feat(servers): flatten mcp.json settings to top-level fields (#1358) (#1359)

* feat(servers): flatten mcp.json settings to top-level fields (#1358)

Eliminate the nested `settings` block introduced in #1352 so each
server entry's Inspector-extension fields live as direct keys alongside
`type` / `url`, matching the `.mcp.json` shape Claude Code / Cursor /
Cline write:

  - `headers` becomes a `Record<string, string>` on disk (was nested
    `settings.headers` as a pair-array)
  - `oauth` becomes a nested `{ clientId?, clientSecret?, scopes? }`
    object (was flat `settings.oauthClientId` / `oauthClientSecret` /
    `oauthScopes`)
  - `metadata`, `connectionTimeout`, `requestTimeout` move to the
    entry's top level as-is (Inspector-only fields)

The in-memory + wire shape is unchanged from #1352: `InspectorServerSettings`
keeps pair-array `headers` and flat `oauth*` fields because the form
needs them in that shape to drive controlled-component editing. The
bidirectional conversion lives in `serverList.ts`
(`storedFieldsToInspectorSettings` / `inspectorSettingsToStoredFields`)
and is invoked by `mcpConfigToServerEntries` / `serverEntriesToMcpConfig`
and by the server route's `buildStoredEntry`. The `PUT /api/servers/:id`
wire envelope keeps the preserve/clear/apply semantics from #1353 — the
backend splats validated `settings.*` onto top-level disk keys when
assembling the next on-disk shape.

Hard-cutover migration per the issue's decision 4: files written by the
one pre-#1358 v2/main build have a nested `settings` block; we drop the
node on read with a one-line warn including the server id. The persisted
headers / metadata / timeouts / OAuth credentials are intentionally lost
on first read — users re-enter them via the form (or hand-edit the file
into the flat shape). v2 has not shipped a stable release with the
nested shape, so the blast radius is dogfooders only.

The smuggle-guard in `buildStoredEntry` widens from just `settings` to
all six Inspector-extension keys (`settings`, `headers`, `metadata`,
`connectionTimeout`, `requestTimeout`, `oauth`), so a caller can't
bypass `validateSettings` by nesting any of them inside `config`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(servers): address PR review on flatten (#1359)

- Single-source the Inspector-extension key list with `satisfies`
  (finding 1). `INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEY_MAP satisfies Record<keyof
  StoredInspectorFields, true>` in serverList.ts means a new field on
  the type forces a compile error here. The set is exported and
  re-used by the server route's smuggle guard, so adding `proxy` or
  similar in the future updates all three sites in lockstep. The PUT
  preserve path now uses a new `stripInspectorFields` helper that
  derives from the same source instead of hand-destructuring.
- Add read-path shape validation in `normalizeMcpServers` (finding 2):
  `headers: "oops"` / `metadata: 42` / `oauth: []` / non-numeric
  timeouts are dropped individually with a warn, so a hand-edited
  malformed file can't put garbage rows into the form. Mirrors the
  write-side `validateSettings` symmetry. New integration test covers
  each malformed shape with a partial fixture so a single bad key
  doesn't take out the whole entry.
- Align new warns to the `fileLogger || console.warn` fallback pattern
  (finding 3) via a small `logWarn` helper, so the legacy-drop and
  smuggle warns are visible in `npm run dev` where the logger is
  often unconfigured.
- Spec doc tweak: the CLI/TUI out-of-scope note's "writes to
  `settings.headers`" reference now reads "writes to the entry's
  top-level `headers` field on disk (post-#1358 flat shape)" (finding
  4). Avoids confusion for future readers.
- Nits: replace `current.mcpServers[originalId]!` with explicit
  narrowing; add a comment on the OAuth truthiness drop in
  `storedFieldsToInspectorSettings` mirroring the write-side comment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(servers): address pass-2 review on flatten (#1359)

- Tighten `isNonNegNumber` with `Number.isFinite` so `Infinity` and
  `NaN` are rejected at the read boundary, matching the write-side
  intent (finding D). Hand-edited `connectionTimeout: Infinity` would
  have passed the prior check and propagated to the form.
- Add a one-line comment in `normalizeMcpServers` noting that the
  per-entry object is mutated in place via the `delete` calls — safe
  for today's callers (freshly parsed JSON, no other reference held)
  but worth flagging for the next reader (finding A).

Skipping findings B (move type guards to module scope — single call
site) and C (`isOauthObject` lenient on extra keys — reviewer
confirmed this is the intended forward-compat behavior, matching
`normalizeServerType`'s unknown-key passthrough).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(servers): fix mutation-comment caller branch label (#1359)

The previous comment named the GET handler's "seed branch" as a caller
of normalizeMcpServers, but that branch returns DEFAULT_SEED_CONFIG
directly without normalizing. The actual second caller is the
file-present branch (after parseStore). Correcting the label so a
future reader looking for the seed branch caller doesn't waste time.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
*/
import type {
InspectorServerSettings,
MCPConfig,
MCPServerConfig,
ServerEntry,
@ -50,18 +51,186 @@ export function normalizeServerType(
return { ...config, type: normalizedType } as MCPServerConfig;
}
/**
* The Inspector-extension fields that live as direct keys on a `StoredMCPServer`
* (post-#1358) — split out from `MCPServerConfig` so both directions of the
* converter can name them in one place. Equivalent to
* `Pick<StoredMCPServer, "headers" | "metadata" | ...>` without re-listing.
*/
type StoredInspectorFields = Pick<
StoredMCPServer,
"headers" | "metadata" | "connectionTimeout" | "requestTimeout" | "oauth"
>;
/**
* Lift the Inspector-extension fields off a freshly-read `StoredMCPServer`
* into the pair-array / flat-OAuth `InspectorServerSettings` shape the form
* and the rest of the in-memory layer consume. Returns `undefined` when none
* of the source fields are present so callers can skip attaching a settings
* node to entries that don't have one.
*
* `headers` becomes a pair-array preserving the object's key insertion order;
* `oauth.*` becomes the flat `oauthClientId` / `oauthClientSecret` /
* `oauthScopes` fields. Numeric timeouts default to 0 when absent — the form
* needs concrete values to render and 0 is the SDK's "no timeout" signal.
*/
export function storedFieldsToInspectorSettings(
stored: StoredInspectorFields,
): InspectorServerSettings | undefined {
const hasAny =
stored.headers !== undefined ||
stored.metadata !== undefined ||
stored.connectionTimeout !== undefined ||
stored.requestTimeout !== undefined ||
stored.oauth !== undefined;
if (!hasAny) return undefined;
const headersPairs: { key: string; value: string }[] = stored.headers
? Object.entries(stored.headers).map(([key, value]) => ({ key, value }))
: [];
const settings: InspectorServerSettings = {
headers: headersPairs,
metadata: stored.metadata ?? [],
connectionTimeout: stored.connectionTimeout ?? 0,
requestTimeout: stored.requestTimeout ?? 0,
};
// Truthiness drops empty-string OAuth fields — mirrors the write-side
// coercion in `validateSettings` (server.ts) so a round-trip can't
// accidentally surface `oauthClientId: ""` to the form, where the
// OAuth manager would misread it as "configured."
if (stored.oauth?.clientId) settings.oauthClientId = stored.oauth.clientId;
if (stored.oauth?.clientSecret)
settings.oauthClientSecret = stored.oauth.clientSecret;
if (stored.oauth?.scopes) settings.oauthScopes = stored.oauth.scopes;
return settings;
}
/**
* Splat the form-shape `InspectorServerSettings` back into the on-disk
* Inspector-extension fields (object-form `headers`, nested `oauth`, etc.).
* Empty-key rows are dropped — the form lets users leave new rows blank
* mid-edit and those shouldn't reach disk. Numeric timeouts at 0 are omitted
* so the file diff stays minimal for entries that never touched them.
*
* Returns the field deltas to merge onto a `StoredMCPServer`; callers can
* spread the result.
*/
export function inspectorSettingsToStoredFields(
settings: InspectorServerSettings,
): StoredInspectorFields {
const out: StoredInspectorFields = {};
const headersRecord: Record<string, string> = {};
for (const { key, value } of settings.headers) {
if (key.trim() === "") continue;
headersRecord[key] = value;
}
if (Object.keys(headersRecord).length > 0) {
out.headers = headersRecord;
}
const metadataFiltered = settings.metadata.filter(
(m) => m.key.trim() !== "",
);
if (metadataFiltered.length > 0) {
out.metadata = metadataFiltered;
}
if (settings.connectionTimeout > 0) {
out.connectionTimeout = settings.connectionTimeout;
}
if (settings.requestTimeout > 0) {
out.requestTimeout = settings.requestTimeout;
}
const oauthFields: {
clientId?: string;
clientSecret?: string;
scopes?: string;
} = {};
if (settings.oauthClientId) oauthFields.clientId = settings.oauthClientId;
if (settings.oauthClientSecret)
oauthFields.clientSecret = settings.oauthClientSecret;
if (settings.oauthScopes) oauthFields.scopes = settings.oauthScopes;
if (Object.keys(oauthFields).length > 0) {
out.oauth = oauthFields;
}
return out;
}
/**
* Source of truth for the set of Inspector-extension keys that live at the
* top level of a `StoredMCPServer`. Enumerated through a map keyed by
* `keyof StoredInspectorFields` with a `satisfies` constraint so any new
* field added to the type forces a compile error here — the disk → memory
* converter slice, the server-side smuggle guard, and the PUT preserve
* path all derive from this single source.
*
* Don't replace this with a hand-typed string array — `satisfies
* Record<keyof StoredInspectorFields, true>` is what gives us the
* exhaustive check. `as const` plus the `satisfies` clause yields a
* narrow tuple-of-literals type that downstream consumers can use as
* `(keyof StoredInspectorFields)[]`.
*/
const INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEY_MAP = {
headers: true,
metadata: true,
connectionTimeout: true,
requestTimeout: true,
oauth: true,
} as const satisfies Record<keyof StoredInspectorFields, true>;
export const INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEYS = new Set(
Object.keys(INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEY_MAP) as (keyof StoredInspectorFields)[],
);
/**
* Strip the Inspector-extension fields off a `StoredMCPServer` so the
* remainder is the pure SDK config shape the PUT route's preserve path
* needs. Source-of-truth driven via `INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEYS` so adding a
* new extension field doesn't silently leak through this slice — the
* `satisfies` constraint above forces the map update, which propagates
* here.
*/
export function stripInspectorFields(
stored: StoredMCPServer,
): MCPServerConfig {
const out: Record<string, unknown> = {};
for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(
stored as unknown as Record<string, unknown>,
)) {
if (INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEYS.has(k as keyof StoredInspectorFields)) continue;
out[k] = v;
}
return out as unknown as MCPServerConfig;
}
/**
* Convert the on-disk `MCPConfig` into the `ServerEntry[]` the Servers screen
* consumes. Map key becomes both `id` and `name`. Connection state initializes
* to `disconnected` — the React layer drives it from there. The optional
* `settings` node is lifted from the stored entry into `ServerEntry.settings`
* so the rest of the app sees `config` as the pure SDK shape.
* to `disconnected` — the React layer drives it from there. Inspector-extension
* fields (post-#1358 flat shape) are lifted into `ServerEntry.settings` so the
* rest of the app sees `config` as the pure SDK shape.
*/
export function mcpConfigToServerEntries(config: MCPConfig): ServerEntry[] {
return Object.entries(config.mcpServers).map(([id, raw]) => {
const { settings, ...rest } = raw as StoredMCPServer;
// Separate Inspector-extension fields from the SDK-only config so the
// transport never sees `entry.config.headers` (which would be ambiguous
// — pair-array in memory, object on disk). Headers live on the wire via
// `InspectorServerSettings` only.
const inspectorFields: StoredInspectorFields = {};
const sdkOnly: Record<string, unknown> = {};
for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(raw as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)) {
if (INSPECTOR_FIELD_KEYS.has(k as keyof StoredInspectorFields)) {
(inspectorFields as Record<string, unknown>)[k] = v;
} else {
sdkOnly[k] = v;
}
}
const normalizedConfig = normalizeServerType(
rest as unknown as Record<string, unknown> & { type?: string },
sdkOnly as Record<string, unknown> & { type?: string },
);
const entry: ServerEntry = {
id,
@ -69,6 +238,7 @@ export function mcpConfigToServerEntries(config: MCPConfig): ServerEntry[] {
config: normalizedConfig,
connection: { status: "disconnected" },
};
const settings = storedFieldsToInspectorSettings(inspectorFields);
if (settings !== undefined) entry.settings = settings;
return entry;
});
@ -76,15 +246,18 @@ export function mcpConfigToServerEntries(config: MCPConfig): ServerEntry[] {
/**
* Convert `ServerEntry[]` back into `MCPConfig` for serialization. Strips
* runtime-only fields (connection, info, name); persists `config` and the
* optional `settings` node so the file remains a clean canonical `mcp.json`
* plus the Inspector-specific extension.
* runtime-only fields (connection, info, name); persists `config` plus the
* Inspector-extension fields as direct keys on the entry (post-#1358 flat
* shape) so the file matches the Claude Code / Cursor / Cline `.mcp.json`
* convention.
*/
export function serverEntriesToMcpConfig(entries: ServerEntry[]): MCPConfig {
const mcpServers: Record<string, StoredMCPServer> = {};
for (const entry of entries) {
const stored: StoredMCPServer = { ...entry.config } as StoredMCPServer;
if (entry.settings !== undefined) stored.settings = entry.settings;
if (entry.settings !== undefined) {
Object.assign(stored, inspectorSettingsToStoredFields(entry.settings));
}
mcpServers[entry.id] = stored;
}
return { mcpServers };