feat: flag unportable tool schemas in all three clients

Closes #1005

A tool schema can be perfectly legal JSON Schema and still be rejected by
the client the server is meant to run against — Go's `jsonschema` emits a
bare `true` for `interface{}`, which the SDK accepts and Claude Code
refuses with an opaque "Invalid input". The Inspector passed it through
silently.

Adds `core/json/schemaLint.ts`, a portability lint over a tool's
inputSchema/outputSchema, and surfaces one shared verdict everywhere:
the CLI's `--strict` report (exit 6 on an error-severity finding), the
TUI's tool list marker + detail pane, and the web Tools sidebar flag +
detail section.

Deliberately not a JSON Schema validator: a census of 617 public servers
found zero that fail the SDK's own parse, so a conformance check would
report nothing on real servers. Each rule is instead a construct that is
legal JSON Schema and known to be refused or mishandled by a shipping
client — a bare boolean in a schema position, an array-form `type`, a
remote `$ref`, a schema with no validation keyword, a non-object root.

`test-servers/configs/unportable-schemas-http.json` exercises every rule,
via a new `rawToolSchemas` override — the Zod-built presets cannot emit
any of these shapes, which is the same reason a real server only hits
this when its schemas come from another generator.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UL9retfvAXRgvi6EWk4SY4
Signed-off-by: cliffhall <cliff@futurescale.com>
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import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
import type { Tool } from "@modelcontextprotocol/client";
import {
countFindings,
describeSchemaPath,
formatSchemaLintReport,
lintToolSchemas,
lintTools,
summarizeFindings,
type SchemaFinding,
type SchemaLintRule,
} from "@inspector/core/json/schemaLint.js";
/**
* Minimal well-formed tool; each test overrides the schema under test.
*
* Overrides are `Record<string, unknown>` rather than `Partial<Tool>` on
* purpose: the SDK types a tool schema as an *object* schema with a literal
* `type: "object"`, and the whole point of this suite is to feed the lint the
* malformed shapes a real server can send — an array-form `type`, a `properties`
* that is not a map, a root that is a bare boolean. `Partial<Tool>` rejects
* every one of them, so the fixture accepts the loose shape and narrows once,
* here, instead of scattering a cast over each case.
*/
function tool(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}): Tool {
return {
name: "t",
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {} },
...overrides,
} as Tool;
}
/** The rules raised, in order — the shape most assertions here care about. */
function rules(findings: readonly SchemaFinding[]): SchemaLintRule[] {
return findings.map((f) => f.rule);
}
function paths(findings: readonly SchemaFinding[]): string[] {
return findings.map((f) => describeSchemaPath(f.schema, f.path));
}
describe("lintToolSchemas — clean schemas", () => {
it.each([
["an empty object schema", { type: "object", properties: {} }],
[
"a typed property",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { type: "string" } } },
],
[
"an enum property with no type",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { enum: ["x", "y"] } } },
],
[
"a const property with no type",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { const: 3 } } },
],
[
"a local $ref",
{
type: "object",
properties: { a: { $ref: "#/$defs/x" } },
$defs: { x: { type: "string" } },
},
],
[
"additionalProperties: true",
{ type: "object", properties: {}, additionalProperties: true },
],
[
"additionalProperties: false",
{ type: "object", properties: {}, additionalProperties: false },
],
[
"unevaluatedProperties / additionalItems / unevaluatedItems booleans",
{
type: "object",
unevaluatedProperties: false,
additionalItems: true,
unevaluatedItems: false,
},
],
[
"a shape-implying schema with no type",
{
type: "object",
properties: { a: { properties: { b: { type: "string" } } } },
},
],
[
"an anyOf branch set",
{
type: "object",
properties: {
a: { anyOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "null" }] },
},
},
],
[
"a typed array with typed items",
{
type: "object",
properties: { a: { type: "array", items: { type: "number" } } },
},
],
])("reports nothing for %s", (_label, inputSchema) => {
expect(lintToolSchemas(tool({ inputSchema }))).toEqual([]);
});
it("reports nothing when a tool declares neither schema", () => {
const bare = { name: "t" } as unknown as Tool;
expect(lintToolSchemas(bare)).toEqual([]);
});
});
describe("lintToolSchemas — boolean-schema", () => {
it("flags the Go interface{} case from the issue", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
outputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { data: true, topic: { type: "string" } },
},
}),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["boolean-schema"]);
expect(paths(findings)).toEqual(["outputSchema.properties.data"]);
expect(findings[0]!.severity).toBe("error");
expect(findings[0]!.suggestion).toContain("additionalProperties");
});
it("flags a bare false, with a different suggestion", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { data: false } },
}),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["boolean-schema"]);
expect(findings[0]!.suggestion).toContain("Remove the property");
});
it.each([
[
"items",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { items: true } } },
"inputSchema.properties.a.items",
],
[
"an anyOf branch",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { anyOf: [true] } } },
"inputSchema.properties.a.anyOf[0]",
],
[
"a prefixItems entry",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { prefixItems: [true] } } },
"inputSchema.properties.a.prefixItems[0]",
],
[
"a $defs entry",
{ type: "object", $defs: { x: true }, properties: {} },
"inputSchema.$defs.x",
],
[
"a patternProperties entry",
{ type: "object", patternProperties: { "^a": true }, properties: {} },
'inputSchema.patternProperties["^a"]',
],
[
"a tuple-form items entry",
{ type: "object", properties: { a: { items: [true] } } },
"inputSchema.properties.a.items[0]",
],
[
"propertyNames",
{ type: "object", propertyNames: true, properties: {} },
"inputSchema.propertyNames",
],
["the schema root", true, "inputSchema"],
])("flags a bare boolean under %s", (_label, inputSchema, path) => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(tool({ inputSchema }));
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["boolean-schema"]);
expect(paths(findings)).toEqual([path]);
});
it("quotes a non-identifier property name in the path", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { "odd key": true } },
}),
);
expect(paths(findings)).toEqual(['inputSchema.properties["odd key"]']);
});
});
describe("lintToolSchemas — type-union", () => {
it("flags the nullable array form and suggests the single type", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { show_ids: { type: ["null", "boolean"] } },
},
}),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["type-union"]);
expect(findings[0]!.severity).toBe("warning");
expect(findings[0]!.suggestion).toContain('"type": "boolean"');
});
it("suggests anyOf when more than one non-null member survives", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { a: { type: ["string", "number"] } },
},
}),
);
expect(findings[0]!.suggestion).toContain("anyOf");
});
it("ignores non-string members when picking the suggestion", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { a: { type: ["string", 3] } },
},
}),
);
expect(findings[0]!.suggestion).toContain('"type": "string"');
});
it("does not raise non-object-root for an array-typed root", () => {
// The root rule reads a *string* `type`; an array root is the union rule's
// business, and reporting both would name one defect twice.
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({ inputSchema: { type: ["object", "null"] } }),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["type-union"]);
});
});
describe("lintToolSchemas — untyped-schema", () => {
it.each([
["an empty schema", {}],
["an annotation-only schema", { description: "anything at all" }],
[
"a title/default-only schema",
{ title: "T", default: 1, examples: [1], deprecated: false },
],
])("flags %s", (_label, sub) => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: sub } },
}),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["untyped-schema"]);
expect(paths(findings)).toEqual(["inputSchema.properties.a"]);
});
it("flags an entirely empty root schema", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(tool({ inputSchema: {} }));
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["untyped-schema"]);
expect(paths(findings)).toEqual(["inputSchema"]);
});
});
describe("lintToolSchemas — non-object-root", () => {
it("flags a non-object inputSchema root", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" } },
}),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["non-object-root"]);
expect(findings[0]!.severity).toBe("error");
expect(findings[0]!.issue).toContain("inputSchema");
});
it("names outputSchema when that is the offending root", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({ outputSchema: { type: "string" } }),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["non-object-root"]);
expect(findings[0]!.issue).toContain("outputSchema");
});
it("does not flag a nested non-object schema", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { a: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" } } },
},
}),
);
expect(findings).toEqual([]);
});
});
describe("lintToolSchemas — remote-ref", () => {
it.each([
["an https ref", "https://example.com/schema.json"],
["a sibling-file ref", "common.json#/$defs/x"],
])("flags %s", (_label, ref) => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: { $ref: ref } } },
}),
);
expect(rules(findings)).toEqual(["remote-ref"]);
expect(findings[0]!.issue).toContain(ref);
});
it("ignores an empty $ref rather than calling it remote", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: { $ref: "" } } },
}),
);
expect(findings).toEqual([]);
});
});
describe("lintToolSchemas — walk robustness", () => {
it("skips a value that is not a schema at all", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: "nonsense" } },
}),
);
expect(findings).toEqual([]);
});
it("skips keyword values of the wrong shape", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: "not-a-map",
anyOf: "not-an-array",
},
}),
);
expect(findings).toEqual([]);
});
it("stops at the depth cap instead of recursing forever", () => {
// 200 nested `items`, deeper than MAX_DEPTH (64), each level clean; the
// bare `true` at the bottom sits past the cap and is therefore not
// reported. The assertion is that the walk terminates and stays quiet.
let nested: unknown = true;
for (let i = 0; i < 200; i++) nested = { type: "array", items: nested };
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: nested } },
}),
);
expect(findings).toEqual([]);
});
it("walks both schemas, inputSchema first", () => {
const findings = lintToolSchemas(
tool({
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: true } },
outputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { b: true } },
}),
);
expect(paths(findings)).toEqual([
"inputSchema.properties.a",
"outputSchema.properties.b",
]);
});
});
describe("lintTools", () => {
it("drops clean tools and keeps the rest in list order", () => {
const results = lintTools([
tool({ name: "clean" }),
tool({
name: "dirty",
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { a: true } },
}),
tool({ name: "also-clean" }),
]);
expect(results.map((r) => r.toolName)).toEqual(["dirty"]);
expect(results[0]!.findings).toHaveLength(1);
});
it("returns an empty list when everything is clean", () => {
expect(lintTools([tool(), tool({ name: "b" })])).toEqual([]);
});
});
describe("reporting helpers", () => {
const results = lintTools([
tool({
name: "info",
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { show_ids: { type: ["null", "boolean"] } },
},
outputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { data: true } },
}),
]);
it("counts by severity", () => {
expect(countFindings(results)).toEqual({ errors: 1, warnings: 1 });
});
it("counts nothing for an empty result", () => {
expect(countFindings([])).toEqual({ errors: 0, warnings: 0 });
});
it("summarizes with singular nouns at one", () => {
expect(summarizeFindings(results)).toBe("1 error, 1 warning across 1 tool");
});
it("pluralizes above one", () => {
const two = lintTools([
tool({
name: "a",
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { x: true, y: true } },
}),
tool({
name: "b",
inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { x: true } },
}),
]);
expect(summarizeFindings(two)).toBe("3 errors, 0 warnings across 2 tools");
});
it("renders a report with a path, issue and suggestion per finding", () => {
const report = formatSchemaLintReport(results);
expect(report).toContain('Error: tool "info"');
expect(report).toContain('Warning: tool "info"');
expect(report).toContain("Path: outputSchema.properties.data");
expect(report).toContain("Path: inputSchema.properties.show_ids");
expect(report).toContain("Issue: ");
expect(report).toContain("Suggestion: ");
expect(report.trimEnd().endsWith("1 error, 1 warning across 1 tool.")).toBe(
true,
);
});
it("renders a zero summary for an empty result", () => {
expect(formatSchemaLintReport([])).toBe(
"0 errors, 0 warnings across 0 tools.",
);
});
});
describe("describeSchemaPath", () => {
it("names the schema alone at the root", () => {
expect(describeSchemaPath("inputSchema", "")).toBe("inputSchema");
});
it("joins a nested path onto the schema name", () => {
expect(describeSchemaPath("outputSchema", "properties.a")).toBe(
"outputSchema.properties.a",
);
});
});