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New UX sections added:
- Logging Screen (notifications/message, logging/setLevel)
- Tasks Screen (tasks/*, notifications/task/statusChanged)
- Sampling Panel (sampling/createMessage)
- Elicitation Handler (form + URL modes)
- Roots Configuration (roots/list)
- Experimental Features Panel (raw JSON-RPC tester)

Enhanced existing screens:
- Tools: annotations, autocomplete, progress indicators, image/audio
- Resources: annotations, subscriptions
- Prompts: autocomplete
- Navigation: ping latency, listChanged indicators

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Inspector V2 Brief

Brief | V1 Problems | V2 Scope | V2 Tech Stack | V2 UX

Table of Contents

Motivation and Context

The existing Inspector is hard to maintain for a number of reasons. We decided to create a more maintainable Inspector from the ground up, that retains the deterministic boundary of operation, but exposes a plugin architecture.

Track Protocol Conformance

  • Identify any gaps in V1 inspector
  • Track which features are covered
  • Implement to parity and fill gaps
  • Provide conformance testing in CI

Improve Maintainability

  • Clearer separation of concerns
  • Smaller, reusable components

Provide Extensibility

  • Plugin SDK / API
  • Third parties cand develop/maintain their own plugins for features such as
    • LLM usage
    • Evals
    • Multiple server connections
    • Apps playground
    • Testing of registry configuration
    • Interface with registry

Proper Documentation

  • One big README won't cut it anymore
  • Published documentation in MDX should
    • Render in style of spec
    • Kept up to date
    • Cover all features
    • Discuss troubleshooting strategies
    • Provide detailed contribution guidance that explains architecture and expected idioms