ha-mcp-dev 7.6.0.dev679__tar.gz → 7.7.0.dev682__tar.gz

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679/src/ha_mcp_dev.egg-info → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: ha-mcp-dev
-Version: 7.6.0.dev679
+Version: 7.7.0.dev682
 Summary: Home Assistant MCP Server - Complete control of Home Assistant through MCP
 Author-email: Julien <github@qc-h.net>
 License: MIT
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ Spend less time configuring, more time enjoying your smart home.
 | **🔧 Manage** | Automations, scripts, helpers, dashboards, areas, zones, groups, calendars, blueprints |
 | **📊 Monitor** | History, statistics, camera snapshots, automation traces, ZHA devices |
 | **💾 System** | Backup/restore, updates, add-ons, device registry |
+| **🔒 Safety** | Read Only Mode toggle, per-tool enable/disable, tool security policies (user approval), automatic edit backups |
 
 <details>
 <!-- TOOLS_TABLE_START -->

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679 → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/README.md

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Spend less time configuring, more time enjoying your smart home.
 | **🔧 Manage** | Automations, scripts, helpers, dashboards, areas, zones, groups, calendars, blueprints |
 | **📊 Monitor** | History, statistics, camera snapshots, automation traces, ZHA devices |
 | **💾 System** | Backup/restore, updates, add-ons, device registry |
+| **🔒 Safety** | Read Only Mode toggle, per-tool enable/disable, tool security policies (user approval), automatic edit backups |
 
 <details>
 <!-- TOOLS_TABLE_START -->

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679 → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "ha-mcp-dev"
-version = "7.6.0.dev679"
+version = "7.7.0.dev682"
 description = "Home Assistant MCP Server - Complete control of Home Assistant through MCP"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13,<3.14"

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679 → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/src/ha_mcp/config.py

@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
         False, alias="ENABLE_TOOL_SECURITY_POLICIES"
     )
 
+    # Read Only Mode — global safety toggle (discussion #1569). When on,
+    # write-capable tools are hidden from the MCP catalog and every write
+    # operation is blocked at call time with a structured READ_ONLY_MODE
+    # error. Mixed read/write tools whose read surface has no pure-read
+    # duplicate stay available with their write actions blocked (see
+    # read_only.py:READ_ONLY_EXEMPT_TOOLS). Off by default.
+    read_only_mode: bool = Field(False, alias="READ_ONLY_MODE")
+
     # Master beta-features toggle. UI-only — intentionally not in any
     # addon config.yaml schema. Consumed by the master gate in
     # ``_apply_feature_flag_overrides``, which force-sets the
@@ -545,6 +553,11 @@ FEATURE_FLAG_FIELDS: tuple[FeatureFlagField, ...] = (
     FeatureFlagField(
         "enable_tool_security_policies", "ENABLE_TOOL_SECURITY_POLICIES", bool
     ),
+    # Non-beta global safety toggle (discussion #1569). Lives here so the
+    # Tools-tab toggle and the Server Settings row share the same
+    # /api/settings/features plumbing, override-file persistence, and
+    # addon Supervisor routing as every other feature flag.
+    FeatureFlagField("read_only_mode", "READ_ONLY_MODE", bool),
     # Non-beta, default-ON master switch for write-tool skill_content
     # delivery (#1182). Grouped with the non-beta flags above the beta
     # run below; intentionally NOT in BETA_FEATURE_FIELDS (it must not be

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679 → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/src/ha_mcp/errors.py

@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ class ErrorCode(StrEnum):
     USER_DENIED = "USER_DENIED"
     POLICY_LOAD_FAILED = "POLICY_LOAD_FAILED"
 
+    # Read Only Mode (discussion #1569). A write operation was blocked
+    # because the server-wide Read Only Mode toggle is on.
+    READ_ONLY_MODE = "READ_ONLY_MODE"
+
 
 # Default suggestions for common error codes
 DEFAULT_SUGGESTIONS: dict[ErrorCode, list[str]] = {

ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682/src/ha_mcp/read_only.py

@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+"""Read-only mode — catalog filtering and call-time write blocking (#1569).
+
+When ``Settings.read_only_mode`` is on (Tools-tab toggle in the web UI,
+``read_only_mode`` addon option, or ``READ_ONLY_MODE`` env var):
+
+- ``ReadOnlyToolsTransform`` hides write-capable tools from the MCP
+  catalog at list time, except the exempt mixed read/write tools in
+  ``READ_ONLY_EXEMPT_TOOLS``.
+- ``ReadOnlyMiddleware`` blocks every write operation at call time with
+  a structured ``READ_ONLY_MODE`` error — including the write actions
+  of the exempt mixed tools, which stay callable for their read
+  operations only.
+
+Both consult the live settings singleton per request, so flipping the
+toggle in standalone HTTP mode takes effect without a restart (addon
+and stdio modes pick it up on restart, like every other feature flag).
+
+A tool counts as write-capable when its ``readOnlyHint`` annotation is
+not ``True`` — the same fail-closed default the policy handlers and the
+search-proxy categorizer apply to unannotated tools.
+
+The exempt tools are the mixed read/write tools whose read surface has
+no pure-read duplicate elsewhere in the catalog — disabling them
+outright would make that data unreachable in read-only mode. Each entry
+carries an argument-level predicate that decides, per invocation,
+whether the call is a read (allowed) or a write (blocked).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, NoReturn
+
+from fastmcp.server.middleware.middleware import CallNext, Middleware, MiddlewareContext
+from fastmcp.server.transforms import Transform
+from fastmcp.tools import Tool
+
+from .config import get_global_settings
+from .errors import ErrorCode, create_error_response
+from .policy.middleware import PROXY_META_TOOLS
+from .tools.helpers import raise_tool_error
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from fastmcp.server.transforms import GetToolNext
+    from fastmcp.utilities.versions import VersionSpec
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ReadOnlyExemption(NamedTuple):
+    """One mixed read/write tool that stays enabled in read-only mode.
+
+    ``blocked_write`` inspects the call arguments and returns ``None``
+    when the invocation is a read, or a short human-readable description
+    of the write operation when it must be blocked. ``allowed`` is a
+    one-line summary of what remains available, surfaced in the error so
+    the LLM can self-correct.
+    """
+
+    blocked_write: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], str | None]
+    allowed: str
+
+
+def _backup_write(args: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    scope = args.get("scope")
+    action = args.get("action")
+    if scope == "edits" and action in ("list", "view"):
+        return None
+    return f"scope={scope!r}, action={action!r}"
+
+
+# Add-on parameters that, when present, mean the call mutates add-on
+# configuration (so the read-only middleware must block it). Module-level
+# so the schema-drift guard test (test_read_only.py) can pin an
+# independent manifest against it — see item 10b / ha_manage_addon.
+_ADDON_CONFIG_WRITE_PARAMS = ("options", "network", "boot", "auto_update", "watchdog")
+
+
+def _addon_write(args: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    action = args.get("action")
+    if action:
+        return f"action={action!r}"
+    for param in _ADDON_CONFIG_WRITE_PARAMS:
+        if args.get(param) is not None:
+            return f"add-on configuration change ({param}=...)"
+    if args.get("array_patch") is not None:
+        return "array_patch modification"
+    if args.get("websocket"):
+        # A WebSocket session's initial message can command mutations
+        # (e.g. ESPHome /compile), so it is not statically classifiable
+        # as a read — fail closed.
+        return "WebSocket proxy session"
+    method = str(args.get("method") or "GET").strip().upper()
+    if method != "GET":
+        return f"HTTP {method} proxy request"
+    return None
+
+
+def _energy_write(args: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    mode = args.get("mode")
+    if mode == "get":
+        return None
+    # dry_run=True previews validate/simulate without saving (every
+    # write mode short-circuits before energy/save_prefs). Strict
+    # ``is True``: the middleware sees RAW pre-validation arguments, so
+    # a non-bool truthy value (e.g. the string "false") that schema
+    # coercion could turn into False must fail closed here.
+    if args.get("dry_run") is True:
+        return None
+    return f"mode={mode!r}"
+
+
+def _pipeline_write(args: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    action = args.get("action")
+    if action in ("list", "get"):
+        return None
+    return f"action={action!r}"
+
+
+def _custom_tool_write(args: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    if args.get("list_saved") and not args.get("code") and not args.get("run_saved"):
+        return None
+    # Sandbox execution gets api_post / ws_send bridges that can write
+    # to HA directly, so running code (new or saved) is never a read.
+    return "sandbox code execution"
+
+
+# Mixed read/write tools whose read surface has no pure-read duplicate
+# (verified per tool: ha_get_addon cannot proxy-read addon-internal
+# APIs; energy prefs and assist pipelines are reachable only through
+# these tools; edit-backup listing exists nowhere else; the saved-tools
+# cache is only listable here). Everything NOT in this table and not
+# ``readOnlyHint=True`` is hidden and blocked outright.
+#
+# ``MANDATORY_TOOLS`` (settings_ui.py) intentionally needs no special
+# case here: every mandatory tool is either ``readOnlyHint=True`` or
+# present in this table (``ha_manage_backup``). The e2e test
+# ``test_real_catalog_mandatory_tools_stay_available``
+# (tests/src/e2e/policy/test_readonly_mode.py) guards that invariant
+# against the real registered catalog at PR time, so the two sets
+# cannot drift apart silently.
+READ_ONLY_EXEMPT_TOOLS: dict[str, ReadOnlyExemption] = {
+    "ha_manage_backup": ReadOnlyExemption(
+        _backup_write,
+        "listing and viewing per-edit backups (scope='edits', action='list' or 'view')",
+    ),
+    "ha_manage_addon": ReadOnlyExemption(
+        _addon_write,
+        "HTTP GET proxy reads of add-on APIs (slug + path, method='GET')",
+    ),
+    "ha_manage_energy_prefs": ReadOnlyExemption(
+        _energy_write,
+        "reading the energy configuration (mode='get') and dry-run "
+        "previews (dry_run=true)",
+    ),
+    "ha_manage_pipeline": ReadOnlyExemption(
+        _pipeline_write,
+        "listing and inspecting pipelines (action='list' or 'get')",
+    ),
+    "ha_manage_custom_tool": ReadOnlyExemption(
+        _custom_tool_write,
+        "listing saved tools (list_saved=True)",
+    ),
+}
+
+
+def is_read_safe(tool: Tool) -> bool:
+    """Return True when the tool's annotations declare it read-only."""
+    annotations = getattr(tool, "annotations", None)
+    return bool(annotations and getattr(annotations, "readOnlyHint", None) is True)
+
+
+def read_only_visible(tool: Tool) -> bool:
+    """Return True when the tool stays in the catalog in read-only mode."""
+    return is_read_safe(tool) or tool.name in READ_ONLY_EXEMPT_TOOLS
+
+
+def _raise_read_only_error(
+    name: str, *, blocked_operation: str | None = None, allowed: str | None = None
+) -> NoReturn:
+    context: dict[str, Any] = {"tool_name": name, "read_only_mode": True}
+    if blocked_operation is not None:
+        context["blocked_operation"] = blocked_operation
+    if blocked_operation is not None and allowed is not None:
+        message = (
+            f"Read Only Mode is enabled on this Home Assistant MCP server. "
+            f"This call to '{name}' is a write operation "
+            f"({blocked_operation}) and was blocked — no changes were made. "
+            f"While Read Only Mode is on, '{name}' only supports: {allowed}."
+        )
+    else:
+        message = (
+            f"Read Only Mode is enabled on this Home Assistant MCP server. "
+            f"'{name}' is a write-capable tool, so the call was blocked — "
+            f"no changes were made."
+        )
+    raise_tool_error(
+        create_error_response(
+            ErrorCode.READ_ONLY_MODE,
+            message,
+            suggestions=[
+                "Continue with read-only tools — searching, getting, and "
+                + "listing data all remain available.",
+                "If the user wants to allow changes, they must turn off "
+                + "Read Only Mode in the ha-mcp settings UI (Tools tab) or "
+                + "the add-on configuration.",
+            ],
+            context=context,
+        )
+    )
+
+
+class ReadOnlyToolsTransform(Transform):
+    """Hide write-capable tools from the catalog while read-only mode is on.
+
+    Installed before the search transforms so the BM25 index never
+    indexes hidden write tools. Consults the live flag per request —
+    no-op (and no per-call cost beyond the flag check) while it is off.
+    """
+
+    async def list_tools(self, tools: Sequence[Tool]) -> Sequence[Tool]:
+        if not get_global_settings().read_only_mode:
+            return tools
+        return [t for t in tools if read_only_visible(t)]
+
+    async def get_tool(
+        self, name: str, call_next: GetToolNext, *, version: VersionSpec | None = None
+    ) -> Tool | None:
+        tool = await call_next(name, version=version)
+        if tool is None or not get_global_settings().read_only_mode:
+            return tool
+        return tool if read_only_visible(tool) else None
+
+
+class ReadOnlyMiddleware(Middleware):
+    """Block write operations at call time while read-only mode is on.
+
+    The catalog filter already hides plain write tools, but the
+    middleware is the actual enforcement: it covers calls routed through
+    the search proxies, the write actions of the exempt mixed tools, and
+    direct calls to hidden tools. Annotation lookups go through an
+    unfiltered catalog provider (injected by server.py) and are cached
+    (rebuilt on a cache miss — see _classify).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *, list_tools: Callable[[], Awaitable[Sequence[Tool]]]) -> None:
+        self._list_tools = list_tools
+        self._read_safe_cache: dict[str, bool] | None = None
+
+    async def _classify(self, name: str) -> str:
+        """Classify ``name`` as 'read', 'write', or 'unknown'.
+
+        Backed by the unfiltered catalog; the cache rebuilds on a miss so
+        late-registered tools classify correctly. 'unknown' means the
+        tool is not registered at all — the call passes through so the
+        caller gets the normal unknown-tool error (nothing executable,
+        no write risk). An EMPTY catalog is abnormal (broken lookup) and
+        classifies everything 'write' — fail closed rather than letting
+        calls through unclassified. If the catalog lookup itself RAISES
+        we cannot classify anything, so we block the call with the
+        structured READ_ONLY_MODE error rather than let the exception
+        propagate opaquely (or, worse, let a future try/except return
+        'unknown' and silently fail open).
+        """
+        if self._read_safe_cache is None or name not in self._read_safe_cache:
+            try:
+                tools = await self._list_tools()
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception(
+                    "read-only mode: tool catalog lookup failed while "
+                    "classifying %s — blocking the call conservatively",
+                    name,
+                )
+                raise_tool_error(
+                    create_error_response(
+                        ErrorCode.READ_ONLY_MODE,
+                        f"Read Only Mode is enabled on this Home Assistant MCP "
+                        f"server, and the tool catalog lookup needed to classify "
+                        f"'{name}' as read or write failed. The call to '{name}' "
+                        f"was blocked conservatively — no changes were made.",
+                        suggestions=[
+                            "Retry the call — the catalog lookup may succeed "
+                            + "on the next attempt.",
+                            "If this persists, the MCP server may be "
+                            + "misconfigured; check the server logs.",
+                        ],
+                        context={"tool_name": name, "read_only_mode": True},
+                    )
+                )
+            self._read_safe_cache = {t.name: is_read_safe(t) for t in tools}
+        if name in self._read_safe_cache:
+            return "read" if self._read_safe_cache[name] else "write"
+        if not self._read_safe_cache:
+            return "write"
+        return "unknown"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _coerce_arguments(arguments: Any) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+        """Normalise a proxy envelope's ``arguments`` to a dict or None.
+
+        The categorized proxies tolerate ``arguments`` arriving as a JSON
+        string (small models sometimes serialize it) and json.loads it
+        AFTER this middleware runs (categorized_search.py ~313-352). So:
+        a dict is used as-is; an absent value (``None``) becomes ``{}``
+        (a legitimate no-argument call, not malformed); a string is
+        parsed and only a JSON *object* yields a dict. Anything else — an
+        unparseable string, a non-dict JSON value (list/scalar/null), or
+        a non-str/non-dict type — returns None, meaning "malformed
+        envelope".
+        """
+        if isinstance(arguments, dict):
+            return arguments
+        if arguments is None:
+            return {}
+        if isinstance(arguments, str):
+            try:
+                parsed = json.loads(arguments)
+            except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
+                return None
+            return parsed if isinstance(parsed, dict) else None
+        return None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _unwrap_proxy_call(
+        cls,
+        args: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> tuple[str, dict[str, Any]] | None:
+        """Extract the inner (tool, arguments) from a call-proxy envelope.
+
+        The categorized call proxies validate the inner name against
+        their category caches BEFORE dispatching — and in read-only mode
+        those caches no longer contain the hidden write tools, so a
+        proxied write would surface as a generic "tool not found" error
+        instead of the explanatory READ_ONLY_MODE one. Unwrapping here
+        lets the middleware decide on the inner call first. Mirrors the
+        proxy's own double-wrap unwrapping.
+
+        ``arguments`` is coerced at every level (see _coerce_arguments)
+        because the proxy accepts it as a JSON string. Returns None when
+        there is no usable envelope — including when ``arguments`` is a
+        MALFORMED string (json.loads fails, or the JSON is not an object).
+        Passing through on a malformed envelope is safe: the proxy
+        rejects such ``arguments`` with its own VALIDATION error BEFORE
+        the category check and before any dispatch
+        (categorized_search.py ~313-352), so no write can occur.
+        """
+        name = args.get("name")
+        arguments = cls._coerce_arguments(args.get("arguments"))
+        while (
+            isinstance(name, str)
+            and name in PROXY_META_TOOLS
+            and isinstance(arguments, dict)
+            and isinstance(arguments.get("name"), str)
+        ):
+            name = arguments.get("name")
+            arguments = cls._coerce_arguments(arguments.get("arguments"))
+        if not isinstance(name, str):
+            return None
+        if arguments is None:
+            # Malformed inner ``arguments`` (a string that fails
+            # json.loads, or a non-object JSON value / non-dict type).
+            # Pass through: the proxy raises its own VALIDATION error
+            # before any dispatch, so nothing can be written. (An absent
+            # ``arguments`` key is NOT malformed — it coerces to ``{}``.)
+            return None
+        return name, arguments
+
+    async def on_call_tool(
+        self, context: MiddlewareContext, call_next: CallNext
+    ) -> Any:
+        if not get_global_settings().read_only_mode:
+            return await call_next(context)
+
+        name = context.message.name
+        args = context.message.arguments or {}
+
+        # Call proxies: decide on the INNER call (see _unwrap_proxy_call).
+        # ha_search_tools and envelope-less proxy calls pass through —
+        # searching is a read, and the proxy raises its own validation
+        # error for a missing inner name. When the inner call is allowed,
+        # the proxy dispatch re-enters this middleware with the real tool
+        # name anyway (harmless re-check, same verdict).
+        if name in PROXY_META_TOOLS:
+            unwrapped = self._unwrap_proxy_call(args)
+            if unwrapped is None:
+                return await call_next(context)
+            inner_name, inner_args = unwrapped
+            exemption = READ_ONLY_EXEMPT_TOOLS.get(inner_name)
+            if exemption is not None:
+                blocked = exemption.blocked_write(inner_args)
+                if blocked is None:
+                    return await call_next(context)
+                logger.info(
+                    "read-only mode blocked proxied write operation of %s (%s)",
+                    inner_name,
+                    blocked,
+                )
+                _raise_read_only_error(
+                    inner_name, blocked_operation=blocked, allowed=exemption.allowed
+                )
+            if await self._classify(inner_name) != "write":
+                # 'read' is allowed; 'unknown' falls through to the
+                # proxy's own not-found error.
+                return await call_next(context)
+            logger.info(
+                "read-only mode blocked proxied call to write tool %s", inner_name
+            )
+            _raise_read_only_error(inner_name)
+
+        exemption = READ_ONLY_EXEMPT_TOOLS.get(name)
+        if exemption is not None:
+            blocked = exemption.blocked_write(args)
+            if blocked is None:
+                return await call_next(context)
+            logger.info(
+                "read-only mode blocked write operation of %s (%s)", name, blocked
+            )
+            _raise_read_only_error(
+                name, blocked_operation=blocked, allowed=exemption.allowed
+            )
+
+        if await self._classify(name) != "write":
+            # 'read' is allowed; 'unknown' falls through to FastMCP's
+            # normal unknown-tool error.
+            return await call_next(context)
+
+        logger.info("read-only mode blocked call to write tool %s", name)
+        _raise_read_only_error(name)
+        return None  # py/mixed-returns: unreachable, _raise_read_only_error raises

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679 → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/src/ha_mcp/server.py

@@ -118,6 +118,26 @@ class HomeAssistantSmartMCPServer(EnhancedToolsMixin):
         # Build server instructions from bundled skills (if enabled)
         instructions = self._build_skills_instructions()
 
+        # Surface Read Only Mode in the startup instructions so clients
+        # that show server instructions warn the model up front. Startup
+        # state only — live flips are covered by the structured
+        # READ_ONLY_MODE call errors and the ha_get_overview field.
+        if self.settings.read_only_mode:
+            read_only_note = (
+                "## Read Only Mode\n"
+                "This server is running in Read Only Mode: write-capable "
+                "tools are disabled and every write or destructive "
+                "operation is blocked with a READ_ONLY_MODE error. You can "
+                "search, read, and analyze freely. To allow changes, the "
+                "user must turn off Read Only Mode in the ha-mcp settings "
+                "UI (Tools tab) or the add-on configuration."
+            )
+            instructions = (
+                f"{instructions}\n\n{read_only_note}"
+                if instructions
+                else read_only_note
+            )
+
         # Create FastMCP server with Home Assistant icons for client UI display
         self.mcp = FastMCP(
             name=server_name,
@@ -187,6 +207,12 @@ class HomeAssistantSmartMCPServer(EnhancedToolsMixin):
         # search indexing too).
         self._apply_settings_visibility()
 
+        # Read Only Mode catalog filter (discussion #1569) — always
+        # installed, consults the live flag per request. Must come
+        # before the search transforms so the BM25 index never indexes
+        # hidden write tools while the mode is on.
+        self._apply_read_only_catalog_filter()
+
         # Replace heavy tool descriptions with lite variants when
         # ENABLE_LITE_DOCSTRINGS=true. Must come BEFORE keyword
         # enrichment so BM25 keywords append to the lite text (instead
@@ -210,6 +236,12 @@ class HomeAssistantSmartMCPServer(EnhancedToolsMixin):
 
         self.mcp.add_middleware(ValidationErrorMiddleware())
 
+        # Read Only Mode write blocker (discussion #1569) — always
+        # installed, consults the live flag per call. Before
+        # PolicyMiddleware so a write blocked by Read Only Mode never
+        # queues a pointless approval request.
+        self._apply_read_only_middleware()
+
         # Wire tool security policies middleware (#966) — opt-in via
         # ENABLE_TOOL_SECURITY_POLICIES. Must come last so the middleware
         # wraps the final tool surface (including the search proxies).
@@ -939,6 +971,42 @@ class HomeAssistantSmartMCPServer(EnhancedToolsMixin):
                 data_dir,
             )
 
+    def _apply_read_only_catalog_filter(self) -> None:
+        """Install the Read Only Mode catalog filter (discussion #1569).
+
+        Always installed — :class:`ReadOnlyToolsTransform` consults the
+        live ``read_only_mode`` flag per list request, so it is a no-op
+        while the mode is off and standalone-mode toggles take effect
+        without a restart. Hides write-capable tools (``readOnlyHint``
+        not True) except the exempt mixed read/write tools, whose write
+        actions ``ReadOnlyMiddleware`` blocks at call time instead.
+        """
+        from .read_only import ReadOnlyToolsTransform
+
+        self.mcp.add_transform(ReadOnlyToolsTransform())
+        if self.settings.read_only_mode:
+            logger.info(
+                "Read Only Mode is ON — write-capable tools are hidden "
+                "and write operations are blocked"
+            )
+
+    def _apply_read_only_middleware(self) -> None:
+        """Install the Read Only Mode write blocker (discussion #1569).
+
+        Always installed — consults the live flag per call, so there is
+        no per-call work beyond the flag check while the mode is off.
+        The annotation lookup uses the UNFILTERED tool list (private
+        FastMCP API, same justified usage as the settings UI and policy
+        handlers) so hidden tools still resolve to a clear structured
+        error instead of an opaque unknown-tool failure.
+        """
+        from .read_only import ReadOnlyMiddleware
+
+        async def _list_all_tools() -> Any:
+            return await self.mcp.local_provider._list_tools()
+
+        self.mcp.add_middleware(ReadOnlyMiddleware(list_tools=_list_all_tools))
+
     # Shared action-phrased keyword block for retrieval. Some MCP clients
     # (Claude Code, others) rank candidate tools by token-overlap between
     # the user's natural-language query and each tool's `description`

{ha_mcp_dev-7.6.0.dev679 → ha_mcp_dev-7.7.0.dev682}/src/ha_mcp/settings.css

@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@
     color: var(--text); font-size: 0.85rem; }
   .feature-control input[type="number"]:disabled { opacity: 0.4; cursor: not-allowed; }
   .feature-row.locked .feature-name { color: var(--text-secondary); }
+  /* Read Only Mode toggle row sits in the Tools tab between the summary
+     and the search box — card styling to match the tab's other blocks
+     (the bare .feature-row look is designed for the Server Settings
+     list, where rows separate with border-top). */
+  #readOnlyModeRow { background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--border);
+    border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; }
   /* Beta master toggle + nested sub-rows. The master row
      ``.beta-master-row`` is visually distinguished as a section
      header. The 5 sub-rows ``.beta-sub`` are indented with a vertical