ruby-sdk/lib/mcp/client.rb
Koichi ITO a4a885683c Bound automatic pagination in the MCP client
## Motivation and Context

`MCP::Client#tools`, `#resources`, `#resource_templates`, and `#prompts` follow `nextCursor`
until the server stops offering one. The `seen` set in `fetch_all_pages` catches a server that
repeats or cycles cursors, but a fresh cursor on every response walks past that guard, and
the client keeps requesting and retaining pages for as long as the server keeps producing them.
The transports' per-message limits do not help here, since each individual page can be small.

`MCP::Client.new` now takes `max_pages:`, defaulting to `MAX_PAGES` (1000). Reaching it raises
`PaginationLimitError` rather than truncating the collection silently, since a short array would
be indistinguishable from a server that genuinely ran out of items. The single-page `list_*` methods
are unchanged, so callers who need their own policy still have one.

## How Has This Been Tested?

New tests in `test/mcp/client_test.rb` cover a server that returns a distinct cursor per page,
the boundary where a server stops exactly at `max_pages`, and the argument validation.
The existing repeat-cursor and cycling-cursor tests are unaffected.
`bundle exec rake` (tests, RuboCop, and conformance baseline) passes.

## Breaking Changes

An all-pages call against a server offering more than 1000 pages now raises
`MCP::Client::PaginationLimitError` instead of continuing. Pass a larger `max_pages:` to
`MCP::Client.new` if that is expected.
2026-08-14 04:45:32 +09:00

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# frozen_string_literal: true
require_relative "client/elicitation"
require_relative "client/mcp_param_headers"
require_relative "client/modern_envelope"
require_relative "client/oauth"
require_relative "client/stdio"
require_relative "client/http"
require_relative "client/paginated_result"
require_relative "client/tool"
require_relative "result_type"
module MCP
class Client
# Upper bound on the number of pages the all-pages methods (`tools`, `resources`,
# `resource_templates`, `prompts`) will walk. The cursor guard in `fetch_all_pages` only
# stops a server that repeats or cycles cursors; one that returns a fresh `nextCursor` on
# every response would otherwise be followed indefinitely, growing the retained pages with it.
MAX_PAGES = 1_000
class ServerError < StandardError
attr_reader :code, :data
def initialize(message, code:, data: nil)
super(message)
@code = code
@data = data
end
end
class RequestHandlerError < StandardError
attr_reader :error_type, :original_error, :request
def initialize(message, request, error_type: :internal_error, original_error: nil)
super(message)
@request = request
@error_type = error_type
@original_error = original_error
end
end
# Raised inside a server-to-client request handler (registered via `on_server_request`, e.g. `on_sampling`)
# to answer the request with a specific JSON-RPC error code instead of the default internal error.
# Mirrors the TypeScript SDK's `McpError` and the Python SDK's `ErrorData` return: for example,
# the sampling spec answers a rejected request with code `-1`.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/client/sampling
class ServerRequestError < StandardError
attr_reader :code
def initialize(message, code:)
super(message)
@code = code
end
end
# Raised when a server response fails client-side validation, e.g., a success response
# whose `result` field is missing or has the wrong type. This is distinct from a
# server-returned JSON-RPC error, which is raised as `ServerError`.
class ValidationError < StandardError; end
# Raised when an all-pages method reaches `max_pages` while the server is still offering
# another cursor. Use the single-page `list_*` methods to walk such a collection with
# a policy of your own.
class PaginationLimitError < StandardError; end
# Raised when a server answers with a SEP-2322 Multi Round-Trip `input_required` result instead of
# a final result. The result is not an error on the wire: it asks the client to fulfill the server's
# `inputRequests` (a map of id => `{ "method" => ..., "params" => ... }` request objects with
# `sampling/createMessage`, `roots/list`, or `elicitation/create` shapes) and re-issue
# the original request with `inputResponses` plus the echoed opaque `requestState`.
# With handlers registered through `on_elicitation`, `on_sampling`, or `on_roots`, the resume loop runs
# automatically; this error surfaces when no matching handler exists (manual driving via
# `input_requests` and the `input_responses:`/`request_state:` kwargs), or when the round cap is exhausted.
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/pull/2322
class InputRequiredError < StandardError
attr_reader :input_requests, :request_state, :result
def initialize(message, input_requests:, request_state: nil, result: nil)
super(message)
@input_requests = input_requests
@request_state = request_state
@result = result
end
end
# Raised when the server responds 404 to a request containing a session ID,
# indicating the session has expired. Inherits from `RequestHandlerError` for
# backward compatibility with callers that rescue the generic error. Per spec,
# clients MUST start a new session with a fresh `initialize` request in response.
class SessionExpiredError < RequestHandlerError
def initialize(message, request, original_error: nil)
super(message, request, error_type: :not_found, original_error: original_error)
end
end
# The server's `DiscoverResult` (MCP 2026-07-28, SEP-2575): the modern protocol versions it serves,
# its capabilities and identity, optional instructions, and the REQUIRED `ttlMs`/`cacheScope` cache hints.
DiscoverResult = Struct.new(
:supported_versions,
:capabilities,
:server_info,
:instructions,
:ttl_ms,
:cache_scope,
keyword_init: true,
)
# Rounds the SEP-2322 driver runs before giving up, matching the TypeScript and
# Python SDK defaults. Every leg counts, including `requestState`-only retries.
DEFAULT_INPUT_REQUIRED_MAX_ROUNDS = 10
# Backoff for `requestState`-only (load shedding) legs: exponential from 50ms to
# a 250ms cap, matching the Python SDK (the TypeScript SDK uses a fixed 250ms).
STATE_ONLY_BACKOFF_INITIAL_SECONDS = 0.05
STATE_ONLY_BACKOFF_CAP_SECONDS = 0.25
# Initializes a new MCP::Client instance.
#
# @param transport [Object] The transport object to use for communication with the server.
# The transport should be a duck type that responds to `send_request`. See the README for more details.
# @param input_required_max_rounds [Integer] Cap on SEP-2322 driver rounds.
# @param max_pages [Integer] Maximum number of pages the all-pages methods ({#tools}, {#resources},
# {#resource_templates}, {#prompts}) will walk before raising {MCP::Client::PaginationLimitError}.
#
# Once a handler is registered through `on_elicitation`, `on_sampling`, or `on_roots`, `call_tool`,
# `get_prompt`, and `read_resource` resume `input_required` results automatically; without handlers
# (or when a requested kind has no handler) they raise `InputRequiredError` for manual driving,
# exactly as before.
#
# @example
# transport = MCP::Client::HTTP.new(url: "http://localhost:3000")
# client = MCP::Client.new(transport: transport)
def initialize(transport:, input_required_max_rounds: DEFAULT_INPUT_REQUIRED_MAX_ROUNDS, max_pages: MAX_PAGES)
# `nil` or a non-positive value would make the pagination unbounded and silently
# disable the protection, so reject it up front.
unless max_pages.is_a?(Integer) && max_pages > 0
raise ArgumentError, "max_pages must be a positive Integer"
end
@transport = transport
@max_pages = max_pages
# Populated by `on_elicitation`, `on_sampling`, and `on_roots`. The same handler answers both ways
# the server can ask for input: a real server-to-client request, and an embedded request inside
# a SEP-2322 `input_required` result.
@input_required_handlers = {}
@input_required_max_rounds = input_required_max_rounds
end
# The user may want to access additional transport-specific methods/attributes
# So keeping it public
attr_reader :transport
# The raw handshake result exactly as the server returned it, so its shape depends on the connection's era (SEP-2575):
# after the legacy handshake it is an `InitializeResult` (`protocolVersion`, top-level `serverInfo`), after modern adoption
# it is a `DiscoverResult` (`supportedVersions`, `ttlMs`/`cacheScope`, `serverInfo` optionally under `_meta`).
# Code that must work against both eras should prefer the era-independent readers {#protocol_version}, {#server_capabilities},
# {#instructions}, and {#server_implementation}; this raw form remains the window to everything they do not cover
# (`supportedVersions`, cache hints, `_meta`, extension data). Returns `nil` before `connect`, after `close`,
# or when the transport does not expose a cached handshake result.
def server_info
transport.server_info if transport.respond_to?(:server_info)
end
# The protocol version in use on this connection, independent of its era:
# the version negotiated by `initialize` (legacy) or adopted via `server/discover` (modern).
# Returns `nil` before `connect`.
def protocol_version
return transport.protocol_version if transport.respond_to?(:protocol_version)
server_info&.dig("protocolVersion")
end
# The server's capabilities Hash, present in both eras. Returns `nil` before `connect`.
def server_capabilities
server_info&.dig("capabilities")
end
# The server's instructions text, present in both eras when provided.
def instructions
server_info&.dig("instructions")
end
# The server's identity (`name`/`version`), independent of where the era puts it: top-level `serverInfo`
# on legacy results, the optional `_meta` `io.modelcontextprotocol/serverInfo` stamp on modern results.
# Returns `nil` when a modern server does not identify itself.
def server_implementation
server_info&.dig("_meta", RequestEnvelope::SERVER_INFO_META_KEY) || server_info&.dig("serverInfo")
end
# Performs the MCP `initialize` handshake by delegating to the transport
# (e.g. `MCP::Client::HTTP`, `MCP::Client::Stdio`). Returns the server's
# `InitializeResult`.
#
# When the transport does not respond to `:connect`, this is a no-op and
# returns `nil`.
#
# @param client_info [Hash, nil] `{ name:, version: }` identifying the client.
# @param protocol_version [String, nil] Protocol version to offer.
# @param capabilities [Hash] Capabilities advertised by the client. May include
# an `extensions` member per SEP-2133, keyed by reverse-DNS extension identifiers,
# e.g. `{ extensions: { "com.example/feature" => {} } }`.
# @param mode [Symbol, nil] Lifecycle selection (SEP-2575). When omitted, transports whose
# `connect` declares `mode:` (the bundled `MCP::Client::HTTP` and `MCP::Client::Stdio`)
# negotiate with `:auto`: probe `server/discover` first and fall back to the legacy handshake
# when the server does not serve a mutually supported modern version. Transports without `mode:`
# keep receiving the historical legacy call shape. `:legacy` forces the `initialize` handshake
# exactly as before; `:modern` requires the modern lifecycle and fails without a mutual modern version.
# Passing an explicit `protocol_version` from a legacy generation (e.g. `"2025-11-25"`) pins
# the legacy handshake without a probe, so an explicitly requested version is never overridden
# by the default negotiation.
# @return [Hash, nil] The server's `InitializeResult` (legacy) or `DiscoverResult` (modern),
# or `nil` when the transport does not expose an explicit handshake.
# Prefer the era-independent readers over inspecting this Hash directly.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/lifecycle#initialization
def connect(client_info: nil, protocol_version: nil, capabilities: {}, mode: nil)
return unless transport.respond_to?(:connect)
effective_mode = resolve_connect_mode(mode, protocol_version)
if effective_mode == :legacy
transport.connect(
client_info: client_info,
protocol_version: protocol_version,
capabilities: capabilities,
)
else
transport.connect(
client_info: client_info,
protocol_version: protocol_version,
capabilities: capabilities,
mode: effective_mode,
)
end
end
# Sends `server/discover` (MCP 2026-07-28, SEP-2575): sessionless capability discovery
# that works before (or instead of) `connect`.
#
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request.
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [MCP::Client::DiscoverResult]
# @raise [ServerError] If the server returns a JSON-RPC error.
# @raise [ValidationError] If the response `result` is missing or not a Hash.
def discover(meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
response = request(method: Methods::SERVER_DISCOVER, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)
result = response.is_a?(Hash) ? response["result"] : nil
raise ValidationError, "Response validation failed: missing or invalid `result`" unless result.is_a?(Hash)
DiscoverResult.new(
supported_versions: result["supportedVersions"],
capabilities: result["capabilities"],
# The finalized spec (PR #3002) stamps the server identity into the result `_meta`;
# the top-level fallback tolerates servers built against the frozen SEP text.
server_info: result.dig("_meta", RequestEnvelope::SERVER_INFO_META_KEY) || result["serverInfo"],
instructions: result["instructions"],
ttl_ms: result["ttlMs"],
cache_scope: result["cacheScope"],
)
end
# Returns true once `connect` has completed the handshake on the underlying
# transport. Transports that do not expose connection state are assumed
# connected and return `true`.
def connected?
return transport.connected? if transport.respond_to?(:connected?)
true
end
# Returns a single page of tools from the server.
#
# @param cursor [String, nil] Cursor from a previous page response.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional token; cancelling it sends
# `notifications/cancelled` to the server and raises `MCP::CancelledError` from this call.
# @return [MCP::Client::ListToolsResult] Result with `tools` (Array<MCP::Client::Tool>)
# and `next_cursor` (String or nil).
#
# @example Iterate all pages
# cursor = nil
# loop do
# page = client.list_tools(cursor: cursor)
# page.tools.each { |tool| puts tool.name }
# cursor = page.next_cursor
# break unless cursor
# end
def list_tools(cursor: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
params = cursor ? { cursor: cursor } : nil
response = request(method: "tools/list", params: params, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)
result = response["result"] || {}
tools = (result["tools"] || []).filter_map do |tool|
next if exclude_invalid_x_mcp_header?(tool)
Tool.new(
name: tool["name"],
description: tool["description"],
input_schema: tool["inputSchema"],
output_schema: tool["outputSchema"],
annotations: tool["annotations"],
)
end
ListToolsResult.new(
tools: tools,
next_cursor: result["nextCursor"],
meta: result["_meta"],
ttl_ms: result["ttlMs"],
cache_scope: result["cacheScope"],
)
end
# Returns every tool available on the server. Iterates through all pages automatically
# when the server paginates, so the full collection is returned regardless of the server's `page_size` setting.
# Use {#list_tools} when you need fine-grained cursor control.
#
# Each call will make a new request - the result is not cached.
#
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# Cancelling it aborts whichever page is currently in flight; pages already returned are kept,
# but the call raises `MCP::CancelledError` instead of returning the partial set.
# @return [Array<MCP::Client::Tool>] An array of available tools.
# @raise [MCP::Client::PaginationLimitError] If the server offers more than `max_pages` pages.
#
# @example
# tools = client.tools
# tools.each do |tool|
# puts tool.name
# end
def tools(cancellation: nil)
# TODO: consider renaming to `list_all_tools`.
fetch_all_pages { |cursor| list_tools(cursor: cursor, cancellation: cancellation) }.flat_map(&:tools)
end
# Returns a single page of resources from the server.
#
# @param cursor [String, nil] Cursor from a previous page response.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [MCP::Client::ListResourcesResult] Result with `resources` (Array<Hash>)
# and `next_cursor` (String or nil).
def list_resources(cursor: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
params = cursor ? { cursor: cursor } : nil
response = request(method: "resources/list", params: params, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)
result = response["result"] || {}
ListResourcesResult.new(
resources: result["resources"] || [],
next_cursor: result["nextCursor"],
meta: result["_meta"],
ttl_ms: result["ttlMs"],
cache_scope: result["cacheScope"],
)
end
# Returns every resource available on the server. Iterates through all pages automatically
# when the server paginates, so the full collection is returned regardless of the server's `page_size` setting.
# Use {#list_resources} when you need fine-grained cursor control.
#
# Each call will make a new request - the result is not cached.
#
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token (see {#tools}).
# @return [Array<Hash>] An array of available resources.
# @raise [MCP::Client::PaginationLimitError] See {#tools}.
def resources(cancellation: nil)
# TODO: consider renaming to `list_all_resources`.
fetch_all_pages { |cursor| list_resources(cursor: cursor, cancellation: cancellation) }.flat_map(&:resources)
end
# Returns a single page of resource templates from the server.
#
# @param cursor [String, nil] Cursor from a previous page response.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [MCP::Client::ListResourceTemplatesResult] Result with `resource_templates`
# (Array<Hash>) and `next_cursor` (String or nil).
def list_resource_templates(cursor: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
params = cursor ? { cursor: cursor } : nil
response = request(method: "resources/templates/list", params: params, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)
result = response["result"] || {}
ListResourceTemplatesResult.new(
resource_templates: result["resourceTemplates"] || [],
next_cursor: result["nextCursor"],
meta: result["_meta"],
ttl_ms: result["ttlMs"],
cache_scope: result["cacheScope"],
)
end
# Returns every resource template available on the server. Iterates through all pages automatically
# when the server paginates, so the full collection is returned regardless of the server's `page_size` setting.
# Use {#list_resource_templates} when you need fine-grained cursor control.
#
# Each call will make a new request - the result is not cached.
#
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token (see {#tools}).
# @return [Array<Hash>] An array of available resource templates.
# @raise [MCP::Client::PaginationLimitError] See {#tools}.
def resource_templates(cancellation: nil)
# TODO: consider renaming to `list_all_resource_templates`.
fetch_all_pages { |cursor| list_resource_templates(cursor: cursor, cancellation: cancellation) }.flat_map(&:resource_templates)
end
# Returns a single page of prompts from the server.
#
# @param cursor [String, nil] Cursor from a previous page response.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [MCP::Client::ListPromptsResult] Result with `prompts` (Array<Hash>)
# and `next_cursor` (String or nil).
def list_prompts(cursor: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
params = cursor ? { cursor: cursor } : nil
response = request(method: "prompts/list", params: params, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)
result = response["result"] || {}
ListPromptsResult.new(
prompts: result["prompts"] || [],
next_cursor: result["nextCursor"],
meta: result["_meta"],
ttl_ms: result["ttlMs"],
cache_scope: result["cacheScope"],
)
end
# Returns every prompt available on the server. Iterates through all pages automatically
# when the server paginates, so the full collection is returned regardless of the server's `page_size` setting.
# Use {#list_prompts} when you need fine-grained cursor control.
#
# Each call will make a new request - the result is not cached.
#
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token (see {#tools}).
# @return [Array<Hash>] An array of available prompts.
# @raise [MCP::Client::PaginationLimitError] See {#tools}.
def prompts(cancellation: nil)
# TODO: consider renaming to `list_all_prompts`.
fetch_all_pages { |cursor| list_prompts(cursor: cursor, cancellation: cancellation) }.flat_map(&:prompts)
end
# Calls a tool via the transport layer and returns the full response from the server.
#
# @param name [String] The name of the tool to call.
# @param tool [MCP::Client::Tool] The tool to be called.
# @param arguments [Object, nil] The arguments to pass to the tool.
# @param progress_token [String, Integer, nil] A token to request progress notifications from the server during tool execution.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. the W3C Trace Context keys reserved by SEP-414
# (`MCP::TraceContext::TRACEPARENT_META_KEY`, `tracestate`, `baggage`).
# `progress_token` takes precedence over a `progressToken` entry in `meta`.
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token. Cancelling it from another thread
# sends `notifications/cancelled` to the server and raises `MCP::CancelledError` from this call.
# @return [Hash] The full JSON-RPC response from the transport.
#
# @example Call by name
# response = client.call_tool(name: "my_tool", arguments: { foo: "bar" })
# content = response.dig("result", "content")
#
# @example Call with a tool object
# tool = client.tools.first
# response = client.call_tool(tool: tool, arguments: { foo: "bar" })
# structured_content = response.dig("result", "structuredContent")
#
# @example Cancellable call
# cancellation = MCP::Cancellation.new
# Thread.new do
# client.call_tool(name: "slow_tool", arguments: {}, cancellation: cancellation)
# rescue MCP::CancelledError
# # cleanup
# end
# cancellation.cancel(reason: "user pressed cancel")
#
# @note
# The exact requirements for `arguments` are determined by the transport layer in use.
# Consult the documentation for your transport (e.g., MCP::Client::HTTP) for details.
# @param input_responses [Hash, nil] SEP-2322 answers to a previous `input_required` result's `inputRequests`,
# keyed identically (manual retry legs).
# @param request_state [String, nil] The opaque `requestState` echoed back byte-exactly.
def call_tool(name: nil, tool: nil, arguments: nil, progress_token: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil, input_responses: nil, request_state: nil)
tool_name = name || tool&.name
raise ArgumentError, "Either `name:` or `tool:` must be provided." unless tool_name
params = { name: tool_name, arguments: arguments }
meta_entries = meta ? meta.dup : {}
if progress_token
meta_entries.delete("progressToken")
meta_entries[:progressToken] = progress_token
end
params[:_meta] = meta_entries unless meta_entries.empty?
params[:inputResponses] = input_responses if input_responses
params[:requestState] = request_state if request_state
drive_input_required(method: "tools/call", params: params, cancellation: cancellation)
end
# Reads a resource from the server by URI and returns the contents.
#
# @param uri [String] The URI of the resource to read.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [Array<Hash>] An array of resource contents (text or blob).
def read_resource(uri:, meta: nil, cancellation: nil, input_responses: nil, request_state: nil)
params = { uri: uri }
params = params.merge(_meta: meta) if meta && !meta.empty?
params[:inputResponses] = input_responses if input_responses
params[:requestState] = request_state if request_state
response = drive_input_required(method: "resources/read", params: params, cancellation: cancellation)
response.dig("result", "contents") || []
end
# Gets a prompt from the server by name and returns its details.
#
# @param name [String] The name of the prompt to get.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [Hash] A hash containing the prompt details.
def get_prompt(name:, meta: nil, cancellation: nil, input_responses: nil, request_state: nil)
params = { name: name }
params = params.merge(_meta: meta) if meta && !meta.empty?
params[:inputResponses] = input_responses if input_responses
params[:requestState] = request_state if request_state
response = drive_input_required(method: "prompts/get", params: params, cancellation: cancellation)
response.fetch("result", {})
end
# Requests completion suggestions from the server for a prompt argument or resource template URI.
#
# @param ref [Hash] The reference, e.g. `{ type: "ref/prompt", name: "my_prompt" }`
# or `{ type: "ref/resource", uri: "file:///{path}" }`.
# @param argument [Hash] The argument being completed, e.g. `{ name: "language", value: "py" }`.
# @param context [Hash, nil] Optional context with previously resolved arguments.
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [Hash] The completion result with `"values"`, `"hasMore"`, and optionally `"total"`.
def complete(ref:, argument:, context: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
params = { ref: ref, argument: argument }
params[:context] = context if context
response = request(method: "completion/complete", params: params, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)
response.dig("result", "completion") || { "values" => [], "hasMore" => false }
end
# Registers a handler for `elicitation/create` requests the server sends while one of
# this client's requests is in flight. The handler receives the request `params`
# (message and `requestedSchema`, string keys) and must return an `ElicitResult`-shaped Hash:
# `{ action: "accept" | "decline" | "cancel", content: { ... } }`.
#
# The same handler answers both ways a server can ask: a real request mid-call, which needs a transport that
# carries server-to-client requests (e.g. `MCP::Client::HTTP`); and an `elicitation/create` embedded in a SEP-2322
# `input_required` result, which needs no server-to-client route, and is how the modern lifecycle asks now that it
# forbids server-to-client requests. Both routes need `capabilities: { elicitation: {} }` passed to `connect`: per SEP-2322,
# a server MUST NOT embed input requests of a kind the client has not declared.
#
# @example Accept with schema defaults applied (SEP-1034)
# client.on_elicitation do |params|
# {
# action: "accept",
# content: MCP::Client::Elicitation.apply_defaults(params["requestedSchema"]),
# }
# end
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/client/elicitation
def on_elicitation(&handler)
register_input_handler(Methods::ELICITATION_CREATE, &handler)
end
# Registers a handler for `sampling/createMessage` requests the server sends while one of this client's requests is in flight.
# The handler receives the request `params` (`messages`, `maxTokens`, optionally `systemPrompt`, `modelPreferences`, `tools`,
# `toolChoice`, ...; string keys) and must return a `CreateMessageResult`-shaped Hash:
# `{ role: "assistant", content: { type: "text", text: "..." }, model: "...", stopReason: "..." }`.
#
# For trust and safety, the spec recommends a human in the loop able to review, edit, or reject the request and the generated response
# before it is returned to the server. To reject, raise `ServerRequestError` with the spec's user-rejection code `-1`.
#
# The same handler answers both ways a server can ask: a real request mid-call, which needs a transport that
# carries server-to-client requests (e.g. `MCP::Client::HTTP`); and a `sampling/createMessage` embedded in a SEP-2322
# `input_required` result, which needs no server-to-client route. Both routes need `capabilities: { sampling: {} }` passed to
# `connect` (or `{ sampling: { tools: {} } }` for tool-enabled requests): per SEP-2322, a server MUST NOT embed input requests of
# a kind the client has not declared.
#
# @example Forward the request to an LLM and return its completion
#
# client.on_sampling do |params|
# raise MCP::Client::ServerRequestError.new("User rejected sampling request", code: -1) unless approved?(params)
#
# completion = my_llm.complete(params["messages"], max_tokens: params["maxTokens"])
# {
# role: "assistant",
# content: { type: "text", text: completion.text },
# model: completion.model,
# stopReason: "endTurn",
# }
# end
#
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/client/sampling
#
# @deprecated MCP Sampling (`sampling/createMessage`) is deprecated as of MCP protocol version 2026-07-28 (SEP-2577).
# Register this handler only to interoperate with servers that still send sampling requests during the deprecation window;
# new servers should call LLM provider APIs directly.
def on_sampling(&handler)
register_input_handler(Methods::SAMPLING_CREATE_MESSAGE, &handler)
end
# Registers a handler for `roots/list`, answering both a server-to-client request on transports that
# support one and an embedded `roots/list` inside a SEP-2322 `input_required` result. The handler
# receives the request `params` (`nil` for `roots/list`) and must return a `ListRootsResult`-shaped Hash:
# `{ roots: [{ uri: "file:///project", name: "Project" }] }`.
#
# @example
# client.on_roots { { roots: [{ uri: "file:///project", name: "Project" }] } }
#
# @deprecated MCP Roots (`roots/list`) is deprecated as of MCP protocol version 2026-07-28 (SEP-2577).
# Register this handler only to interoperate with servers that still ask for roots.
#
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/client/roots
def on_roots(&handler)
register_input_handler(Methods::ROOTS_LIST, &handler)
end
# Sends a `ping` request to the server to verify the connection is alive.
# Per the MCP spec, the server responds with an empty result.
#
# @param meta [Hash, nil] Additional `_meta` entries to send with the request,
# e.g. SEP-414 trace context (see {MCP::TraceContext}).
# @param cancellation [MCP::Cancellation, nil] Optional cancellation token.
# @return [Hash] An empty hash on success.
# @raise [ServerError] If the server returns a JSON-RPC error.
# @raise [ValidationError] If the response `result` is missing or not a Hash.
#
# @example
# client.ping # => {}
#
# @see https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/latest/basic/utilities/ping
def ping(meta: nil, cancellation: nil)
result = request(method: Methods::PING, meta: meta, cancellation: cancellation)["result"]
raise ValidationError, "Response validation failed: missing or invalid `result`" unless result.is_a?(Hash)
result
end
private
# Records a handler for one of the three kinds of input a server can ask this client for, and wires it to
# the transport when the transport can carry server-to-client requests. One registration serves both routes:
# the real request a 2025-11-25 server sends mid-call, and the request embedded in a SEP-2322
# `input_required` result, which is how the modern lifecycle asks now that it forbids server-to-client
# requests outright. Registering is therefore valid on a transport with no `on_server_request` (stdio,
# and every modern-lifecycle connection); only the wire route is skipped there.
def register_input_handler(method, &handler)
@input_required_handlers[method] = handler
transport.on_server_request(method, &handler) if transport.respond_to?(:on_server_request)
handler
end
# SEP-2243: on the modern lifecycle, a tool definition whose `x-mcp-header` annotations violate
# the spec constraints MUST be excluded from `tools/list` results, so one malformed definition
# does not block the valid tools. The TypeScript and Python SDKs filter their listings the same way.
# Legacy connections, and transports without a lifecycle notion, list everything as before.
def exclude_invalid_x_mcp_header?(tool)
return false unless transport.respond_to?(:modern?) && transport.modern?
scan = McpParamHeaders.scan(tool["inputSchema"])
return false if scan[:valid]
warn("MCP::Client: excluding tool #{tool["name"].inspect} from tools/list: #{scan[:reason]}")
true
end
# Resolves the effective SEP-2575 lifecycle mode for `connect`:
#
# - An explicit `protocol_version` from a legacy generation pins the legacy handshake without a probe,
# so the default negotiation can never override a version the caller asked for.
# - Absent an explicit mode, transports declaring `mode:` negotiate with `:auto`; other transports keep
# the historical legacy call shape.
# - An explicit `:modern`/`:auto` on a transport without `mode:` raises, rather than silently downgrading to
# a lifecycle the caller did not ask for.
def resolve_connect_mode(mode, protocol_version)
unless [nil, :legacy, :modern, :auto].include?(mode)
raise ArgumentError, "mode must be :legacy, :modern, or :auto"
end
return :legacy if mode == :legacy
return :legacy if mode.nil? && protocol_version && !Configuration.modern_protocol_version?(protocol_version)
if transport_connect_accepts_mode?
mode || :auto
elsif mode.nil?
:legacy
else
raise ArgumentError, "transport does not support mode: #{mode.inspect}"
end
end
# `mode:` is forwarded only when the transport's `connect` declares it as a keyword.
# A bare `**kwargs` deliberately does not count, so wrappers and test doubles that
# absorb arbitrary keywords keep the historical legacy call shape. Objects that
# dispatch `connect` through `method_missing` (e.g. mocks) may not support `method`,
# which reads as not declaring `mode:`.
def transport_connect_accepts_mode?
connect_method = begin
transport.method(:connect)
rescue NameError
return false
end
connect_method.parameters.any? { |type, name| [:key, :keyreq].include?(type) && name == :mode }
end
# Walks every page of a list endpoint, following `next_cursor`, and returns
# the page results. The `seen` set guards against a server that repeats or
# cycles cursors, and `@max_pages` bounds one that returns a fresh cursor every
# time, so the loop always terminates.
def fetch_all_pages
pages = []
seen = Set.new
cursor = nil
loop do
page = yield(cursor)
pages << page
next_cursor = page.next_cursor
break if next_cursor.nil? || seen.include?(next_cursor)
if pages.size >= @max_pages
raise PaginationLimitError, "Server returned more than #{@max_pages} pages; pass a larger `max_pages:` to " \
"`MCP::Client.new` if this is expected."
end
seen << next_cursor
cursor = next_cursor
end
pages
end
# Merges caller-supplied `meta` entries into the request params as `_meta`,
# without mutating the caller's hashes. Per SEP-414, `_meta` carries
# request-specific metadata such as W3C trace context (`traceparent`,
# `tracestate`, `baggage`); see {MCP::TraceContext}.
def request(method:, params: nil, meta: nil, cancellation: nil, raise_on_input_required: true)
params = (params || {}).merge(_meta: meta) if meta && !meta.empty?
request_body = {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: generate_request_id,
method: method,
}
request_body[:params] = params if params
response = if cancellation
dispatch_with_cancellation(request_body, cancellation)
else
transport.send_request(request: request_body)
end
# Guard with `is_a?(Hash)` because custom transports may return non-Hash values.
if response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?("error")
error = response["error"]
raise ServerError.new(error["message"], code: error["code"], data: error["data"])
end
raise_on_input_required(response) if raise_on_input_required
response
end
# Drives the SEP-2322 multi round-trip loop for `tools/call`, `prompts/get`, and `resources/read`.
# With no configured handlers this degrades to the plain request (an `input_required` result raises
# `InputRequiredError` for manual driving). Otherwise each `inputRequests` entry is fulfilled by
# the matching handler and the ORIGINAL request is re-issued with `inputResponses` under
# the same keys plus the byte-exact echoed `requestState`, on a fresh JSON-RPC id per leg.
# A `requestState`-only result (load shedding) retries after an exponential backoff.
# Every leg counts against `input_required_max_rounds`.
def drive_input_required(method:, params:, cancellation:)
response = request(
method: method,
params: params,
cancellation: cancellation,
raise_on_input_required: @input_required_handlers.empty?,
)
return response unless input_required?(response)
original_params = params.dup
original_params.delete(:inputResponses)
original_params.delete(:requestState)
rounds = 0
backoff = STATE_ONLY_BACKOFF_INITIAL_SECONDS
loop do
result = response["result"]
rounds += 1
if rounds > @input_required_max_rounds
raise InputRequiredError.new(
"Server still returned `input_required` after #{@input_required_max_rounds} rounds (SEP-2322).",
input_requests: result["inputRequests"] || {},
request_state: result["requestState"],
result: result,
)
end
input_requests = result["inputRequests"] || {}
responses = nil
if input_requests.empty?
sleep(backoff)
backoff = [backoff * 2, STATE_ONLY_BACKOFF_CAP_SECONDS].min
else
backoff = STATE_ONLY_BACKOFF_INITIAL_SECONDS
responses = fulfill_input_requests(input_requests, result)
end
retry_params = original_params.dup
retry_params[:inputResponses] = responses if responses
retry_params[:requestState] = result["requestState"] if result["requestState"]
response = request(
method: method,
params: retry_params,
cancellation: cancellation,
raise_on_input_required: false,
)
return response unless input_required?(response)
end
end
# Dispatches every embedded request to its configured handler and collects
# the answers under the same keys. A kind without a handler falls back to
# the manual path by raising `InputRequiredError` with the full result.
def fulfill_input_requests(input_requests, result)
input_requests.each_with_object({}) do |(key, entry), responses|
entry_method = entry.is_a?(Hash) ? entry["method"] || entry[:method] : nil
handler = @input_required_handlers[entry_method]
unless handler
raise InputRequiredError.new(
"Server requested #{entry_method.inspect} input (key #{key.inspect}) but no matching handler " \
"is configured; inspect `input_requests` to respond manually (SEP-2322).",
input_requests: input_requests,
request_state: result["requestState"],
result: result,
)
end
responses[key] = handler.call(entry.is_a?(Hash) ? entry["params"] || entry[:params] : nil)
end
end
def input_required?(response)
result = response.is_a?(Hash) ? response["result"] : nil
result.is_a?(Hash) && result["resultType"] == ResultType::INPUT_REQUIRED
end
# Recognizes a SEP-2322 `input_required` result and raises rather than returning it as if it were a final result.
# Servers on stable protocol versions never emit `resultType`, so this is a no-op for them.
def raise_on_input_required(response)
return unless input_required?(response)
result = response["result"]
raise InputRequiredError.new(
"Server returned `input_required` (SEP-2322). Register a handler with `on_elicitation`, " \
"`on_sampling`, or `on_roots` to resume automatically, or inspect `input_requests` to respond manually.",
input_requests: result["inputRequests"] || {},
request_state: result["requestState"],
result: result,
)
end
# Generates a fresh JSON-RPC request id for an outgoing request.
# Ids are an internal concern: the public API never accepts or exposes them, and cancellation is driven through
# an `MCP::Cancellation` token instead.
def generate_request_id
SecureRandom.uuid
end
# Sends `request_body` while watching `cancellation`. The actual blocking `transport.send_request` runs on
# a worker thread; the calling thread waits on a Queue that is woken either by the response or by a cancel signal
# (whichever arrives first - matching the server-side `StreamableHTTPTransport#cancel_pending_request` race contract).
#
# When a cancel wins the race, the calling thread raises `MCP::CancelledError` immediately and the `notifications/cancelled`
# dispatch runs fire-and-forget on its own thread. We deliberately do not wait for that dispatch here: the calling thread
# must not be blocked by a slow or stalled transport write on the cancel path.
# The worker thread is also not force-killed; it stays blocked on the underlying I/O until the server actually responds
# (or the transport closes). This is the same trade-off the server-side `StreamableHTTPTransport#send_request` accepts and
# is noted in the README's Cancellation section.
def dispatch_with_cancellation(request_body, cancellation)
unless transport.respond_to?(:send_notification)
raise NoMethodError, "Cancellation support requires a transport that responds to `send_notification(notification:)` " \
"so `notifications/cancelled` can be delivered to the peer. The bundled `MCP::Client::Stdio` and `MCP::Client::HTTP` transports " \
"implement this interface; custom transports must add it before passing `cancellation:` to a request method."
end
cancellation.raise_if_cancelled!
request_id = request_body[:id]
queue = Queue.new
# First-writer-wins gate. Whichever side (worker or on_cancel) flips `completed` first owns the queue's single slot; the loser bails.
# This closes the late-cancel window between the worker pushing `:response` and the main thread completing `dispatch_with_cancellation`,
# where a callback firing in that gap would otherwise emit a stray `notifications/cancelled` for a request that already succeeded.
completion_mutex = Mutex.new
completed = false
sent_mutex = Mutex.new
sent_cond = ConditionVariable.new
request_sent = false
signal_sent = lambda do
sent_mutex.synchronize do
unless request_sent
request_sent = true
sent_cond.broadcast
end
end
end
Thread.new do
Thread.current.report_on_exception = false
begin
result = transport.send_request(request: request_body, &signal_sent)
completion_mutex.synchronize do
next if completed
completed = true
queue.push([:response, result])
end
rescue StandardError => e
completion_mutex.synchronize do
next if completed
completed = true
queue.push([:error, e])
end
ensure
# Unblock any waiting cancel-dispatch thread on completion (or error)
# so it does not stall when the transport ignored the block.
signal_sent.call
end
end
cancel_hook = cancellation.on_cancel do |reason|
should_dispatch = completion_mutex.synchronize do
next false if completed
completed = true
# Wake the waiting thread first, then dispatch the `notifications/cancelled` send on a separate thread.
# The wake-first ordering matters because the cancellation callback can run on the worker thread itself
# (e.g. a tool that triggers cancel from within `transport.send_request`), and a synchronous `send_notification`
# here would deadlock when the worker holds a transport-level mutex.
queue.push([:cancelled, reason])
true
end
next unless should_dispatch
Thread.new do
Thread.current.report_on_exception = false
# Wait for the worker's send-boundary signal before issuing `notifications/cancelled`. Bundled transports raise
# the signal via `&on_sent` from inside `send_request`; custom transports that ignore the block still raise it
# via the worker's `ensure -> signal_sent.call`, so the loop is bounded by worker termination rather than by wall-clock time.
# The previous fixed-duration fallback could release this thread before the worker reached its send-boundary at all,
# allowing the cancel to be issued without any prior request commitment - which the spec only covers under
# the receiver's MAY-ignore-unknown-id clause and is therefore avoided here.
sent_mutex.synchronize do
sent_cond.wait(sent_mutex) until request_sent
end
cancel(request_id: request_id, reason: reason)
rescue StandardError
# Swallow notification-send failures: the calling thread has already been woken with `:cancelled` above and
# is on its way to raising `MCP::CancelledError`.
end
end
tag, payload = queue.pop
case tag
when :response
payload
when :error
raise payload
when :cancelled
raise MCP::CancelledError.new(request_id: request_id, reason: payload)
end
ensure
cancellation&.off_cancel(cancel_hook) if cancel_hook
end
# Sends `notifications/cancelled` to the server for an in-flight request.
# Per spec, this is fire-and-forget: the server is expected to stop processing and suppress its response,
# with no acknowledgement returned. Driven internally by {#dispatch_with_cancellation} when a request's
# `cancellation` token fires.
def cancel(request_id:, reason: nil)
params = { requestId: request_id }
params[:reason] = reason if reason
notification = {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
method: Methods::NOTIFICATIONS_CANCELLED,
params: params,
}
transport.send_notification(notification: notification)
nil
end
end
end