message) => {
-                            console.log(`Visualization progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
+                            console.error(`Visualization progress: ${progress}% - ${message || ''}`);
                         };
                         // Get width and height parameters, with defaults
                         const width = args.width !== undefined ? Number(args.width) : 300;
@@ -1504,25 +2004,51 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         const printModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
                         const printBedType = resolveBedType(args?.bed_type);
-                        const printNozzle = String(args?.nozzle_diameter || DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
+                        const explicitPrintNozzle = optionalNozzleDiameterArg(args?.nozzle_diameter);
+                        const printNozzle = String(explicitPrintNozzle ?? DEFAULT_NOZZLE_DIAMETER);
                         const printPreset = BAMBU_MODEL_PRESETS[printModel]?.(printNozzle);
                         let threeMFPath = String(args.three_mf_path);
-                        // Auto-slice if the 3MF doesn't contain gcode
+                        // Only the selected plate's exact G-code entry counts as sliced output;
+                        // a stray .gcode entry elsewhere in the archive is not printable.
+                        const selectedPlateEntry = "Metadata/plate_1.gcode";
+                        let shouldAutoSlice = false;
                         try {
                             const JSZip = (await import('jszip')).default;
                             const zipData = fs.readFileSync(threeMFPath);
                             const zip = await JSZip.loadAsync(zipData);
-                            const hasGcode = Object.keys(zip.files).some(f => f.match(/Metadata\/plate_\d+\.gcode/i) || f.endsWith('.gcode'));
-                            if (!hasGcode) {
-                                console.log(`3MF has no gcode — auto-slicing with ${slicerType} for ${printModel}`);
-                                threeMFPath = await this.stlManipulator.sliceSTL(threeMFPath, slicerType, slicerPath, slicerProfile || undefined, undefined, // progressCallback
-                                printPreset, filamentProfile || undefined);
-                                console.log("Auto-sliced to: " + threeMFPath);
-                            }
+                            const plateEntry = zip.file(selectedPlateEntry);
+                            shouldAutoSlice = !plateEntry || plateEntry.dir;
                         }
                         catch (sliceCheckErr) {
-                            console.warn("Could not check/slice 3MF, proceeding with original:", sliceCheckErr.message);
+                            throw new Error(`Cannot read 3MF archive ${threeMFPath}; nothing was uploaded or started: ${sliceCheckErr?.message ?? String(sliceCheckErr)}`);
                         }
+                        // Only treat slicer_path as an executable selector when a slicer
+                        // will actually launch. Ready-to-print archives ignore it.
+                        if (shouldAutoSlice) {
+                            const printSlicerPath = this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.slicer_path, "print_3mf", "slicer_path") ?? DEFAULT_SLICER_PATH;
+                            try {
+                                console.error(`3MF has no gcode — auto-slicing with ${slicerType} for ${printModel}`);
+                                threeMFPath = await this.stlManipulator.sliceSTL(threeMFPath, slicerType, printSlicerPath, slicerProfile || undefined, undefined, // progressCallback
+                                printPreset, filamentProfile || undefined, 
+                                // Slice for the plate and nozzle the print will be checked against.
+                                { bedType: printBedType, ...(resolveNozzleType(args?.nozzle_type) ? { nozzleType: resolveNozzleType(args?.nozzle_type) } : {}) });
+                                console.error("Auto-sliced to: " + threeMFPath);
+                            }
+                            catch (sliceErr) {
+                                // Never fall back to uploading the original unsliced project.
+                                // Rethrow the original instance (for example a SlicerError) so
+                                // structured slicer suggestions survive.
+                                const prefix = "Auto-slicing failed; nothing was uploaded or started: ";
+                                if (sliceErr instanceof Error) {
+                                    if (!sliceErr.message.startsWith(prefix))
+                                        sliceErr.message = `${prefix}${sliceErr.message}`;
+                                    throw sliceErr;
+                                }
+                                throw new Error(`${prefix}${String(sliceErr)}`);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        // Compare the sliced file with an explicit or auto-slice nozzle request.
+                        const requestedPrintNozzles = explicitPrintNozzle !== undefined || shouldAutoSlice ? [Number(printNozzle)] : undefined;
                         // Define variables needed outside the parse try block
                         let implementation;
                         let threeMfFilename;
@@ -1531,7 +2057,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         try {
                             // --- Parse 3MF --- 
                             const parsed3MFData = await parse3MF(threeMFPath);
-                            console.log(`Successfully parsed 3MF file: ${threeMFPath}`);
+                            console.error(`Successfully parsed 3MF file: ${threeMFPath}`);
                             const amsOptions = this.resolveAmsPrintOptions(parsed3MFData, args);
                             // --- Prepare Implementation and Print Options --- 
                             const factoryImplementation = this.printerFactory.getImplementation('bambu');
@@ -1543,6 +2069,8 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                             projectName = threeMfFilename.replace(/\.3mf$/i, ''); // Assign to outer scope variable
                             printOptions = {
                                 ...amsOptions,
+                                bambuModel: printModel,
+                                nozzleDiameters: requestedPrintNozzles,
                                 bedType: printBedType,
                                 bedLeveling: args?.bed_leveling !== undefined ? Boolean(args.bed_leveling) : undefined,
                                 flowCalibration: args?.flow_calibration !== undefined ? Boolean(args.flow_calibration) : undefined,
@@ -1564,7 +2092,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                                 plateIndex: 0,
                                 ...printOptions // Spread the final options
                             });
-                            result = `Print command for ${threeMfFilename} sent successfully.`;
+                            // Report what the printer did, not merely that a command was published.
                         }
                         catch (printError) {
                             console.error(`Error starting 3MF print for ${threeMfFilename}:`, printError);
@@ -1573,13 +2101,14 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         break;
                     }
                     case "check_fulu_orca_setup": {
+                        const runBridgeProbe = Boolean(args?.run_bridge_probe ?? false);
                         result = await inspectFuluOrcaSetup({
-                            slicerPath: args?.slicer_path !== undefined ? String(args.slicer_path) : undefined,
-                            pluginDir: args?.plugin_dir !== undefined ? String(args.plugin_dir) : undefined,
-                            runtimeDir: args?.runtime_dir !== undefined ? String(args.runtime_dir) : undefined,
+                            slicerPath: this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.slicer_path, "check_fulu_orca_setup", "slicer_path", runBridgeProbe, true),
+                            pluginDir: this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.plugin_dir, "check_fulu_orca_setup", "plugin_dir", runBridgeProbe, true),
+                            runtimeDir: this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.runtime_dir, "check_fulu_orca_setup", "runtime_dir", runBridgeProbe, true),
                             platform: args?.platform !== undefined ? String(args.platform) : undefined,
-                            bridgeCommand: args?.bridge_command !== undefined ? String(args.bridge_command) : undefined,
-                            runBridgeProbe: Boolean(args?.run_bridge_probe ?? false),
+                            bridgeCommand: this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.bridge_command, "check_fulu_orca_setup", "bridge_command", true, true),
+                            runBridgeProbe,
                             probeTimeoutMs: args?.probe_timeout_ms !== undefined ? Number(args.probe_timeout_ms) : undefined,
                         });
                         break;
@@ -1588,16 +2117,15 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         if (!args?.method) {
                             throw new Error("Missing required parameter: method");
                         }
+                        // Raw print methods, printer messages and unknown methods are refused
+                        // inside invokeFuluBridgeRpc before any bridge process starts.
                         const method = String(args.method);
-                        let rpcBambuModel;
-                        if (isFuluPrintRpcMethod(method)) {
-                            rpcBambuModel = await this.resolveBambuModel(args?.bambu_model);
-                        }
+                        const rpcBambuModel = typeof args?.bambu_model === "string" && args.bambu_model.trim() ? args.bambu_model.trim() : undefined;
                         const payload = typeof args.payload === "object" && args.payload !== null && !Array.isArray(args.payload)
                             ? args.payload
                             : undefined;
                         result = await invokeFuluBridgeRpc({
-                            bridgeCommand: args?.bridge_command !== undefined ? String(args.bridge_command) : undefined,
+                            bridgeCommand: this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.bridge_command, "fulu_bambu_network_rpc", "bridge_command", true, true),
                             method,
                             payload,
                             timeoutMs: args?.timeout_ms !== undefined ? Number(args.timeout_ms) : undefined,
@@ -1625,16 +2153,16 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
                         }
                         result = await this.stlManipulator.layFlat(String(args.stl_path));
                         break;
+                    case "blender_mcp_status":
+                        result = await this.blender.status(args ?? {}, extra.signal);
+                        break;
+                    case "blender_mcp_call":
+                        return await this.blender.call(args ?? {}, extra.signal);
+                    case "blender_mcp_export_stl":
+                        result = await this.blender.exportStl(args ?? {}, extra.signal);
+                        break;
                     case "blender_mcp_edit_model":
-                        if (!args?.stl_path || !Array.isArray(args.operations)) {
-                            throw new Error("Missing required parameters: stl_path and operations");
-                        }
-                        result = await this.invokeBlenderBridge({
-                            stlPath: String(args.stl_path),
-                            operations: args.operations.map((entry) => String(entry)),
-                            execute: Boolean(args.execute ?? false),
-                            bridgeCommand: args.bridge_command !== undefined ? String(args.bridge_command) : undefined,
-                        });
+                        result = await this.blender.edit(args ?? {}, this.resolveExecutableSelectorArg(args?.bridge_command, "blender_mcp_edit_model", "bridge_command", true, true) ?? (!process.env.BLENDER_MCP_COMMAND?.trim() ? this.runtimeConfig.blenderBridgeCommand : undefined), extra.signal);
                         break;
                     default:
                         throw new Error(`Unknown tool: ${name}`);
@@ -1651,7 +2179,7 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
             catch (error) {
                 console.error(`Error calling tool ${name}:`, error);
                 const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-                const structuredError = this.toStructuredToolError(name, errorMessage);
+                const structuredError = this.toStructuredToolError(name, errorMessage, error);
                 return {
                     content: [
                         {
@@ -1690,34 +2218,38 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
         }
         return implementation.getFile(host, port, apiKey, filename);
     }
-    async uploadGcode(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, filename, gcode, print) {
+    async uploadGcode(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, filename, gcode, print, options = {}) {
         const sourceIsFilePath = fs.existsSync(gcode) && fs.statSync(gcode).isFile();
-        const tempFilePath = sourceIsFilePath ? gcode : path.join(TEMP_DIR, filename);
-        if (!sourceIsFilePath) {
-            fs.mkdirSync(TEMP_DIR, { recursive: true });
-            fs.writeFileSync(tempFilePath, gcode);
+        // The remote filename must never select a local write/delete target.
+        const localFilename = path.basename(filename);
+        if (!sourceIsFilePath && (!localFilename || localFilename === "." || localFilename === "..")) {
+            throw new Error("filename must include a file basename.");
         }
+        const scratchDir = sourceIsFilePath ? undefined : fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(TEMP_DIR, "upload-"));
+        // Multipart adapters infer their file-part name from this safe basename.
+        const tempFilePath = scratchDir ? path.join(scratchDir, localFilename) : gcode;
         try {
+            if (scratchDir)
+                fs.writeFileSync(tempFilePath, gcode);
             const implementation = this.printerFactory.getImplementation(type);
             if (type.toLowerCase() === "bambu") {
                 const bambuApiKey = `${bambuSerial}:${bambuToken}`;
-                return await implementation.uploadFile(host, port, bambuApiKey, tempFilePath, filename, print);
+                return await implementation.uploadFile(host, port, bambuApiKey, tempFilePath, filename, print, options);
             }
-            return await implementation.uploadFile(host, port, apiKey, tempFilePath, filename, print);
+            return await implementation.uploadFile(host, port, apiKey, tempFilePath, filename, print, options);
         }
         finally {
-            if (!sourceIsFilePath && fs.existsSync(tempFilePath)) {
-                fs.unlinkSync(tempFilePath);
-            }
+            if (scratchDir)
+                fs.rmSync(scratchDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     }
-    async startPrint(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, gcodeFilename) {
+    async startPrint(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, gcodeFilename, options = {}) {
         const implementation = this.printerFactory.getImplementation(type);
         if (type.toLowerCase() === "bambu") {
             const bambuApiKey = `${bambuSerial}:${bambuToken}`;
-            return await implementation.startJob(host, port, bambuApiKey, gcodeFilename);
+            return await implementation.startJob(host, port, bambuApiKey, gcodeFilename, options);
         }
-        return await implementation.startJob(host, port, apiKey, gcodeFilename);
+        return await implementation.startJob(host, port, apiKey, gcodeFilename, options);
     }
     async cancelPrint(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken) {
         const implementation = this.printerFactory.getImplementation(type);
@@ -1727,15 +2259,48 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
         }
         return await implementation.cancelJob(host, port, apiKey);
     }
-    async setPrinterTemperature(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, component, temperature) {
+    async setPrinterTemperature(host, port, type, apiKey, bambuSerial, bambuToken, component, temperature, options = {}) {
         const implementation = this.printerFactory.getImplementation(type);
         if (type.toLowerCase() === "bambu") {
             const bambuApiKey = `${bambuSerial}:${bambuToken}`;
-            return implementation.setTemperature(host, port, bambuApiKey, component, temperature);
+            return implementation.setTemperature(host, port, bambuApiKey, component, temperature, options);
         }
-        return implementation.setTemperature(host, port, apiKey, component, temperature);
+        return implementation.setTemperature(host, port, apiKey, component, temperature, options);
     }
-    toStructuredToolError(tool, message) {
+    toStructuredToolError(tool, message, error) {
+        // Slicer failures are local profile/slicer problems, never printer connectivity.
+        if (error instanceof SlicerError) {
+            return {
+                status: "error",
+                retryable: false,
+                suggestion: error.suggestion,
+                message,
+                tool,
+                slicer: { phase: error.phase, ...error.details },
+            };
+        }
+        if (SLICING_TOOLS.has(tool)) {
+            return {
+                status: "error",
+                retryable: false,
+                suggestion: "Check the slicing arguments, template, and profile paths named in the error, then retry.",
+                message,
+                tool,
+            };
+        }
+        if (isCredentialRejection(message)) {
+            return { status: "error", retryable: false, suggestion: credentialSuggestion(), message, tool };
+        }
+        // Safety refusals stop before the printer is touched; retrying unchanged repeats the refusal.
+        if (/nothing was (?:sent|uploaded)|no command was sent|print safety|hardware limit|material policy|declared material|confirmation was declined|are refused|is refused|refused because|refused until|refused before|does not match the job|is ambiguous|is missing or ambiguous|rejected the print command/i.test(message)) {
+            return {
+                status: "error",
+                retryable: false,
+                suggestion: "A safety check stopped this before anything reached the printer. Read the reason, fix the file, arguments, or printer state, and ask again.",
+                message,
+                tool,
+            };
+        }
         const isInputError = message.toLowerCase().includes("missing required") ||
             message.toLowerCase().includes("invalid") ||
             message.toLowerCase().includes("unsupported");
@@ -1847,57 +2412,32 @@ class ThreeDPrinterMCPServer {
         this.httpRuntime = { transport, httpServer };
         console.error(`3D Printer MCP server running on streamable-http at http://${this.runtimeConfig.httpHost}:${this.runtimeConfig.httpPort}${this.runtimeConfig.httpPath}`);
     }
-    async invokeBlenderBridge(params) {
-        const command = params.bridgeCommand ?? this.runtimeConfig.blenderBridgeCommand;
-        const payload = {
-            modelPath: params.stlPath,
-            operations: params.operations,
-            source: "mcp-3d-printer-server"
-        };
-        if (!params.execute) {
-            return {
-                status: "prepared",
-                message: "Prepared Blender MCP payload. Set execute=true to run bridge command.",
-                bridgeCommand: command ?? null,
-                payload
-            };
+    /**
+     * Bridge commands and path-derived bridge executables are machine-local
+     * settings. Accepting their selectors as tool arguments means anything that
+     * can steer the model — a model description, a README in a downloaded
+     * archive, 3MF metadata — can choose the program this server runs. They are
+     * read from environment configuration by default and only accepted for
+     * execution when MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG is set. The older
+     * MCP_ALLOW_BRIDGE_COMMAND_ARG name remains a compatibility alias only for
+     * bridge commands and path selectors used to derive a bridge executable.
+     */
+    resolveExecutableSelectorArg(rawValue, toolName, argumentName, executionRequested = true, allowLegacyBridgeArg = false) {
+        if (rawValue === undefined) {
+            return undefined;
         }
-        if (!command) {
-            throw new Error("execute=true requires bridge_command or BLENDER_MCP_BRIDGE_COMMAND env var.");
+        const value = String(rawValue);
+        if (value.length === 0) {
+            return undefined;
         }
-        const { spawn } = await import("node:child_process");
-        const result = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-            const child = spawn(command, {
-                shell: true,
-                stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"]
-            });
-            let stdout = "";
-            let stderr = "";
-            child.stdout.setEncoding("utf8");
-            child.stderr.setEncoding("utf8");
-            child.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
-                stdout += chunk;
-            });
-            child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
-                stderr += chunk;
-            });
-            child.on("error", reject);
-            child.on("close", (code) => {
-                if (code === 0) {
-                    resolve({ stdout, stderr });
-                    return;
-                }
-                reject(new Error(`Blender bridge command exited with code ${code ?? "unknown"}${stderr.trim() ? `: ${stderr.trim()}` : ""}`));
-            });
-            child.stdin.write(JSON.stringify(payload));
-            child.stdin.end();
-        });
-        return {
-            status: "executed",
-            bridgeCommand: command,
-            stdout: result.stdout?.toString() ?? "",
-            stderr: result.stderr?.toString() ?? ""
-        };
+        const isAllowed = this.runtimeConfig.allowExecutableArg ||
+            (allowLegacyBridgeArg && this.runtimeConfig.allowBridgeCommandArg);
+        if (executionRequested && !isAllowed) {
+            throw new Error(`${toolName}: the ${argumentName} argument cannot select an executable by default. ` +
+                "Executable paths and commands are read from server environment configuration. Set " +
+                `MCP_ALLOW_EXECUTABLE_ARG=1 to accept ${argumentName} for process execution.`);
+        }
+        return value;
     }
     async close() {
         await this.printerFactory.disconnectAll();