ruby-sdk/lib/mcp/client/stdio.rb
Koichi ITO 21eef8df9a Add MCP::Client::Stdio transport
## Motivation and Context

The `MCP::Client` currently only supports HTTP transport (`MCP::Client::HTTP`).
To achieve parity with other MCP SDKs (Python, TypeScript, C#) which provide
stdio client transports for spawning and communicating with server subprocesses,
the Ruby SDK needs a stdio client transport.
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#stdio

This enables building MCP clients that launch server processes and communicate
via stdin/stdout using newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0 messages.

## How Has This Been Tested?

Added tests for process spawning, protocol initialization handshake,
notification handling, error handling, and transport close lifecycle.

## Additional context

Enabled the `Lint/IncompatibleIoSelectWithFiberScheduler` cop in `.rubocop.yml`
to detect accidental use of `IO.select` instead of `IO#wait_readable`.
2026-03-19 12:41:27 +09:00

222 lines
6.5 KiB
Ruby

# frozen_string_literal: true
require "json"
require "open3"
require "securerandom"
require "timeout"
require_relative "../../json_rpc_handler"
require_relative "../configuration"
require_relative "../methods"
require_relative "../version"
module MCP
class Client
class Stdio
# Seconds to wait for the server process to exit before sending SIGTERM.
# Matches the Python and TypeScript SDKs' shutdown timeout:
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/blob/v1.26.0/src/mcp/client/stdio/__init__.py#L48
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/v1.27.1/src/client/stdio.ts#L221
CLOSE_TIMEOUT = 2
STDERR_READ_SIZE = 4096
attr_reader :command, :args, :env
def initialize(command:, args: [], env: nil, read_timeout: nil)
@command = command
@args = args
@env = env
@read_timeout = read_timeout
@stdin = nil
@stdout = nil
@stderr = nil
@wait_thread = nil
@stderr_thread = nil
@started = false
@initialized = false
end
def send_request(request:)
start unless @started
initialize_session unless @initialized
write_message(request)
read_response(request)
end
def start
raise "MCP::Client::Stdio already started" if @started
spawn_env = @env || {}
@stdin, @stdout, @stderr, @wait_thread = Open3.popen3(spawn_env, @command, *@args)
@stdout.set_encoding("UTF-8")
@stdin.set_encoding("UTF-8")
# Drain stderr in the background to prevent the pipe buffer from filling up,
# which would cause the server process to block and deadlock.
@stderr_thread = Thread.new do
loop do
@stderr.readpartial(STDERR_READ_SIZE)
end
rescue IOError
nil
end
@started = true
rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::EACCES, Errno::ENOEXEC => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Failed to spawn server process: #{e.message}",
{},
error_type: :internal_error,
original_error: e,
)
end
def close
return unless @started
@stdin.close
@stdout.close
@stderr.close
begin
Timeout.timeout(CLOSE_TIMEOUT) { @wait_thread.value }
rescue Timeout::Error
begin
Process.kill("TERM", @wait_thread.pid)
Timeout.timeout(CLOSE_TIMEOUT) { @wait_thread.value }
rescue Timeout::Error
begin
Process.kill("KILL", @wait_thread.pid)
rescue Errno::ESRCH
nil
end
rescue Errno::ESRCH
nil
end
end
@stderr_thread.join(CLOSE_TIMEOUT)
@started = false
@initialized = false
end
private
# The client MUST send a protocol version it supports. This SHOULD be the latest version.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/lifecycle#version-negotiation
#
# Always sends `LATEST_STABLE_PROTOCOL_VERSION`, matching the Python and TypeScript SDKs:
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/blob/v1.26.0/src/mcp/client/session.py#L175
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/v1.27.1/src/client/index.ts#L495
def initialize_session
init_request = {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: SecureRandom.uuid,
method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE,
params: {
protocolVersion: MCP::Configuration::LATEST_STABLE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
capabilities: {},
clientInfo: { name: "mcp-ruby-client", version: MCP::VERSION },
},
}
write_message(init_request)
response = read_response(init_request)
if response.key?("error")
error = response["error"]
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server initialization failed: #{error["message"]}",
{ method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
unless response.key?("result")
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server initialization failed: missing result in response",
{ method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
notification = {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
method: MCP::Methods::NOTIFICATIONS_INITIALIZED,
}
write_message(notification)
@initialized = true
end
def write_message(message)
ensure_running!
json = JSON.generate(message)
@stdin.puts(json)
@stdin.flush
rescue IOError, Errno::EPIPE => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Failed to write to server process",
{},
error_type: :internal_error,
original_error: e,
)
end
def read_response(request)
request_id = request[:id] || request["id"]
method = request[:method] || request["method"]
params = request[:params] || request["params"]
loop do
ensure_running!
wait_for_readable!(method, params) if @read_timeout
line = @stdout.gets
raise_connection_error!(method, params) if line.nil?
parsed = JSON.parse(line.strip)
next unless parsed.key?("id")
return parsed if parsed["id"] == request_id
end
rescue JSON::ParserError => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Failed to parse server response",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :internal_error,
original_error: e,
)
end
def ensure_running!
return if @wait_thread.alive?
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server process has exited",
{},
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
def wait_for_readable!(method, params)
ready = @stdout.wait_readable(@read_timeout)
return if ready
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Timed out waiting for server response",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
def raise_connection_error!(method, params)
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server process closed stdout unexpectedly",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
end
end
end