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Every MCP added through registry search saved the registry's qualified server name as the package identifier, so npm resolved names like io.github.AlexDeMichieli/weather as GitHub git shorthands, the spawn died silently, and the client burned the full 30s init timeout. The real identifier already lives in the registry entry's command field; selection now drafts that instead, maps pypi entries to uvx (uvx rejects the -y flag npx needs, so build_command only passes -y to npx), drafts the remote URL for remote-only entries, and fails selection when an entry has nothing runnable instead of saving a config that cannot start. Remote-only entries kept the qualified name as their Http identifier while the runtime dials the identifier as the URL, producing only "Transport error: builder error". The configure save now persists the URL as the identifier for Http entries, and the runtime rejects a non-URL Http identifier up front with an error naming the MCP. Package-backed drafts no longer carry the registry URL: the configure save forces Http whenever a draft url is set, which silently discarded the drafted package for entries that ship both a package and a remote. Fixes #250
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe changes resolve runnable MCP identifiers from registry metadata, serialize HTTP URLs as identifiers, apply runtime-specific command flags, and validate HTTP identifiers before transport creation. Tests cover registry selection, draft serialization, command construction, and HTTP validation. ChangesMCP registry configuration and startup
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Some HTTP registry configurations can discard their declared endpoint and start with the wrong package runtime. Malformed endpoint URLs also still fail later with a generic transport error. These configuration paths should be corrected before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@src/mcp/runtime.rs`:
- Around line 176-178: Update the HTTP identifier validation around
validate_http_identifier to parse the endpoint with the same URL parser used by
HttpTransport before accepting it. Ensure both HttpTransport::new and
HttpTransport::with_headers reject malformed values during construction with the
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Parse the endpoint before accepting it.
validate_http_identifier accepts https:// because it checks only the prefix. Both HttpTransport::new and HttpTransport::with_headers store that value without parsing it. The later HttpTransport::request call passes it to reqwest, which returns a transport error instead of the actionable validation error.
Proposed fix
- if config.package.identifier.starts_with("http://")
- || config.package.identifier.starts_with("https://")
- {
+ let parsed = url::Url::parse(&config.package.identifier).map_err(|_| {
+ format!(
+ "MCP {}: HTTP transport requires an http(s) URL as the package identifier, \
+ got '{}'",
+ config.name, config.package.identifier
+ )
+ })?;
+
+ if matches!(parsed.scheme(), "http" | "https") {
Ok(())
} else {
Err(format!(
"MCP {}: HTTP transport requires an http(s) URL as the package identifier, \
got '{}'",
config.name, config.package.identifier
))
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| if config.package.identifier.starts_with("http://") | |
| || config.package.identifier.starts_with("https://") | |
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| let parsed = url::Url::parse(&config.package.identifier).map_err(|_| { | |
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| "MCP {}: HTTP transport requires an http(s) URL as the package identifier, \ | |
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In `@src/mcp/runtime.rs` around lines 176 - 178, Update the HTTP identifier
validation around validate_http_identifier to parse the endpoint with the same
URL parser used by HttpTransport before accepting it. Ensure both
HttpTransport::new and HttpTransport::with_headers reject malformed values
during construction with the actionable validation error, while valid HTTP(S)
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CI's structural gate caps any function at 100 lizard lines; the review fixes for #250 grew this one to 107. Moving the draft-and- emit block into emit_registry_selection_draft keeps every function under the limit with no behavior change; the selection tests pass unmodified.
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🟠 Major · Handle McpPackageType::Http before the PyPI fallback.
src/presentation/mcp_add_presenter.rs:403-405
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winHandle
McpPackageType::Httpbefore the PyPI fallback.An
Httpregistry entry with both a non-emptycommandandurlreaches the fallback because the resolver explicitly handles onlyNpmandDocker. It returnsMcpPackageType::Npmwith theuvxruntime.emit_registry_selection_draftthen clears the URL because the resolved type is notHttp, so the declared endpoint is discarded.The selection tests cover package-over-URL behavior for
Npm, but not this exactHttpcombination.Proposed fix
+ if entry.package_type == Some(crate::mcp::McpPackageType::Http) { + let url = entry.url.as_deref().filter(|url| !url.is_empty())?; + return Some((url.to_string(), crate::mcp::McpPackageType::Http, None)); + } + // Pypi-backed entries have no mapped package_type but a non-empty // command; uvx (not npx) runs them. if !entry.command.is_empty() {🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/presentation/mcp_add_presenter.rs`:
- Around line 403-405: Update the resolver near the PyPI fallback to handle
McpPackageType::Http before checking entry.command, preserving the Http type and
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Summary
Registry-added MCPs saved the registry's qualified server name (
io.github.Owner/repo) as the package identifier instead of the real package, and remote-only entries saved that name where the runtime expects a URL. Every such MCP failed to start (silent npx git-shorthand failure into a 30s init timeout, or "Transport error: builder error"), which is why the chat agent had zero MCP tools while the MCP screen still listed entries from config.json.Four changes:
McpAddPresenter::on_select_from_registrydrafts the real identity from the registry entry: npm/oci entries useentry.command(e.g.@alexdemichieli/mcp-weather-server); pypi entries (no mapped package type, non-empty command) run throughuvx; remote-only entries draft the remote URL as an Http package; entries with nothing runnable fail selection with a clear warning instead of saving a config that cannot start. An npm/docker-typed entry with an empty command also fails selection rather than falling back to the qualified name.McpConfigureView::emit_save_mcp_configpersists the URL asMcpPackage.identifierfor Http entries, matching the runtime contract that the identifier is the endpointHttpTransportdials.toolset::build_commandpasses-yonly to npx; uvx rejects the flag (verified:uvx -yerrors "unexpected argument"), anduvx mcp-hackernewsruns the pypi server correctly.McpRuntime::create_http_clientfails fast with an error naming the MCP and the offending identifier when an Http identifier is not an http(s) URL, replacing the cryptic builder error.Also: package-backed drafts no longer carry the registry URL (the save path forces Http whenever a draft url is set, which silently discarded the drafted package for entries shipping both).
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cargo fmt --all -- --checkclean;cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warningsclean.cargo test --lib --tests: 2087 passed, 0 failed.Follow-ups
Fixes #250
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