use serde_json::{Value, json};
use crate::extract::{self, Options, SUPPORTED_FORMATS, resolve_format};
const DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS: usize = 500;
const MAX_MAX_RESULTS: usize = 5000;
pub(crate) fn definition() -> Value {
json!({
"name": "extract_strings",
"description": "Extract every string value from a document. Parses JSON, YAML, CSV, \
TOML, INI and dotenv; for any other format it falls back to quoted \
strings — single, double or backtick — so a format is optional but \
unquoted prose yields nothing. Returns the values themselves, in \
document order, not their positions.",
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"content": { "type": "string", "description": "The document text to scan." },
"format": {
"type": "string",
"enum": SUPPORTED_FORMATS,
"description": "Document format. Optional — an unrecognised or absent \
format falls back to extracting quoted strings.",
},
"filename": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filename used to infer the format when `format` is absent, \
e.g. \"config.toml\".",
},
"dedupe": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Collapse repeated values to their first occurrence.",
},
"maxResults": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": MAX_MAX_RESULTS,
"default": DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS,
"description": format!(
"Cap on returned values (default {DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS}). meta.truncated \
reports whether any were dropped."
),
},
},
"required": ["content"],
"additionalProperties": false,
},
})
}
pub(crate) fn run(arguments: &Value) -> Result<Value, String> {
let content = arguments
.get("content")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.ok_or_else(|| "content is required and must be a string".to_string())?;
let max_results = read_max_results(arguments)?;
let format = resolve_format(
arguments.get("format").and_then(Value::as_str),
arguments.get("filename").and_then(Value::as_str),
);
let mut values: Vec<Value> = extract::extract(content, format, Options::default())
.into_iter()
.map(Value::String)
.collect();
if arguments.get("dedupe").and_then(Value::as_bool) == Some(true) {
let mut seen: std::collections::HashSet<String> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
values.retain(|value| seen.insert(value.as_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string()));
}
let truncated = values.len() > max_results;
values.truncate(max_results);
let count = values.len();
Ok(super::envelope(
"extract_strings",
&json!({ "strings": values, "fileType": format }),
count,
&parse_diagnostics(content, format),
truncated,
))
}
fn parse_diagnostics(content: &str, format: &str) -> Vec<Value> {
extract::parse_error(content, format)
.map(|message| json!({ "severity": "error", "code": "parsing", "message": message }))
.into_iter()
.collect()
}
fn read_max_results(arguments: &Value) -> Result<usize, String> {
let Some(raw) = arguments.get("maxResults") else {
return Ok(DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS);
};
let invalid = "maxResults must be a positive integer".to_string();
let value = raw.as_u64().ok_or(invalid.clone())?;
if value < 1 {
return Err(invalid);
}
Ok(usize::try_from(value)
.unwrap_or(MAX_MAX_RESULTS)
.min(MAX_MAX_RESULTS))
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use serde::Deserialize;
use super::*;
use crate::extract::FALLBACK_FORMAT;
use crate::extract::corpus::document;
const CASES: &str = include_str!("../../fixtures/mcp-extract-strings.json");
#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
struct Case {
name: String,
file: Option<String>,
content: Option<String>,
arguments: Value,
expected: Option<Value>,
#[serde(rename = "expectedError")]
expected_error: Option<String>,
}
#[test]
fn every_shared_case_answers_identically() {
let cases: Vec<Case> = serde_json::from_str(CASES).expect("the corpus is valid JSON");
assert!(!cases.is_empty(), "the corpus is empty");
for case in cases {
let mut arguments = case.arguments.clone();
let content = case
.file
.as_deref()
.map(document)
.map(str::to_string)
.or(case.content);
if let Some(content) = content {
arguments["content"] = json!(content);
}
match (case.expected, case.expected_error) {
(_, Some(expected)) => {
assert_eq!(
run(&arguments).expect_err(&case.name),
expected,
"{}",
case.name
);
}
(Some(expected), None) => {
assert_eq!(
run(&arguments).expect(&case.name),
expected,
"{}",
case.name
);
}
(None, None) => panic!("{} pins neither a result nor an error", case.name),
}
}
}
#[test]
fn the_tool_name_is_pinned() {
assert_eq!(definition()["name"], "extract_strings");
}
#[test]
fn the_advertised_enum_matches_the_formats_that_resolve() {
let definition = definition();
let advertised: Vec<String> = definition["inputSchema"]["properties"]["format"]["enum"]
.as_array()
.expect("an enum")
.iter()
.filter_map(|value| value.as_str().map(str::to_string))
.collect();
assert_eq!(advertised, SUPPORTED_FORMATS);
}
#[test]
fn the_shared_tool_returns_bare_values() {
let result =
run(&json!({ "content": "{\"a\":\"one\"}", "format": "json" })).expect("a result");
assert_eq!(result["data"]["strings"][0], "one");
assert!(result["data"]["strings"][0].is_string());
}
#[test]
fn an_unknown_format_falls_back_rather_than_failing() {
let result =
run(&json!({ "content": "const a = 'x';", "format": "nonsense" })).expect("a result");
assert_eq!(result["data"]["fileType"], FALLBACK_FORMAT);
assert_eq!(result["data"]["strings"][0], "x");
}
#[test]
fn a_broken_document_is_reported_rather_than_answered_empty() {
let result = run(&json!({ "content": "{not json", "format": "json" })).expect("a result");
assert_eq!(result["ok"], false);
assert_eq!(
result["data"]["strings"]
.as_array()
.expect("an array")
.len(),
0
);
assert_eq!(result["diagnostics"][0]["severity"], "error");
assert_eq!(result["diagnostics"][0]["code"], "parsing");
assert!(
result["diagnostics"][0]["message"]
.as_str()
.expect("a message")
.starts_with("Invalid JSON: "),
"the prefix is the shared half of the message: {}",
result["diagnostics"][0]["message"]
);
}
#[test]
fn a_source_language_never_reports_a_parse_failure() {
let result =
run(&json!({ "content": "let s = r#\"never closed", "format": "rust" })).expect("ok");
assert_eq!(result["ok"], true);
assert_eq!(result["diagnostics"].as_array().expect("an array").len(), 0);
assert_eq!(
result["data"]["strings"]
.as_array()
.expect("an array")
.len(),
0
);
}
#[test]
fn a_fractional_cap_is_refused() {
let error = run(&json!({ "content": "x", "maxResults": 1.5 })).expect_err("a refusal");
assert_eq!(error, "maxResults must be a positive integer");
}
}