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  1. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/LICENSE +202 -0
  2. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/PKG-INFO +284 -0
  3. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/README.md +245 -0
  4. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/__init__.py +94 -0
  5. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/__init__.pyi +50 -0
  6. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/application.py +106 -0
  7. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/__init__.py +59 -0
  8. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/__main__.py +12 -0
  9. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/main.py +497 -0
  10. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/project.py +414 -0
  11. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/scaffold.py +140 -0
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  14. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/templates/project/assistant/__init__.py.tmpl +8 -0
  15. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/templates/project/assistant/role.py.tmpl +29 -0
  16. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/templates/project/assistant/skills.py.tmpl +32 -0
  17. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/templates/project/assistant/tools.py.tmpl +35 -0
  18. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/templates/project/pyproject.toml.tmpl +17 -0
  19. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/cli/usage.py +21 -0
  20. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/README.md +78 -0
  21. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/__init__.py +87 -0
  22. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/constants.py +33 -0
  23. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/emphasis.py +136 -0
  24. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/errors.py +135 -0
  25. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/mcp_interface/README.md +63 -0
  26. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/mcp_interface/__init__.py +53 -0
  27. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/mcp_interface/prompt.py +105 -0
  28. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/mcp_interface/resource.py +88 -0
  29. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/mcp_interface/tool.py +87 -0
  30. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/__init__.py +56 -0
  31. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/binding.py +92 -0
  32. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/channels.py +145 -0
  33. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/disclosure.py +337 -0
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  36. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/graph_context.py +45 -0
  37. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/index.py +605 -0
  38. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/manager.py +342 -0
  39. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/node.py +384 -0
  40. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/role.py +382 -0
  41. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/root_selection.py +324 -0
  42. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/runtime.py +70 -0
  43. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/skill.py +90 -0
  44. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/system_api.py +577 -0
  45. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/telemetry.py +157 -0
  46. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/model/tool.py +156 -0
  47. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/principal.py +153 -0
  48. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/core/types.py +11 -0
  49. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/README.md +132 -0
  50. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/__init__.py +11 -0
  51. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/documents.py +47 -0
  52. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/fixtures.py +124 -0
  53. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/role.py +86 -0
  54. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/server.py +118 -0
  55. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/skills.py +82 -0
  56. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/demo/tools.py +183 -0
  57. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/inspection.py +609 -0
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  59. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/__init__.py +105 -0
  60. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/__init__.pyi +82 -0
  61. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/application.py +258 -0
  62. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/binding.py +135 -0
  63. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/identity.py +233 -0
  64. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/instructions.py +168 -0
  65. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/launch.py +96 -0
  66. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/messages.py +162 -0
  67. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/options.py +310 -0
  68. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/root_selector.py +284 -0
  69. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/server.py +332 -0
  70. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/surface/__init__.py +292 -0
  71. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/server/surface/navigation.py +46 -0
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  75. contexture_mcp-1.0.0/contexture/web/__init__.py +6 -0
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: contexture-mcp
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+ Version: 1.0.0
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+ Summary: A Controller framework for agent and human Views: declare once, then publish through MCP and explicit REST routes
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+ Keywords: agent,context,controller,mcp,rest,asgi,llm,claude-code,codex
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+ Author: Contexture
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+ License-Expression: Apache-2.0
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
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+ Classifier: Typing :: Typed
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+ Requires-Dist: anyio>=4.5,<5
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+ Requires-Dist: mcp>=2.1.1,<3
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+ Requires-Dist: mcp-types>=2.1.1,<3
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+ Requires-Dist: build>=1.3,<2 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: mcp[cli]>=2.1.1,<3 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: pyright>=1.1.405,<2 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: pytest>=8,<10 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: pytest-asyncio>=1,<2 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: ruff>=0.12,<1 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: twine>=6,<7 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: validate-pyproject[all]>=0.24,<1 ; extra == 'dev'
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+ Maintainer: CarterShi01
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.11
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp
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+ Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp/blob/master/docs/handbook.md
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+ Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp/issues
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+ Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
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+ Provides-Extra: dev
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+
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+ # Contexture
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+
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+ [简体中文](README.zh-CN.md) · [Handbook](docs/handbook.md) · [Specification](spec/README.md) · [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
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+
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+ Implementations: Python (this repository) ·
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+ [TypeScript](https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp-typescript) ·
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+ [Go](https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp-go)
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+
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+ Contexture is a Python framework for exposing a large application capability
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+ graph to agents without placing every tool and instruction in the model's
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+ context at once. You declare Roles, Skills, and Tools; Contexture compiles an
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+ immutable graph and serves a small, fixed MCP gateway that discloses only the
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+ branch an agent chooses.
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+ The same application runtime can back explicit REST routes for human
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+ interfaces. Contexture is a Controller layer: it does not contain an agent
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+ loop, call a model, or replace your business services.
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+
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+ - Python 3.11–3.14
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+ - MCP stdio and Streamable HTTP
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+ - Typed and marked with `py.typed`
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+ - Apache-2.0
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+ - Stable 1.0 public API governed by Semantic Versioning
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+
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+ ## Install
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+
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+ With [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ uv tool install contexture-mcp
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+ contexture --version
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+ ```
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+
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+ Or add it to a Python project:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ uv add contexture-mcp
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+ # or: python -m pip install contexture-mcp
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+ ```
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+ To pin this release, request `contexture-mcp==1.0.0`.
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+
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+ ## Five-minute application
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ contexture new hello-context
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+ cd hello-context
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+ uv sync
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+ ```
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+ The authoring model is deliberately small:
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+ ```python
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+ from contexture import Contexture, Role, Skill, Tool
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+ class CheckStatus(Tool):
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+ def __init__(self) -> None:
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+ super().__init__(
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+ name="check-status",
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+ description="Return the status of one service.",
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+ read_only=True,
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+ )
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+ async def invoke(self, service: str) -> dict[str, str]:
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+ return {"service": service, "status": "ready"}
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+ class Diagnose(Skill):
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+ def __init__(self) -> None:
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+ super().__init__(
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+ name="diagnose",
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+ description="Diagnose an unhealthy service.",
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+ instructions="Read status first, then explain the evidence.",
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+ uses=("operations/check-status",),
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+ )
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+ class Operations(Role):
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+ def __init__(self) -> None:
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+ super().__init__(
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+ name="operations",
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+ description="Handle service operations.",
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+ instructions="Inspect before proposing a change.",
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+ skills=[Diagnose()],
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+ tools=[CheckStatus()],
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+ )
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+ app = Contexture(name="service-operations", roots=(Operations,))
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+ ```
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+
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+ Contexture never infers public names or descriptions from class names or
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+ docstrings. A Tool's `invoke()` type hints produce its input schema and validate
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+ the same call, so schema and runtime cannot drift independently.
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+
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+ ## Development loop
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ uv run contexture check
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+ uv run contexture list
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+ uv run contexture inspect operations/diagnose
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+ uv run contexture call operations/check-status --input '{"service":"api"}'
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+ uv run contexture serve
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+ ```
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+ `check` validates without opening external connections. `list` shows canonical
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+ refs. `inspect` replays what an agent will receive. `call` executes a local
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+ read-only Tool through the production binding; writing Tools require an
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+ explicit `--allow-write`.
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+
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+ ## One declaration vocabulary
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+
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+ | Concept | What you write | Meaning |
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+ | --- | --- | --- |
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+ | `Contexture` | one application value | Lazy composition root |
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+ | `Role` | subclass + constructor | Responsibility and containment boundary |
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+ | `PreProcess` / `PostProcess` | specialized Roles + constructors | Optional preparation and finishing procedures with dedicated capabilities |
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+ | `Skill` | subclass + constructor | Procedure the model follows |
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+ | `Tool` | subclass + typed `invoke()` | Deterministic code Contexture executes |
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+ | `Prompt` | subclass + constructor | User-triggered entrance to an existing node |
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+ | `Resource` | subclass + constructor | Host-readable URI backed by a read-only Tool |
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+ | `Channels` | optional subclass | Shared external dependencies and lifecycle |
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+ Role, Skill, and Tool form the graph. Prompt and Resource provide another
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+ protocol entrance to a ref the graph already owns. Use `prompt_roots` for
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+ complete trees that only the user-controlled Prompt plane may enter.
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+ The stable 1.0 API lets a Role hold optional `pre_process` and
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+ `post_process` Roles. ACTIVE composes fixed, recognizable framework instruction
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+ blocks around unchanged business `Role.instructions`, naming the actual refs to
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+ open before starting or finishing. Procedures stay hidden until opened; opening
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+ executes nothing and never bypasses approval. With both fields absent, existing
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+ output and obligations are unchanged. Applications may also use
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+ `binding_instruction` to mark their own non-enforceable hard rules under their
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+ own authority. See the [authoring example](docs/handbook.md#optional-process-members-python-0160)
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+ and [ADR 023](docs/adr/023-process-members-and-instruction-emphasis.md).
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+ ## Progressive disclosure
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+ MCP hosts always see five fixed model-controlled tools:
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+ ```text
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+ contexture_discover
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+ contexture_inspect
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+ contexture_open
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+ contexture_invoke_read_only
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+ contexture_invoke
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+ ```
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+ `discover` returns root cards. `inspect` compares a shortlist through one level
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+ of pure routing cards without activating instructions or disclosing Tool
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+ schemas. Opening a Role returns its instructions and one
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+ level of child Role, Skill, and Tool cards. A Tool card carries the ref, input
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+ schema, and read-only classification needed to invoke it. Business Tools never
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+ inflate MCP's top-level tool list.
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+ The two invoke doors let a host apply approval policy from the visible MCP
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+ `readOnlyHint`. Calling through the wrong door is refused. Disclosure helps a
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+ model decide what exists; it is not authorization.
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+ ## Connect an MCP host
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+ After local checks pass, let the host own the stdio process:
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+ ```bash
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+ claude mcp add --scope project hello-context -- uv run contexture serve
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+ codex mcp add hello-context -- uv run contexture serve
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+ ```
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+ For Streamable HTTP:
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+ ```bash
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+ uv run contexture serve --transport streamable-http --port 8080
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+ ```
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+ Non-loopback HTTP requires an explicit authentication or anonymous-access
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+ decision plus allowed hosts/origins. Configure these with `ContextureOptions`.
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+ See the [handbook](docs/handbook.md).
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+ An HTTP deployment can attenuate a request to complete subtrees with the
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+ `Contexture-Select` header and `HeaderSurfaceSelector`. Exact refs such as
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+ `team/notebook-editor` select that complete subtree; `team/*` selects each
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+ direct member subtree, and `*` never crosses `/`. The legacy
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+ `Contexture-Roots` and `HeaderRootSelector` names remain compatible. An
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+ application-owned ceiling derived from the verified `Principal` can restrict
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+ the selection further. Selection is a surface boundary, not permission policy.
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+ ```python
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+ from contexture.server import HeaderSurfaceSelector, compile_application
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+ server = compile_application(app).server(
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+ surface_selector=HeaderSurfaceSelector(),
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+ )
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+ ```
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+ ## Human-facing REST routes
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+ An agent benefits from navigation; a dashboard has already chosen its pages
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+ and buttons. Expose an explicit Tool allowlist:
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+ ```python
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+ from contexture.server import compile_application
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+ from contexture.web import RestSurface, Route
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+ from my_context import app
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+ compiled = compile_application(app)
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+ rest = RestSurface(
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+ compiled.runtime(),
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+ routes=(Route("GET", "/v1/status", "operations/check-status"),),
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+ )
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+ asgi_app = rest.asgi_app()
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+ ```
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+ GET/HEAD routes may target only read-only Tools. Writing routes may target only
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+ writing Tools. Unlisted refs are unreachable through REST.
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+ ## Public API
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+ Use `contexture` for declarations and `contexture.server` for advanced hosting.
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+ Their export sets are regression-tested. `contexture.core` and concrete server
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+ submodules are implementation details even though Python can import them.
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+ ## Work on Contexture
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/CarterShi01/contexture-mcp.git
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+ cd contexture-mcp
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+ uv sync --extra dev
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+ uv run --extra dev pytest -q
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+ uv run --extra dev pyright
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+ uv run --extra dev ruff check contexture tests
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+ uv build
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+ uv run --extra dev twine check --strict dist/*
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+ ```
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+ Read the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) before changing a contract, the
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+ [handbook](docs/handbook.md) for application development, and the
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+ [language-neutral specification](spec/README.md) when implementing another
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+ binding. Report vulnerabilities according to [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).
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+ ## License
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+ Apache-2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).