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The tools/, prompts/, and resources/ packages each had a submodule with the same name as the decorator function they export (tool.py, prompt.py, resource.py). Python's runtime resolves from fastmcp.tools import tool correctly — __init__.py shadows the submodule — but Pyright sees the ambiguity and resolves it as the module, producing a "Module is not callable" error when the decorator is applied.

The fix renames these files to base.py, eliminating the name collision. sys.modules shims preserve the old submodule import paths (from fastmcp.tools.tool import Tool, etc.) at runtime so existing code doesn't break, even though those paths were never part of the documented API.

from fastmcp.tools import tool

@tool  # no more Pyright error
def search(query: str) -> str:
    return ""

Closes #3530

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f"Importing {name} from fastmcp.tools.base is deprecated. "
f"Import from fastmcp.tools.function_tool instead.",
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P1 Badge Preserve legacy module paths for documented imports

Renaming fastmcp.tools.tool to fastmcp.tools.base (and similarly for prompts/resources) removes the old module path entirely, so existing code now fails at import time with ModuleNotFoundError instead of receiving the deprecation warning that existed before this commit. This is a real compatibility regression because the old paths are still used in repo docs/examples (for example docs/servers/tools.mdx:672 and examples/tool_result_echo.py:13 import from fastmcp.tools.tool import ToolResult), so users following current guidance will break on upgrade unless a shim module or alias is kept.

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# Preserve the old import path (fastmcp.tools.tool) for backward compatibility.
# The module was renamed to base.py to avoid shadowing the `tool` decorator function,
# which caused Pyright to report "Module is not callable" errors.
sys.modules[f"{__name__}.tool"] = sys.modules[f"{__name__}.base"]
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P2 Badge Keep legacy submodule import semantics intact

The new sys.modules alias preserves from fastmcp.tools.tool import ..., but it does not preserve the common import fastmcp.tools.tool module-import behavior: after import, fastmcp.tools.tool on the package still resolves to the decorator function, so fastmcp.tools.tool.ToolResult now raises AttributeError. This is a backward-compatibility regression for code that imported the old submodule path as a module (the same pattern exists for prompts/resources), even though this block is intended to preserve the legacy path.

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# Preserve the old import path (fastmcp.tools.tool) for backward compatibility.
# The module was renamed to base.py to avoid shadowing the `tool` decorator function,
# which caused Pyright to report "Module is not callable" errors.
sys.modules[f"{__name__}.tool"] = sys.modules[f"{__name__}.base"]
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P2 Badge Restore discoverable legacy submodules

Aliasing fastmcp.tools.tool to fastmcp.tools.base only through sys.modules keeps from fastmcp.tools.tool import ... working, but it drops module discovery metadata: in this commit importlib.util.find_spec("fastmcp.tools.tool") (and the analogous prompt/resource paths) now returns None, while it resolved before the rename. This breaks callers that gate imports via find_spec or execute modules via python -m, so the compatibility path needs a real shim module (or equivalent spec-preserving approach), not just a runtime alias.

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@jlowin jlowin changed the title fix: rename base modules to avoid decorator name shadowing fix: resolve Pyright "Module is not callable" on @tool, @resource, @prompt decorators Mar 17, 2026
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Fix WorkOS token scope verification bypass 🤖 Generated with Codex (#3407)
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Fix transform arg collisions with passthrough params (#3431)
Fix get_* returning None when latest version is disabled (#3439)
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Fix $ref output schema object detection regression (#3420)
resolved annotations (#3429)
Fix async partial callables rejected by iscoroutinefunction (#3438)
Fix async partial callables rejected by iscoroutinefunction (#3423)
fix: add version to components (#3458)
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fix: resolve ty 0.0.23 type-checking errors and bump pin (#3481)
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fix: monty 0.0.8 compatibility, drop external_functions from constructor (#3468)
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fix: reject empty/OIDC-only required_scopes in AzureProvider (#3503)
fix: restrict $ref resolution to local refs only (SSRF/LFI) (#3502)
fix warnings and timeouts (#3504)
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fix: reject refresh tokens used as Bearer access tokens (#3524)
fix: route ResourcesAsTools/PromptsAsTools through server middleware (#3495)
fix: resolve Pyright "Module is not callable" on @tool, @resource, @prompt decorators (#3540)
fix: filter warnings by message in KEY_PREFIX test (#3549)
fix: suppress output schema for ToolResult subclass annotations (#3548)
fix: increase sleep duration in proxy cache tests (#3567)
fix: store absolute token expiry to prevent stale expires_in on reload (#3572)
fix: preserve tool properties named 'title' during schema compression (#3582)
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fix(google): replace deprecated /oauth2/v1/tokeninfo with /oauth2/v3/userinfo (#3603)
fix: resolve EntraOBOToken dependency injection through MultiAuth (#3609)
fix(docs): correct misleading stateless_http header (#3622)
fix: filesystem provider import machinery (#3626)
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fix: recover StdioTransport after subprocess exits (#3630)
fix(server): preserve mounted tool task metadata (#3632)
fix: scope deprecation warning filter to FastMCPDeprecationWarning (#3649)
fix imports, add PrefabAppConfig (#3650)
fix: resolve CurrentFastMCP/ctx.fastmcp to child server in mounted background tasks (#3651)
Fix blocking docs issues: chart imports, Select API, Rx consistency (#3652)
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