feat(mcp): add opt-in tool search discovery - #1102
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe MCP gateway adds optional tool search discovery. Configuration sets the default mode, and clients can override it per session. In search mode, the gateway exposes ChangesMCP tool search discovery
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant MCPClient
participant MCPGateway
participant ToolIndex
participant RegularToolHandler
MCPClient->>MCPGateway: List tools in search mode
MCPGateway-->>MCPClient: Return search_tools and call_tool
MCPClient->>MCPGateway: Search with query
MCPGateway->>ToolIndex: Rank currently callable tools
ToolIndex-->>MCPGateway: Return matching tools
MCPGateway-->>MCPClient: Return matching tool details
MCPClient->>MCPGateway: Call tool with name and arguments
MCPGateway->>RegularToolHandler: Dispatch with session and request metadata
RegularToolHandler-->>MCPGateway: Return tool result
MCPGateway-->>MCPClient: Return tool result
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Discovery is opt-in, but ordinary pinned tools named call_tool can now receive incorrect audit labels when their arguments include a name. This bounded logging defect warrants correction or explicit owner acceptance; no broader merge-blocking failure is established. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to Search discovery preserves server-side access restrictions, but clients may treat approval of call_tool as approval for multiple underlying tools, including destructive ones. The mode is opt-in, and the documentation recommends direct listing for clients that depend on per-tool approvals. Retained concerns
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| terms := dedupe(searchTerms(query)) | ||
| if len(terms) == 0 || len(candidates) == 0 { | ||
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If a tool on /mcp/{slug} is named in or a, searching for that exact name returns no match. searchTerms drops the name, so rankTools returns before its exact-name check. Check exact names before returning for an empty keyword list.
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Fixed in 26eaa91. rankTools no longer returns early when the query yields no search terms, so a stop-word or single-letter query still gets the exact-name check. Covered by TestRankToolsFindsExactNamesWithoutSearchTerms.
| if method == "tools/call" && name == mcpgateway.CallToolName { | ||
| if inner := strings.TrimSpace(gjson.GetBytes(body, "params.arguments.name").String()); inner != "" { | ||
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On the aggregated endpoint, call_tool accepts a bare name such as echo, but the request log records echo while the usage entry records the resolved name, such as alpha_echo. That makes the records hard to compare. Record the resolved name consistently.
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Fixed in 26eaa91. Each session binding now stores the bare-name aliases the session resolves, and the request log label goes through Service.CanonicalToolName, so echo is logged as alpha_echo, the same as the usage entry. This also covers direct tools/call with a bare name, which had the same mismatch before this PR. Verified on a running binary for both direct and call_tool calls.
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- Line 115: Update mcpAuditLabel to accept the session’s discovery mode, and
extract params.arguments.name for call_tool only when discovery mode is enabled.
Pass that mode from registerTools so non-discovery pinned sessions retain
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Limit nested-name extraction to discovery sessions.
registerTools accepts an upstream tool named call_tool. In a non-discovery pinned session, mcpAuditLabel can use params.arguments.name as the audit label instead of params.name. CanonicalToolName cannot correct this for pinned sessions because they have no aliases.
Pass the session's discovery mode to mcpAuditLabel and extract params.arguments.name only for discovery sessions.
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Review comment at @internal/server/mcp_service.go at line 115:
Update mcpAuditLabel to accept the session’s discovery mode, and extract
params.arguments.name for call_tool only when discovery mode is enabled. Pass
that mode from registerTools so non-discovery pinned sessions retain params.name
as the audit label.
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Summary
Adds an opt-in search discovery mode to the MCP gateway. Aggregating several servers can put hundreds of tool schemas in
tools/list, and clients send all of them to the model every turn. In search mode, a session lists only two tools:search_tools(query, limit): keyword search over the session's visible tools. Returns names, descriptions, input schemas, and annotations.call_tool(name, arguments): runs a found tool through the regular tool handler.Configuration
mcp.tool_discovery/MCP_TOOL_DISCOVERY:off(default) orsearch.X-MCP-Tool-Discovery: search|offheader: overrides the default for one session, so clients with their own tool search (e.g. Claude Code) keep direct tool listing and per-tool permissions.Behavior
call_tool.Testing
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