feat: add _meta field support to tool definitions (#922)

Co-authored-by: David Soria Parra <167242713+dsp-ant@users.noreply.github.com>

src/server/mcp.test.ts

@@ -1633,6 +1633,99 @@ describe("tool()", () => {
       ),
     ).rejects.toThrow(/Tool nonexistent-tool not found/);
   });
+
+  /***
+   * Test: Tool Registration with _meta field
+   */
+  test("should register tool with _meta field and include it in list response", async () => {
+    const mcpServer = new McpServer({
+      name: "test server",
+      version: "1.0",
+    });
+    const client = new Client({
+      name: "test client",
+      version: "1.0",
+    });
+
+    const metaData = {
+      author: "test-author",
+      version: "1.2.3",
+      category: "utility",
+      tags: ["test", "example"]
+    };
+
+    mcpServer.registerTool(
+      "test-with-meta",
+      {
+        description: "A tool with _meta field",
+        inputSchema: { name: z.string() },
+        _meta: metaData,
+      },
+      async ({ name }) => ({
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: `Hello, ${name}!` }]
+      })
+    );
+
+    const [clientTransport, serverTransport] =
+      InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair();
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      client.connect(clientTransport),
+      mcpServer.server.connect(serverTransport),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await client.request(
+      { method: "tools/list" },
+      ListToolsResultSchema,
+    );
+
+    expect(result.tools).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.tools[0].name).toBe("test-with-meta");
+    expect(result.tools[0].description).toBe("A tool with _meta field");
+    expect(result.tools[0]._meta).toEqual(metaData);
+  });
+
+  /***
+   * Test: Tool Registration without _meta field should have undefined _meta
+   */
+  test("should register tool without _meta field and have undefined _meta in response", async () => {
+    const mcpServer = new McpServer({
+      name: "test server",
+      version: "1.0",
+    });
+    const client = new Client({
+      name: "test client",
+      version: "1.0",
+    });
+
+    mcpServer.registerTool(
+      "test-without-meta",
+      {
+        description: "A tool without _meta field",
+        inputSchema: { name: z.string() },
+      },
+      async ({ name }) => ({
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: `Hello, ${name}!` }]
+      })
+    );
+
+    const [clientTransport, serverTransport] =
+      InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair();
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      client.connect(clientTransport),
+      mcpServer.server.connect(serverTransport),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await client.request(
+      { method: "tools/list" },
+      ListToolsResultSchema,
+    );
+
+    expect(result.tools).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.tools[0].name).toBe("test-without-meta");
+    expect(result.tools[0]._meta).toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("resource()", () => {

src/server/mcp.ts

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export class McpServer {
                 }) as Tool["inputSchema"])
                 : EMPTY_OBJECT_JSON_SCHEMA,
               annotations: tool.annotations,
+              _meta: tool._meta,
             };
 
             if (tool.outputSchema) {
@@ -773,6 +774,7 @@ export class McpServer {
     inputSchema: ZodRawShape | undefined,
     outputSchema: ZodRawShape | undefined,
     annotations: ToolAnnotations | undefined,
+    _meta: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
     callback: ToolCallback<ZodRawShape | undefined>
   ): RegisteredTool {
     const registeredTool: RegisteredTool = {
@@ -783,6 +785,7 @@ export class McpServer {
       outputSchema:
         outputSchema === undefined ? undefined : z.object(outputSchema),
       annotations,
+      _meta,
       callback,
       enabled: true,
       disable: () => registeredTool.update({ enabled: false }),
@@ -798,6 +801,7 @@ export class McpServer {
         if (typeof updates.paramsSchema !== "undefined") registeredTool.inputSchema = z.object(updates.paramsSchema)
         if (typeof updates.callback !== "undefined") registeredTool.callback = updates.callback
         if (typeof updates.annotations !== "undefined") registeredTool.annotations = updates.annotations
+        if (typeof updates._meta !== "undefined") registeredTool._meta = updates._meta
         if (typeof updates.enabled !== "undefined") registeredTool.enabled = updates.enabled
         this.sendToolListChanged()
       },
@@ -915,7 +919,7 @@ export class McpServer {
     }
     const callback = rest[0] as ToolCallback<ZodRawShape | undefined>;
 
-    return this._createRegisteredTool(name, undefined, description, inputSchema, outputSchema, annotations, callback)
+    return this._createRegisteredTool(name, undefined, description, inputSchema, outputSchema, annotations, undefined, callback)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -929,6 +933,7 @@ export class McpServer {
       inputSchema?: InputArgs;
       outputSchema?: OutputArgs;
       annotations?: ToolAnnotations;
+      _meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
     },
     cb: ToolCallback<InputArgs>
   ): RegisteredTool {
@@ -936,7 +941,7 @@ export class McpServer {
       throw new Error(`Tool ${name} is already registered`);
     }
 
-    const { title, description, inputSchema, outputSchema, annotations } = config;
+    const { title, description, inputSchema, outputSchema, annotations, _meta } = config;
 
     return this._createRegisteredTool(
       name,
@@ -945,6 +950,7 @@ export class McpServer {
       inputSchema,
       outputSchema,
       annotations,
+      _meta,
       cb as ToolCallback<ZodRawShape | undefined>
     );
   }
@@ -1173,6 +1179,7 @@ export type RegisteredTool = {
   inputSchema?: AnyZodObject;
   outputSchema?: AnyZodObject;
   annotations?: ToolAnnotations;
+  _meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
   callback: ToolCallback<undefined | ZodRawShape>;
   enabled: boolean;
   enable(): void;
@@ -1185,6 +1192,7 @@ export type RegisteredTool = {
       paramsSchema?: InputArgs,
       outputSchema?: OutputArgs,
       annotations?: ToolAnnotations,
+      _meta?: Record<string, unknown>,
       callback?: ToolCallback<InputArgs>,
       enabled?: boolean
     }): void