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dos_mcp-0.1.1/.github/workflows/test.yml

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+name: Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+      - run: uv sync --locked --all-groups
+      - run: uv run ruff check .
+      - run: uv run mypy
+      - run: uv run pytest
+      - run: uv build
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/.gitignore

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+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+.mypy_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+dist/*
+!dist/.gitignore
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/AGENTS.md

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+# Agent instructions
+
+- `$GHIDRA_INSTALL_DIR` identifies the installation
+- Use `$GHIDRA_SOURCE_DIR` and/or `$DOSBOX_X_SOURCE_DIR` when source can replace guesswork
+- Record public-contract changes in `CHANGELOG.md`; release via `tools/release <major|minor|patch>`, following semver
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
+
+## 0.1.1
+- Add bounded DOSBox-X QMP control, input, capture, memory, and state tools.
+- Add host-side floppy image swapping for multi-disk guest workflows.

dos_mcp-0.1.1/CLAUDE.md

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+AGENTS.md

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dos_mcp-0.1.1/NOTICE

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dos_mcp-0.1.1/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: dos-mcp
+Version: 0.1.1
+Summary: DOSBox-X control tools for DOS malware analysis
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+License-File: NOTICE
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Requires-Dist: mcp==1.28.1
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# dos-mcp
+
+Small MCP tools for a loopback-only DOSBox-X QMP server. Ghidra's maintained
+GDB TraceRMI agent owns debugger state; this server supplies emulator control,
+paced keyboard input, bounded memory reads, screenshots, and snapshots.
+
+## Tools
+
+- `dosbox_status`, `dosbox_pause`, `dosbox_resume`, and `dosbox_reset`
+- `dosbox_swap_floppy`
+- `dosbox_send_keys`, `dosbox_key_event`, and `dosbox_type_text`
+- `dosbox_break_on_next_exec`
+- `dosbox_read_memory` and `dosbox_capture_screen`
+- `dosbox_save_state` and `dosbox_load_state`
+
+Inline memory responses are capped at 4 KiB and returned as hex. Reads up to
+64 KiB can instead be written to an absolute `output_path`. Typed text is paced
+and capped at 128 US-ASCII characters; it is convenient shell input, not a
+cycle-deterministic keyboard primitive. Use `dosbox_key_event` to hold and
+release keys. The guest must actively consume its BIOS keyboard ring while text
+is sent; a busy program can silently lose input. State paths must be absolute
+ASCII paths, and saves do not replace an existing file unless `overwrite=true`.
+
+Input, reset, state, and capture operations require running execution. QMP
+memory reads default to requiring a paused emulator because a running read can
+be torn; `allow_running=true` opts into that explicitly. QMP pause can be
+resumed through `dosbox_resume`; a GDB stop must be continued through GDB.
+DOSBox-X zero-fills unreadable physical addresses, so an unmapped byte cannot be
+distinguished from a real zero through this QMP interface.
+`dosbox_swap_floppy` advances the pre-mounted image list for A: or B: without
+injecting a host-side keyboard shortcut.
+
+Each tool call opens one local QMP session, completes the QMP handshake, performs
+its commands serially, and disconnects. Requests are never retried: a timed-out
+mutation may already have happened, so inspect emulator state before repeating
+it.
+
+This server requires the companion DOSBox-X build made with
+`--enable-remotedebug` and configured with `[dosbox] qmpserver=true`. DOSBox-X
+accepts one QMP client at a time; do not attach another monitor while using this
+MCP server.
+
+## Configuration
+
+The server uses `127.0.0.1` and never accepts a remote QMP host.
+
+- `DOSBOX_X_QMP_PORT` defaults to `4444`.
+- `DOSBOX_X_QMP_TIMEOUT` defaults to `35` seconds.
+
+Run with:
+
+```sh
+uv run dos-mcp
+```
+
+Apache-2.0.

dos_mcp-0.1.1/README.md

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+# dos-mcp
+
+Small MCP tools for a loopback-only DOSBox-X QMP server. Ghidra's maintained
+GDB TraceRMI agent owns debugger state; this server supplies emulator control,
+paced keyboard input, bounded memory reads, screenshots, and snapshots.
+
+## Tools
+
+- `dosbox_status`, `dosbox_pause`, `dosbox_resume`, and `dosbox_reset`
+- `dosbox_swap_floppy`
+- `dosbox_send_keys`, `dosbox_key_event`, and `dosbox_type_text`
+- `dosbox_break_on_next_exec`
+- `dosbox_read_memory` and `dosbox_capture_screen`
+- `dosbox_save_state` and `dosbox_load_state`
+
+Inline memory responses are capped at 4 KiB and returned as hex. Reads up to
+64 KiB can instead be written to an absolute `output_path`. Typed text is paced
+and capped at 128 US-ASCII characters; it is convenient shell input, not a
+cycle-deterministic keyboard primitive. Use `dosbox_key_event` to hold and
+release keys. The guest must actively consume its BIOS keyboard ring while text
+is sent; a busy program can silently lose input. State paths must be absolute
+ASCII paths, and saves do not replace an existing file unless `overwrite=true`.
+
+Input, reset, state, and capture operations require running execution. QMP
+memory reads default to requiring a paused emulator because a running read can
+be torn; `allow_running=true` opts into that explicitly. QMP pause can be
+resumed through `dosbox_resume`; a GDB stop must be continued through GDB.
+DOSBox-X zero-fills unreadable physical addresses, so an unmapped byte cannot be
+distinguished from a real zero through this QMP interface.
+`dosbox_swap_floppy` advances the pre-mounted image list for A: or B: without
+injecting a host-side keyboard shortcut.
+
+Each tool call opens one local QMP session, completes the QMP handshake, performs
+its commands serially, and disconnects. Requests are never retried: a timed-out
+mutation may already have happened, so inspect emulator state before repeating
+it.
+
+This server requires the companion DOSBox-X build made with
+`--enable-remotedebug` and configured with `[dosbox] qmpserver=true`. DOSBox-X
+accepts one QMP client at a time; do not attach another monitor while using this
+MCP server.
+
+## Configuration
+
+The server uses `127.0.0.1` and never accepts a remote QMP host.
+
+- `DOSBOX_X_QMP_PORT` defaults to `4444`.
+- `DOSBOX_X_QMP_TIMEOUT` defaults to `35` seconds.
+
+Run with:
+
+```sh
+uv run dos-mcp
+```
+
+Apache-2.0.

dos_mcp-0.1.1/dist/.gitignore

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+*

dos_mcp-0.1.1/pyproject.toml

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+[project]
+name = "dos-mcp"
+version = "0.1.1"
+description = "DOSBox-X control tools for DOS malware analysis"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+dependencies = ["mcp==1.28.1"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+dos-mcp = "dos_mcp.__main__:main"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["src/dos_mcp"]
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+  "mypy>=1.17,<2",
+  "pytest>=8.4,<9",
+  "ruff>=0.12,<1",
+]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+addopts = "-ra"
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 88
+target-version = "py310"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B", "SIM"]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.10"
+strict = true
+packages = ["dos_mcp"]
+mypy_path = "src"
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/src/dos_mcp/__init__.py

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+"""DOSBox-X tools for DOS malware analysis."""
+
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError
+from importlib.metadata import version as _installed_version
+
+__all__ = ["__version__"]
+
+try:
+    __version__ = _installed_version("dos-mcp")
+except PackageNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover - bare checkout
+    __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/src/dos_mcp/__main__.py

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+"""Console entry point."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+from .config import Settings
+from .server import create_server
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    settings = Settings.from_environ(os.environ)
+    create_server(settings).run(transport="stdio")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/src/dos_mcp/config.py

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+"""Validated environment-backed settings."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Settings:
+    qmp_port: int
+    qmp_timeout: float
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_environ(cls, environ: Mapping[str, str]) -> Settings:
+        port_text = environ.get("DOSBOX_X_QMP_PORT", "4444")
+        try:
+            port = int(port_text, 10)
+        except ValueError as error:
+            raise ValueError("DOSBOX_X_QMP_PORT must be an integer") from error
+        if not 1 <= port <= 65535:
+            raise ValueError("DOSBOX_X_QMP_PORT must be between 1 and 65535")
+
+        timeout_text = environ.get("DOSBOX_X_QMP_TIMEOUT", "35")
+        try:
+            timeout = float(timeout_text)
+        except ValueError as error:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "DOSBOX_X_QMP_TIMEOUT must be a finite positive number"
+            ) from error
+        if not math.isfinite(timeout) or timeout <= 0:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "DOSBOX_X_QMP_TIMEOUT must be a finite positive number"
+            )
+        return cls(qmp_port=port, qmp_timeout=timeout)
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/src/dos_mcp/errors.py

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+"""Caller-visible error categories."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+class DosMcpError(RuntimeError):
+    """Base class for expected DOS MCP failures."""
+
+
+class QmpTransportError(DosMcpError):
+    """The local QMP server could not complete a request."""
+
+
+class QmpProtocolError(DosMcpError):
+    """The peer did not speak the expected bounded QMP subset."""
+
+
+class QmpCommandError(DosMcpError):
+    """DOSBox-X rejected a QMP command."""
+
+    def __init__(self, error_class: str, description: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"{error_class}: {description}")
+        self.error_class = error_class
+        self.description = description
+
+
+class RequestError(DosMcpError, ValueError):
+    """A tool request is invalid or exceeds a safety bound."""
+

dos_mcp-0.1.1/src/dos_mcp/qmp.py

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+"""Small synchronous client for DOSBox-X's loopback QMP subset."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import socket
+import threading
+import time
+from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
+from contextlib import ExitStack, contextmanager, suppress
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO, cast
+
+from .errors import QmpCommandError, QmpProtocolError, QmpTransportError
+
+MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES = 24 * 1024 * 1024
+Command = tuple[str, Mapping[str, object] | None]
+
+
+class QmpClient:
+    """Open a fresh, serialized QMP session for each public tool call."""
+
+    def __init__(self, port: int, timeout: float) -> None:
+        self._port = port
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def execute(
+        self,
+        command: str,
+        arguments: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
+    ) -> object:
+        return self.execute_many([(command, arguments)])[0]
+
+    def execute_many(
+        self,
+        commands: Sequence[Command],
+        *,
+        delay_seconds: float = 0,
+    ) -> list[object]:
+        if not commands:
+            return []
+        with self.session() as session:
+            return session.execute_many(commands, delay_seconds=delay_seconds)
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def session(self) -> Iterator[QmpSession]:
+        """Hold the client lock and one QMP connection for an atomic tool call."""
+
+        with self._lock:
+            resources = ExitStack()
+            try:
+                connection = resources.enter_context(
+                    socket.create_connection(
+                        ("127.0.0.1", self._port), timeout=self._timeout
+                    )
+                )
+                connection.settimeout(self._timeout)
+                raw_stream = resources.enter_context(connection.makefile("rwb"))
+                stream = cast(BinaryIO, raw_stream)
+                greeting = self._read_object(stream)
+                if not isinstance(greeting.get("QMP"), dict):
+                    raise QmpProtocolError("QMP greeting is missing")
+                self._write_object(stream, {"execute": "qmp_capabilities"})
+                self._return_value(self._read_object(stream))
+            except (QmpCommandError, QmpProtocolError):
+                resources.close()
+                raise
+            except (OSError, TimeoutError) as error:
+                resources.close()
+                raise QmpTransportError(
+                    f"DOSBox-X QMP at 127.0.0.1:{self._port} failed: {error}"
+                ) from error
+
+            try:
+                yield QmpSession(stream, self._port)
+            except BaseException:
+                with suppress(OSError):
+                    resources.close()
+                raise
+            else:
+                try:
+                    resources.close()
+                except (OSError, TimeoutError) as error:
+                    raise QmpTransportError(
+                        f"DOSBox-X QMP at 127.0.0.1:{self._port} failed: {error}"
+                    ) from error
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_object(stream: BinaryIO, value: Mapping[str, object]) -> None:
+        payload = json.dumps(value, separators=(",", ":")).encode("utf-8") + b"\r\n"
+        stream.write(payload)
+        stream.flush()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _read_object(stream: BinaryIO) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        line = stream.readline(MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES + 1)
+        if not line:
+            raise ConnectionError("QMP peer closed before replying")
+        if len(line) > MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES or not line.endswith(b"\n"):
+            raise QmpProtocolError("QMP response exceeds the size limit")
+        try:
+            value = json.loads(line)
+        except (UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError) as error:
+            raise QmpProtocolError("QMP response is not valid JSON") from error
+        if not isinstance(value, dict):
+            raise QmpProtocolError("QMP response must be an object")
+        return value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _return_value(response: Mapping[str, object]) -> object:
+        error = response.get("error")
+        if isinstance(error, dict):
+            error_class = error.get("class", "GenericError")
+            description = error.get("desc", "QMP command failed")
+            raise QmpCommandError(str(error_class), str(description))
+        if "return" not in response:
+            raise QmpProtocolError("QMP response has neither return nor error")
+        return response["return"]
+
+
+class QmpSession:
+    """A handshaken connection owned by one QmpClient session context."""
+
+    def __init__(self, stream: BinaryIO, port: int) -> None:
+        self._stream = stream
+        self._port = port
+
+    def execute(
+        self,
+        command: str,
+        arguments: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
+    ) -> object:
+        return self.execute_many([(command, arguments)])[0]
+
+    def execute_many(
+        self,
+        commands: Sequence[Command],
+        *,
+        delay_seconds: float = 0,
+    ) -> list[object]:
+        # DOSBox-X discards pipelined JSON after the first object. Keep this
+        # strictly request/response: write one command, then read one reply.
+        try:
+            results: list[object] = []
+            for name, arguments in commands:
+                request: dict[str, object] = {"execute": name}
+                if arguments is not None:
+                    request["arguments"] = dict(arguments)
+                QmpClient._write_object(self._stream, request)
+                response = QmpClient._read_object(self._stream)
+                results.append(QmpClient._return_value(response))
+                if delay_seconds and len(results) < len(commands):
+                    time.sleep(delay_seconds)
+            return results
+        except (OSError, TimeoutError) as error:
+            raise QmpTransportError(
+                f"DOSBox-X QMP at 127.0.0.1:{self._port} failed: {error}"
+            ) from error