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feat(mcp): gate task tools with persisted ranked selections - #2323
Limit the MCP tool catalog sent with task API requests. At or below the scoped threshold, keep the existing tool array. Above the threshold, rank tools against the initial task text and attach the initial selection. Native tools remain available.
Add mcp.dynamicLoad.threshold (default 50) and mcp.dynamicLoad.initialK (default 30). Validate stored values and complete the settings-to-webview round trip.
Persist Task.attachedMcpToolNames and restore it on reattach. Treat invalid attachment fields as absent while preserving valid empty selections.
Give images-only or blank tasks a bounded selection of distinct scoped tools.
Apply routing to standard requests, Gemini declarations and callable names, and all three condensation paths.
Preserve MCP names already used in conversation history. Retain the in-memory selection if saving fails, so storage errors do not enter the API retry loop. Later normal saves retry persistence.
Remove the startup too_many_tools_warning message. Retain its enum and renderer for old history, and preserve the deprecated catalog threshold export for compatibility.
Test Procedure
Use Node 22.23.4 and run:
pnpm test --concurrency=1
pnpm lifecycle:model-check
pnpm --dir src run check-types
pnpm --dir webview-ui run check-types
The full repository test run passed all 14 Turbo tasks. It included 12,549 passing extension tests and 2,333 passing webview tests. Lifecycle model checks, TypeScript, ESLint, and Prettier passed. ESLint suppression counts are unchanged.
Focused coverage includes the 50/51-tool boundary, 100-tool initial API requests, Gemini restrictions, all four tool-build sites, history restart and restore, invalid settings and attachment data, blank tasks, historical calls, and save failures.
Documentation Updates
Add docs/architecture/mcp-dynamic-tool-loading.md to describe routing, persistence, compatibility, and deferred work.
Additional Notes
initialK limits the initial ranked selection. Historical tool names accumulate and can grow the selection beyond that limit. They are not trimmed because providers may require their definitions to validate conversation history. Current server, mode, and tool-policy restrictions still apply.
The gate controls advertised definitions. Existing authorization still governs tool execution.
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Summary
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New Features
Added task-scoped loading for large MCP tool catalogs. Tasks attach a limited set of relevant tools, while existing conversation history can retain previously used tools.
Added configurable MCP loading settings, with defaults of 50 tools as the threshold and 30 tools in the initial selection.
Selections persist with task history and remain available for the active task if saving fails. Concurrent history saves preserve previously attached tool names.
MCP tool availability continues to follow the current server, mode, and tool-policy restrictions.
Documentation
Added guidance on MCP tool loading behavior, settings, and current limitations.
The change adds configurable task-scoped MCP tool selection. Tasks persist selected tool names, and tool construction limits advertised MCP definitions when the scoped tool count exceeds the configured threshold. The change also removes Task’s startup warning for large MCP catalogs.
Changes: Task-scoped MCP tool loading
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Dynamic-load settings and validation packages/types/src/mcp.ts, packages/types/src/global-settings.ts, packages/types/src/vscode-extension-host.ts, src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts, src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts, related tests
Adds threshold and initial-selection settings with defaults of 50 and 30. The settings are validated when updated and resolved when projected into webview state.
Task selection and history persistence packages/types/src/history.ts, src/core/task-persistence/*, src/core/task/Task.ts, related tests
Adds persisted task attachment names. Task initialization restores or selects names, includes names found in assistant tool-use history, and retains the in-memory selection when metadata saving fails. History writes merge attachment names to preserve names from concurrent saves.
When the scoped MCP tool count exceeds the threshold, tool construction limits advertised MCP definitions to attached names. Task request paths pass the settings to tool construction and check for cancellation after tool construction. Task no longer emits the legacy catalog warning; historical warning rendering remains unchanged. Documentation describes selection, persistence, and deferred settings controls.
sequenceDiagram
participant buildNativeToolsArrayWithRestrictions
participant Task
participant ToolRouter
participant ModelAPI
buildNativeToolsArrayWithRestrictions->>Task: initializeAttachedMcpTools(scopedTools, initialK)
Task->>ToolRouter: select initial tools using task text
ToolRouter-->>Task: selected MCP tool names
Task-->>buildNativeToolsArrayWithRestrictions: attached MCP tool names
buildNativeToolsArrayWithRestrictions->>ModelAPI: provide attached MCP definitions and native tools
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Possibly related issues
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2167 — The change sends an initial ranked MCP tool selection and persists it. It does not add the issue’s requested search or on-demand loading.
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#1891 — The change passes task-scoped MCP selections into condensation requests, which is part of the issue’s objective.
Possibly related PRs
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#1207 — This change uses the ToolDoc type and ranking path associated with the Ranker and Bm25Ranker contracts.
Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2118 — This change retains and validates MCP names from conversation history against declared tool names.
The change is mergeable with bounded follow-up for attachment restoration and malformed-history handling. Cancellation can also allow automatic condensation to continue and save history after the task is canceled; this should be explicitly accepted or corrected.
Pre-merge checks: 6 · 2
Failed checks: 2 warnings
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Regression Evidence
The new retry of MCP selection persistence lacks focused coverage. Task.persistence.spec.ts:356-395 checks the retry arguments to taskMetadata, but its mock returns a history item without attachme…
Add a focused test that fails the initial history save, performs a normal save, and verifies that updateTaskHistory receives the selected MCP names.
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup
Cancellation during the new MCP initialization can still start condensation work. In Task.ts:5787-5801 and 5507-5521, tool building now waits for selection and persistence. If cancellation occurs …
Check cancellation after tool building and before starting automatic or recovery condensation. Ensure cancellation can stop an in-flight condensation request. Add tests that cancel during MCP initialization in both paths and verify that no …
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The title "feat(mcp): gate task tools with persisted ranked selections" matches the main change. The PR limits the MCP tool catalog sent with task API requests above a threshold, ranks tools against t…
Description check
The description follows the repository template. It links the issue (Closes #578), explains the approach and trade-offs (threshold and initialK settings, persistence, save-failure handling, historical…
Linked Issues check
[#578] Task build path gating. The whole-PR diff of src/core/task/build-tools.ts shows the gate. It resolves threshold and initialK with resolveMcpDynamicLoadSettings. When the mode-filtered MCP count…
Out of Scope Changes check
[#578] Changes support the linked story. They include settings schema and validation, webview settings round trip, Task persistence and restore, build-tools gating, and tests. Related routing for Gemi…
Security Boundaries
No changed path was found that leaks secrets or PII, executes unvalidated input, or bypasses approval or allowlist controls. build-tools.ts filters scoped MCP definitions, and UseMcpToolTool retai…
Persistence Integrity
No qualifying persistence defect was found. Attachment saves are awaited, and save failures retain the in-memory selection for later saves. Settings are resolved and passed to tool construction. The h…
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The title "feat(mcp): gate task tools with persisted ranked selections" matches the main change. The PR limits the MCP tool catalog sent with task API requests above a threshold, ranks tools against the task text, and persists the selection as Task.attachedMcpToolNames. The title is concise, uses a conventional prefix, and names the core mechanism. It does not cover the settings, warning removal, or documentation, which is expected.
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The description follows the repository template. It links the issue (Closes #578), explains the approach and trade-offs (threshold and initialK settings, persistence, save-failure handling, historical name retention), and gives a detailed test procedure with commands and results. It also marks the documentation update and lists deferred work (#579, #581). The checklist items are not ticked and the Get in Touch section is empty, but these are non-critical. The description uses clear, direct sentences. Visual snapshot and video sections are not applicable because the change is not a UI change.
Full details: Linked Issues check
Explanation
[#578] Task build path gating. The whole-PR diff of src/core/task/build-tools.ts shows the gate. It resolves threshold and initialK with resolveMcpDynamicLoadSettings. When the mode-filtered MCP count exceeds the threshold, it calls task.initializeAttachedMcpTools(scopedTools, initialK). It then filters MCP definitions to attached names. At or below the threshold, the existing filtered array is unchanged. Native tools are not filtered by this gate. [#578] Persistence. history.ts adds attachedMcpToolNames to historyItemSchema. taskMetadata.ts writes it. Task.ts restores it on reattach. The summary reports restore tests and a restart round-trip test. [#578] Settings. global-settings.ts adds mcp.dynamicLoad.threshold and mcp.dynamicLoad.initialK, with defaults 50 and 30 in mcp.ts. [#578] Warning removal. The summary reports that the too_many_tools_warning emission and its startup count helper were removed from Task.ts. The enum and renderer remain for history. [#578] Integration test. build-tools-dynamic-load.integration.spec.ts and Task.spec.ts cover 100 mock MCP tools. They assert at most initialK MCP definitions plus native tools in the initial request. Two points differ from the issue text but do not fail its acceptance criteria. First, the issue asks to replace MAX_MCP_TOOLS_THRESHOLD. The PR keeps it as a deprecated legacy advisory export, which the PR description explains. Second, historical MCP names from restored history can exceed initialK. This applies only to restored tasks, and the initial-request criterion still holds. All acceptance criteria are met by the evidence reviewed.
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Explanation
[#578] Changes support the linked story. They include settings schema and validation, webview settings round trip, Task persistence and restore, build-tools gating, and tests. Related routing for Gemini declarations and condensation paths applies the same gate to the task build path. Requirements from the PR description and #578 cover these changes. The changes to the legacy too_many_tools_warning rendering, ChatRow comment, and useTooManyTools documentation keep history compatibility. They do not add behavior. The PR keeps the deprecated MAX_MCP_TOOLS_THRESHOLD export and its advisory. The PR states that the replacement advisory is deferred to #581. The PR does not add mcp_load, which is deferred to #579. Retained in-memory selection on save failure and the save-retry behavior are task-level changes. They support the attachment persistence requirement. No unrelated change was identified in the reviewed evidence.
Full details: Security Boundaries
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No changed path was found that leaks secrets or PII, executes unvalidated input, or bypasses approval or allowlist controls. build-tools.ts filters scoped MCP definitions, and UseMcpToolTool retains execution-time server checks and approval.
Full details: Persistence Integrity
Explanation
No qualifying persistence defect was found. Attachment saves are awaited, and save failures retain the in-memory selection for later saves. Settings are resolved and passed to tool construction. The history-store merge preserves concurrent attachment names under the file lock. Prior failure addressed: taskStoreConcurrency.ts now unions disk and incoming attachment names under the file lock. mcpAttachments.integration.spec.ts covers delayed stale saves from the same store and a separate store.
Full details: Regression Evidence
Explanation
The new retry of MCP selection persistence lacks focused coverage. Task.persistence.spec.ts:356-395 checks the retry arguments to taskMetadata, but its mock returns a history item without attachments. The store round-trip test bypasses Task, so neither test verifies that the retry sends the selection to updateTaskHistory.
Resolution
Add a focused test that fails the initial history save, performs a normal save, and verifies that updateTaskHistory receives the selected MCP names.
Full details: Lifecycle Resource Cleanup
Explanation
Cancellation during the new MCP initialization can still start condensation work. In Task.ts:5787-5801 and 5507-5521, tool building now waits for selection and persistence. If cancellation occurs during that wait, the automatic and recovery paths can continue to manageContext without rechecking cancellation. manageContext can call summarizeConversation, which starts createMessage without a cancellation signal. A resumed task can duplicate that work. The new guard at Task.ts:5982-5986 fixes the prior finding for the regular request, but it runs after automatic condensation.
Resolution
Check cancellation after tool building and before starting automatic or recovery condensation. Ensure cancellation can stop an in-flight condensation request. Add tests that cancel during MCP initialization in both paths and verify that no summary request starts.
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Review comments at @packages/types/src/history.ts:
- Around line 33-35: Update the saved MCP selection validation around `names` so
nonempty selections are resolved against available MCP definitions before
restoration marks them initialized, excluding invalid names and
underscore-separated aliases. Preserve valid empty selections, and reuse the
existing resolution and initialization flow so unresolved selections can still
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Review comments at @src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts:
- Around line 5038-5044: Update the historyCall assertions to verify names
contains the historical MCP tool mcp--catalog--tool_99, in addition to checking
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- Around line 34-39: Update the builder integration tests to use a real Task and
its production initializer instead of the fixture’s custom
initializeAttachedMcpTools implementation with ToolRouter.attachInitial. Assert
that tool declarations remain correct across repeated builds and restored
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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Regression Evidence:
Add a focused test that fails the initial history save, performs a normal save,
and verifies that `updateTaskHistory` receives the selected MCP names.
- Persistence Integrity:
Serialize selection snapshots and history writes, or merge attached names
atomically under the history-store lock. Add a test that delays an older save
until after a historical-name update.
- Lifecycle Resource Cleanup:
Stop MCP initialization when the task is cancelled or disposed. Recheck
cancellation after tool building and before starting API work in each request
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Add the setting to `ClineProvider.getState()` with the intended default so extension/runtime consumers can read it.
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# AGENTS.md
## Persisted Setting Checklist
- [ ] Define the setting, validation, and optionality in `packages/types/src/global-settings.ts` (or the appropriate provider/settings schema). Define a shared default constant when multiple readers need the same default.
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# AGENTS.md
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# AGENTS.md
## Test Placement Guidance
- Use integration tests when behavior depends on multiple internal modules working together, but does not require the real VS Code extension host or browser/webview runtime.
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Review comments at @packages/types/src/history.ts:
- Line 34: Update the name validator in the history schema to accept every valid
name produced by buildMcpToolName, including generated names ending in “--”,
without accepting unrelated malformed names. Find and align the native parser’s
validation with that same generated-name format so restored tools remain
callable.
Review comments at @src/core/task-persistence/taskStoreConcurrency.ts:
- Around line 43-45: Normalize `disk.attachedMcpToolNames` with
`attachedMcpToolNamesSchema` before merging in the task-store concurrency flow.
Use the normalized disk value when combining it with
`normalizedDelta.attachedMcpToolNames`, while preserving the existing merge
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- Around line 5130-5145: Update the recovery case in the test around
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assert that those tool declarations reach the summarization boundary. Keep the
existing builder-call and options assertions so the test also verifies recovery
condensation behavior.
Review comments at @src/core/task/Task.ts:
- Line 3079: In the restored-task flow around saveClineMessages, check for
cancellation before calling manageContext and again after it returns, before
applying or persisting the condensation result. Preserve the existing
save-failure behavior and avoid starting or applying automatic condensation once
cancellation is detected.
- Around line 3039-3044: Update restored-tool validation around
attachedMcpToolNames so names temporarily absent from scopedTools are preserved
separately rather than deleted. Apply the current scope filter when selecting
tools, and retain enough restored attachment state for a tool to become eligible
again when it returns to scope, without changing how available attachments are
initialized.
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- Regression Evidence:
Add a focused test that fails the initial history save, performs a normal save,
and verifies that `updateTaskHistory` receives the selected MCP names.
- Lifecycle Resource Cleanup:
Check cancellation after tool building and before starting automatic or recovery
condensation. Ensure cancellation can stop an in-flight condensation request.
Add tests that cancel during MCP initialization in both paths and verify that no
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# AGENTS.md
## ESLint Suppressions
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All three were produced with the committed instrument scripts/stryker-diff.mjs at blob 7dfe0006d2d5c7e4d2282f65f68b8ed5f16866bc, each run with HEAD proved equal to the very tree being priced, working tree clean, and conflict markers counted against the 153-line baseline. Changed executable lines by package, then marker lines:
against the parent its merge ref actually uses, cc17fb8631b9: types 20, extension 140, webview 1, at 152 marker lines;
against the tip of its own declared base branch, 0aefdf0941f8, candidate 4852632f471360cda434066dab6e10006f2c958d: types 23, extension 236, webview 1, at 152 marker lines;
against 53cb5b5e7c80, the main tip it would merge into, candidate d539e83cac5b7e5cf14964de162ac0c6fa6ff971: types 23, extension 299, webview 1, at 154 marker lines, the two extra markers being the merge onto main, which is conflicted.
What the printed figure is, in those terms
A mutation-diff row on this pull reports 140 extension lines today. That is 96 lines below what its own declared base branch would say and 159 below what main would say. All three frames sit under the 500 changed-line cap, so none of this is a cap argument.
What a refresh onto main would cost
Refreshing onto main adds a conflict as well as 63 lines on top of the 236. Nothing on this pull moved while I wrote this: the object still serves head 25a538a6a1cbb03b9499c6cfb49c0fa50901f277 on Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code:issue/578 against issue/577 at 0aefdf0941f8, state open, mergeable false with mergeable_state dirty, 4 commits, read from the object at 2026-11-12T17:15Z.
What this note does not decide
It does not say 140 is this pull's width, and it does not say 299 is. It says a width quoted without naming the tree it was measured against is not a width. It does not commission the refresh, does not price what a conflict resolution would take, and does not claim either side of the conflict. One attempt at the main-tip frame was discarded and kept in the record rather than quietly dropped: it ran with the worktree on the wrong tree, printed types 15 and extension 178, and its printed merge base does not match plain git merge-base for the pair it was handed.
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Related GitHub Issue
Closes #578. Builds on the ToolRouter from #577.
Description
Limit the MCP tool catalog sent with task API requests. At or below the scoped threshold, keep the existing tool array. Above the threshold, rank tools against the initial task text and attach the initial selection. Native tools remain available.
mcp.dynamicLoad.threshold(default 50) andmcp.dynamicLoad.initialK(default 30). Validate stored values and complete the settings-to-webview round trip.Task.attachedMcpToolNamesand restore it on reattach. Treat invalid attachment fields as absent while preserving valid empty selections.too_many_tools_warningmessage. Retain its enum and renderer for old history, and preserve the deprecated catalog threshold export for compatibility.Test Procedure
Use Node 22.23.4 and run:
pnpm test --concurrency=1 pnpm lifecycle:model-check pnpm --dir src run check-types pnpm --dir webview-ui run check-typesThe full repository test run passed all 14 Turbo tasks. It included 12,549 passing extension tests and 2,333 passing webview tests. Lifecycle model checks, TypeScript, ESLint, and Prettier passed. ESLint suppression counts are unchanged.
Focused coverage includes the 50/51-tool boundary, 100-tool initial API requests, Gemini restrictions, all four tool-build sites, history restart and restore, invalid settings and attachment data, blank tasks, historical calls, and save failures.
Documentation Updates
Add
docs/architecture/mcp-dynamic-tool-loading.mdto describe routing, persistence, compatibility, and deferred work.Additional Notes
initialKlimits the initial ranked selection. Historical tool names accumulate and can grow the selection beyond that limit. They are not trimmed because providers may require their definitions to validate conversation history. Current server, mode, and tool-policy restrictions still apply.mcp_loadescape hatch remains deferred to [Story] mcp_load native tool (dynamic tool attachment escape hatch) #579.