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keel_cli/
mcp.rs

1//! `keel mcp` — the CLI doubles as an MCP server for coding agents (dx-spec §5).
2//!
3//! A hand-rolled, dependency-free JSON-RPC 2.0 loop over stdio (one
4//! newline-delimited message per line) speaking the Model Context Protocol:
5//! `initialize`, `ping`, `tools/list`, `tools/call`. Exactly the six
6//! spec-promised tools are exposed — `get_status`, `get_doctor_report`,
7//! `propose_policy` (returns a keel.toml *diff*), `get_trace`, `list_flows`,
8//! `explain_error` — and each is a thin wrapper over the same library producer
9//! as the corresponding CLI command, so a tool's text result is **byte-identical
10//! to that command's `--json` output** (golden-tested). An agent that already
11//! understands `keel status --json` can diff the MCP result against it and see
12//! no change.
13//!
14//! No daemon (dx-spec §3 invariant 3): the server is client-launched, owns no
15//! port, and exits on stdin EOF. Determinism as courtesy (dx-spec §5): responses
16//! serialize through [`serde_json::Value`] (sorted keys), the tool catalog is a
17//! fixed alphabetical list, and no wall-clock value reaches any response.
18
19use std::io::{BufRead, Write};
20use std::path::PathBuf;
21
22use serde_json::{Value, json};
23
24use crate::render::json_string;
25use crate::{EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_OK, Rendered, doctor, explain, flows, init, status};
26
27/// The MCP protocol revision this server speaks natively (offered when the
28/// client requests a revision we do not recognize).
29const LATEST_PROTOCOL: &str = "2025-06-18";
30
31/// Revisions we recognize and echo back unchanged, per the MCP version
32/// negotiation rule ("if the server supports the requested version, it MUST
33/// respond with the same version").
34const SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS: [&str; 3] = ["2024-11-05", "2025-03-26", "2025-06-18"];
35
36/// Server usage notes surfaced to the client at `initialize` time.
37const INSTRUCTIONS: &str = "Keel adds production-grade resilience (retry, backoff, timeout, breaker, \
38rate limit, cache) and durable flows to this project with zero code changes; policy lives in keel.toml. \
39Every tool's text result is byte-identical to the matching CLI --json output: \
40get_status = `keel status --json`, get_doctor_report = `keel doctor --json`, \
41propose_policy = `keel init --diff --json` (an applyable keel.toml patch — never writes), \
42list_flows = `keel flows --json`, get_trace = `keel trace <flow> --json`, \
43explain_error = `keel explain <code> --json`. Outputs are deterministic \
44(sorted keys, no timestamps), so two calls can be diffed to see real change.";
45
46// JSON-RPC 2.0 error codes.
47const PARSE_ERROR: i64 = -32700;
48const INVALID_REQUEST: i64 = -32600;
49const METHOD_NOT_FOUND: i64 = -32601;
50const INVALID_PARAMS: i64 = -32602;
51
52/// A JSON-RPC protocol-level failure (distinct from a *tool* failure, which is
53/// reported inside a successful `tools/call` result with `isError: true`).
54struct RpcError {
55    code: i64,
56    message: String,
57}
58
59/// Build an [`RpcError`].
60fn rpc_error(code: i64, message: impl Into<String>) -> RpcError {
61    RpcError {
62        code,
63        message: message.into(),
64    }
65}
66
67/// The stdio MCP server: the project it reports on plus an injected clock
68/// (a fn pointer so tests stay deterministic; only human-facing views consume
69/// it — no wall-clock value ever reaches a JSON response).
70#[derive(Debug)]
71pub struct Server {
72    project: PathBuf,
73    now_ms: fn() -> i64,
74}
75
76impl Server {
77    /// A server for `project`, dating any age computations via `now_ms`.
78    #[must_use]
79    pub fn new(project: PathBuf, now_ms: fn() -> i64) -> Self {
80        Self { project, now_ms }
81    }
82
83    /// Run the loop: one JSON-RPC message per line in, one per line out
84    /// (notifications get no reply). Returns the process exit code —
85    /// [`EXIT_OK`] on clean EOF, [`EXIT_FAILURE`] on an I/O error.
86    pub fn serve<R: BufRead, W: Write>(&self, input: R, mut output: W) -> i32 {
87        for line in input.lines() {
88            let Ok(line) = line else {
89                return EXIT_FAILURE;
90            };
91            if line.trim().is_empty() {
92                continue;
93            }
94            let Some(response) = self.handle_line(&line) else {
95                continue;
96            };
97            let Ok(text) = serde_json::to_string(&response) else {
98                return EXIT_FAILURE;
99            };
100            if writeln!(output, "{text}")
101                .and_then(|()| output.flush())
102                .is_err()
103            {
104                return EXIT_FAILURE;
105            }
106        }
107        EXIT_OK
108    }
109
110    /// Handle one raw input line. `None` means no response is due (a
111    /// notification, or a response frame we never asked for).
112    fn handle_line(&self, line: &str) -> Option<Value> {
113        let Ok(message) = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(line) else {
114            return Some(error_response(
115                &Value::Null,
116                PARSE_ERROR,
117                "Parse error: the line is not valid JSON. Send one JSON-RPC 2.0 message per line.",
118            ));
119        };
120        self.handle_message(&message)
121    }
122
123    /// Dispatch one parsed JSON-RPC message.
124    fn handle_message(&self, message: &Value) -> Option<Value> {
125        let Some(frame) = message.as_object() else {
126            return Some(error_response(
127                &Value::Null,
128                INVALID_REQUEST,
129                "Invalid request: expected a JSON-RPC 2.0 object (batches are not supported).",
130            ));
131        };
132        let id = frame.get("id").cloned();
133        let Some(method) = frame.get("method").and_then(Value::as_str) else {
134            // No method: a response frame (we never send requests) or garbage.
135            // Answer only when an id makes the failure addressable.
136            return id.map(|id| {
137                error_response(
138                    &id,
139                    INVALID_REQUEST,
140                    "Invalid request: missing `method`. This server accepts initialize, ping, tools/list, and tools/call.",
141                )
142            });
143        };
144        let params = frame.get("params").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null);
145        // A notification (no id) never gets a response; unknown ones are ignored.
146        let id = id?;
147        let outcome = match method {
148            "initialize" => Ok(initialize_result(&params)),
149            "ping" => Ok(json!({})),
150            "tools/call" => self.tools_call(&params),
151            "tools/list" => Ok(json!({ "tools": tool_catalog() })),
152            other => Err(rpc_error(
153                METHOD_NOT_FOUND,
154                format!(
155                    "Method not found: {other:?}. This server supports initialize, ping, tools/list, and tools/call."
156                ),
157            )),
158        };
159        Some(match outcome {
160            Ok(result) => json!({ "id": id, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": result }),
161            Err(e) => error_response(&id, e.code, &e.message),
162        })
163    }
164
165    /// `tools/call`: run one of the six tools and wrap its `--json` twin as the
166    /// text content. A tool that renders a failure (non-zero exit) is a
167    /// *successful* call carrying `isError: true` — protocol errors are only
168    /// for unknown tools and malformed arguments.
169    fn tools_call(&self, params: &Value) -> Result<Value, RpcError> {
170        let Some(name) = params.get("name").and_then(Value::as_str) else {
171            return Err(rpc_error(
172                INVALID_PARAMS,
173                "tools/call requires a string `name` parameter naming the tool.",
174            ));
175        };
176        let args = params
177            .get("arguments")
178            .cloned()
179            .unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}));
180        let rendered = self.call_tool(name, &args)?;
181        Ok(json!({
182            "content": [ { "text": json_string(&rendered.json), "type": "text" } ],
183            "isError": rendered.exit != EXIT_OK,
184        }))
185    }
186
187    /// Map a tool name to the library producer behind the same-named CLI
188    /// command. The [`Rendered`] comes back whole, so the text content is the
189    /// exact bytes `keel <cmd> --json` would print.
190    fn call_tool(&self, name: &str, args: &Value) -> Result<Rendered, RpcError> {
191        match name {
192            "explain_error" => Ok(explain::run(require_str(args, "code", name)?)),
193            "get_doctor_report" => Ok(doctor::run(&self.project)),
194            "get_status" => Ok(status::run(&self.project, (self.now_ms)())),
195            "get_trace" => Ok(flows::trace(
196                &self.project,
197                require_str(args, "flow", name)?,
198            )),
199            "list_flows" => Ok(flows::flows(
200                &self.project,
201                optional_bool(args, "dead", name)?,
202                (self.now_ms)(),
203            )),
204            "propose_policy" => Ok(init::run(
205                &self.project,
206                init::InitOptions {
207                    diff: true,
208                    stamp: false,
209                    agents: false,
210                },
211            )),
212            other => Err(rpc_error(
213                INVALID_PARAMS,
214                format!(
215                    "Unknown tool: {other:?}. Available tools: explain_error, get_doctor_report, get_status, get_trace, list_flows, propose_policy."
216                ),
217            )),
218        }
219    }
220}
221
222/// The `initialize` result: negotiated protocol version, capabilities, server
223/// identity, and usage instructions.
224fn initialize_result(params: &Value) -> Value {
225    let requested = params
226        .get("protocolVersion")
227        .and_then(Value::as_str)
228        .unwrap_or(LATEST_PROTOCOL);
229    let version = if SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS.contains(&requested) {
230        requested
231    } else {
232        LATEST_PROTOCOL
233    };
234    json!({
235        "capabilities": { "tools": {} },
236        "instructions": INSTRUCTIONS,
237        "protocolVersion": version,
238        "serverInfo": { "name": "keel", "version": env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION") },
239    })
240}
241
242/// The fixed tool catalog, alphabetical by name. Schemas are deterministic
243/// values (sorted keys on serialization), so `tools/list` is byte-stable.
244fn tool_catalog() -> Value {
245    json!([
246        {
247            "description": "Explain a KEEL-E0NN error code: what happened, why, and what to do next. Byte-identical to `keel explain <code> --json`.",
248            "inputSchema": {
249                "properties": {
250                    "code": { "description": "The error code, e.g. \"KEEL-E014\".", "type": "string" }
251                },
252                "required": ["code"],
253                "type": "object"
254            },
255            "name": "explain_error"
256        },
257        {
258            "description": "The honesty report: what is wrapped, what is visible but unwrapped and why, adapter pins, policy validity, and the journal backend — findings carry applyable fixes where possible. Byte-identical to `keel doctor --json`.",
259            "inputSchema": { "properties": {}, "type": "object" },
260            "name": "get_doctor_report"
261        },
262        {
263            "description": "One screen of what Keel is doing for this project: coverage, calls, retries saved, breaker opens, cache hit rate, and durable-flow counts. Byte-identical to `keel status --json`.",
264            "inputSchema": { "properties": {}, "type": "object" },
265            "name": "get_status"
266        },
267        {
268            "description": "Trace one durable (Tier 2) flow step by step: outcomes, attempts, timings. Byte-identical to `keel trace <flow> --json`.",
269            "inputSchema": {
270                "properties": {
271                    "flow": { "description": "A flow_id, or a substring of an id/entrypoint that names exactly one flow.", "type": "string" }
272                },
273                "required": ["flow"],
274                "type": "object"
275            },
276            "name": "get_trace"
277        },
278        {
279            "description": "List durable (Tier 2) flows: id, entrypoint, status, steps done/total. Byte-identical to `keel flows --json`.",
280            "inputSchema": {
281                "properties": {
282                    "dead": { "description": "List only dead flows (those that exhausted their resume cap).", "type": "boolean" }
283                },
284                "type": "object"
285            },
286            "name": "list_flows"
287        },
288        {
289            "description": "Propose policy changes as a keel.toml diff from static + observed evidence (never writes): an applyable unified patch plus structured changes. Byte-identical to `keel init --diff --json`.",
290            "inputSchema": { "properties": {}, "type": "object" },
291            "name": "propose_policy"
292        }
293    ])
294}
295
296/// A JSON-RPC error response frame.
297fn error_response(id: &Value, code: i64, message: &str) -> Value {
298    json!({
299        "error": { "code": code, "message": message },
300        "id": id,
301        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
302    })
303}
304
305/// A required string argument, or the invalid-params error naming the tool.
306fn require_str<'a>(args: &'a Value, key: &str, tool: &str) -> Result<&'a str, RpcError> {
307    args.get(key).and_then(Value::as_str).ok_or_else(|| {
308        rpc_error(
309            INVALID_PARAMS,
310            format!("{tool} requires a string `{key}` argument."),
311        )
312    })
313}
314
315/// An optional boolean argument (absent/null → `false`); a non-boolean value is
316/// an invalid-params error, never a silent coercion.
317fn optional_bool(args: &Value, key: &str, tool: &str) -> Result<bool, RpcError> {
318    match args.get(key) {
319        None | Some(Value::Null) => Ok(false),
320        Some(Value::Bool(b)) => Ok(*b),
321        Some(_) => Err(rpc_error(
322            INVALID_PARAMS,
323            format!("{tool}'s `{key}` argument must be a boolean."),
324        )),
325    }
326}
327
328#[cfg(test)]
329mod tests {
330    use super::*;
331
332    const T0: i64 = 1_783_728_000_000;
333
334    fn t0() -> i64 {
335        T0
336    }
337
338    fn server_in(dir: &std::path::Path) -> Server {
339        Server::new(dir.to_path_buf(), t0)
340    }
341
342    fn empty_project() -> tempfile::TempDir {
343        tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap()
344    }
345
346    /// Drive one request line and unwrap the response.
347    fn respond(server: &Server, line: &str) -> Value {
348        server.handle_line(line).expect("a response is due")
349    }
350
351    #[test]
352    fn initialize_echoes_a_supported_version_and_names_the_server() {
353        let dir = empty_project();
354        let r = respond(
355            &server_in(dir.path()),
356            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"t","version":"0"}}}"#,
357        );
358        assert_eq!(r["id"], 1);
359        assert_eq!(r["result"]["protocolVersion"], "2025-03-26");
360        assert_eq!(r["result"]["serverInfo"]["name"], "keel");
361        assert_eq!(
362            r["result"]["serverInfo"]["version"],
363            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
364        );
365        assert!(r["result"]["capabilities"]["tools"].is_object());
366        assert!(
367            r["result"]["instructions"]
368                .as_str()
369                .unwrap()
370                .contains("byte-identical")
371        );
372    }
373
374    #[test]
375    fn initialize_with_an_unknown_version_offers_the_latest_supported() {
376        let dir = empty_project();
377        let r = respond(
378            &server_in(dir.path()),
379            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2099-01-01"}}"#,
380        );
381        assert_eq!(r["result"]["protocolVersion"], LATEST_PROTOCOL);
382    }
383
384    #[test]
385    fn notifications_get_no_response() {
386        let dir = empty_project();
387        let s = server_in(dir.path());
388        assert!(
389            s.handle_line(r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}"#)
390                .is_none()
391        );
392        // Unknown notifications are ignored too, per JSON-RPC 2.0.
393        assert!(
394            s.handle_line(r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/whatever"}"#)
395                .is_none()
396        );
397    }
398
399    #[test]
400    fn parse_error_answers_with_null_id() {
401        let dir = empty_project();
402        let r = respond(&server_in(dir.path()), "{not json");
403        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], PARSE_ERROR);
404        assert!(r["id"].is_null());
405    }
406
407    #[test]
408    fn non_object_frames_are_invalid_requests() {
409        let dir = empty_project();
410        let r = respond(&server_in(dir.path()), "[1,2,3]");
411        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], INVALID_REQUEST);
412    }
413
414    #[test]
415    fn unknown_method_is_method_not_found() {
416        let dir = empty_project();
417        let r = respond(
418            &server_in(dir.path()),
419            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":7,"method":"resources/list"}"#,
420        );
421        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], METHOD_NOT_FOUND);
422        assert_eq!(r["id"], 7);
423    }
424
425    #[test]
426    fn ping_answers_an_empty_object() {
427        let dir = empty_project();
428        let r = respond(
429            &server_in(dir.path()),
430            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"ping"}"#,
431        );
432        assert_eq!(r["result"], json!({}));
433    }
434
435    #[test]
436    fn tools_list_is_the_six_spec_tools_alphabetically() {
437        let dir = empty_project();
438        let r = respond(
439            &server_in(dir.path()),
440            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"tools/list"}"#,
441        );
442        let names: Vec<&str> = r["result"]["tools"]
443            .as_array()
444            .unwrap()
445            .iter()
446            .map(|t| t["name"].as_str().unwrap())
447            .collect();
448        assert_eq!(
449            names,
450            [
451                "explain_error",
452                "get_doctor_report",
453                "get_status",
454                "get_trace",
455                "list_flows",
456                "propose_policy",
457            ]
458        );
459        // Every tool declares an object input schema.
460        for tool in r["result"]["tools"].as_array().unwrap() {
461            assert_eq!(tool["inputSchema"]["type"], "object");
462            assert!(tool["description"].as_str().unwrap().contains("--json"));
463        }
464    }
465
466    #[test]
467    fn unknown_tool_is_invalid_params() {
468        let dir = empty_project();
469        let r = respond(
470            &server_in(dir.path()),
471            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":4,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_everything"}}"#,
472        );
473        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], INVALID_PARAMS);
474        assert!(
475            r["error"]["message"]
476                .as_str()
477                .unwrap()
478                .contains("Available tools")
479        );
480    }
481
482    #[test]
483    fn missing_required_argument_is_invalid_params() {
484        let dir = empty_project();
485        let s = server_in(dir.path());
486        let r = respond(
487            &s,
488            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":5,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_trace"}}"#,
489        );
490        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], INVALID_PARAMS);
491        assert!(r["error"]["message"].as_str().unwrap().contains("`flow`"));
492        let r = respond(
493            &s,
494            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":6,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"explain_error","arguments":{}}}"#,
495        );
496        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], INVALID_PARAMS);
497        assert!(r["error"]["message"].as_str().unwrap().contains("`code`"));
498    }
499
500    #[test]
501    fn mistyped_dead_argument_is_invalid_params_not_coerced() {
502        let dir = empty_project();
503        let r = respond(
504            &server_in(dir.path()),
505            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":8,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_flows","arguments":{"dead":"yes"}}}"#,
506        );
507        assert_eq!(r["error"]["code"], INVALID_PARAMS);
508        assert!(r["error"]["message"].as_str().unwrap().contains("boolean"));
509    }
510
511    #[test]
512    fn explain_error_text_is_byte_identical_to_the_json_twin() {
513        let dir = empty_project();
514        let r = respond(
515            &server_in(dir.path()),
516            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":9,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"explain_error","arguments":{"code":"KEEL-E014"}}}"#,
517        );
518        assert_eq!(r["result"]["isError"], false);
519        assert_eq!(
520            r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap(),
521            json_string(&explain::run("KEEL-E014").json)
522        );
523        assert_eq!(r["result"]["content"][0]["type"], "text");
524    }
525
526    #[test]
527    fn a_failing_tool_is_a_result_with_is_error_not_a_protocol_error() {
528        let dir = empty_project();
529        let r = respond(
530            &server_in(dir.path()),
531            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":10,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"explain_error","arguments":{"code":"KEEL-E999"}}}"#,
532        );
533        assert!(r.get("error").is_none(), "tool failures are not RPC errors");
534        assert_eq!(r["result"]["isError"], true);
535        assert_eq!(
536            r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap(),
537            json_string(&explain::run("KEEL-E999").json)
538        );
539    }
540
541    #[test]
542    fn list_flows_defaults_dead_to_false_and_accepts_true() {
543        let dir = empty_project();
544        let s = server_in(dir.path());
545        let r = respond(
546            &s,
547            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":11,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_flows"}}"#,
548        );
549        let text = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
550        assert_eq!(text, json_string(&flows::flows(dir.path(), false, T0).json));
551        let r = respond(
552            &s,
553            r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":12,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_flows","arguments":{"dead":true}}}"#,
554        );
555        let text = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
556        assert_eq!(text, json_string(&flows::flows(dir.path(), true, T0).json));
557    }
558
559    #[test]
560    fn serve_skips_blank_lines_and_exits_ok_on_eof() {
561        let dir = empty_project();
562        let script = "\n\
563            {\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"ping\"}\n\
564            \n\
565            {\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"notifications/initialized\"}\n";
566        let mut out = Vec::new();
567        let code = server_in(dir.path()).serve(std::io::Cursor::new(script), &mut out);
568        assert_eq!(code, EXIT_OK);
569        let lines: Vec<&str> = std::str::from_utf8(&out).unwrap().lines().collect();
570        assert_eq!(lines.len(), 1, "one request → one response line");
571        let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(lines[0]).unwrap();
572        assert_eq!(v["id"], 1);
573    }
574}