Call an MCP server's tools from the server with a connection's sign-in

run_connection_session opens one MCP session signed in with an MCP OAuth
connection's stored tokens and runs a batch of tool calls in it, so a
sync makes hundreds of calls over one sign-in. The tokens only go to the
server the connection signed in to. A sign-in that expired and cannot be
renewed flags the connection for reconnecting, which pauses its sources;
network trouble and rate limits are reported as worth retrying.
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"""MCP helpers for connections: re-scanning a server's actions, switching GitHub's writes."""
"""MCP helpers for connections: re-scanning a server's actions, switching GitHub's
writes, and calling a server's tools.
Agents call an MCP server's tools through ``MCPTool``. Server-side work that
reads a service through its MCP server (syncing Linear into Knowledge) opens
one session with :func:`run_connection_session` and makes all its calls in
it, signed in with the connection's own OAuth tokens.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Optional
import asyncio
import concurrent.futures
import json
from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Optional, TypeVar
from docsgpt.agents.tool_pins import carry_pins
from docsgpt.connectors import catalog, service
@@ -12,6 +22,8 @@ from docsgpt.storage.db.repositories.connector_sessions import ConnectorSessions
from docsgpt.storage.db.repositories.user_tools import UserToolsRepository
from docsgpt.storage.db.session import db_readonly, db_session
T = TypeVar("T")
class NoMcpTool(LookupError):
"""The connection has no MCP tool yet (it was set up without tools)."""
@@ -184,3 +196,187 @@ def set_builtin_writes(user_id: str, connection: dict, allow: bool) -> dict:
removed |= tool_removed
refreshed.append(serialized)
return {"added": sorted(added), "removed": sorted(removed), "tools": refreshed, "writes": allow}
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Calling a server's tools from the server side
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIGN_IN_EXPIRED = "The sign-in expired and could not be renewed. Reconnect to continue."
_TRANSIENT_WORDS = ("rate limit", "ratelimit", "too many requests", "temporarily", "timed out", "timeout")
class MCPToolError(Exception):
"""An MCP tool answered with an error (a missing issue, a refused argument)."""
class MCPSession:
"""One open MCP session: list the server's tools and call them.
Made by :func:`run_connection_session`. Every call goes over the same
session, so a sync of hundreds of items signs in once.
"""
def __init__(self, client: Any):
self._client = client
self._schemas: Optional[dict[str, dict]] = None
async def input_schema(self, name: str) -> Optional[dict]:
"""The input schema of tool ``name`` (``{}`` when it has none), or None when there is no such tool."""
if self._schemas is None:
tools = await self._client.list_tools()
self._schemas = {tool.name: (getattr(tool, "inputSchema", None) or {}) for tool in tools}
return self._schemas.get(name)
async def call(self, name: str, arguments: dict) -> Any:
"""Call tool ``name`` and return what it answered.
Returns:
Its structured content when it sends some, else its text parsed
as JSON, else the text itself.
Raises:
MCPToolError: The tool answered with an error.
service.TransientConnectionError: The error says to try again later.
"""
result = await self._client.call_tool(name, arguments, raise_on_error=False)
if getattr(result, "is_error", False):
message = _result_text(result) or "the tool failed"
if any(word in message.lower() for word in _TRANSIENT_WORDS):
raise service.TransientConnectionError(f"{name}: {message}")
raise MCPToolError(f"{name}: {message}")
return tool_result_data(result)
def _result_text(result: Any) -> str:
blocks = getattr(result, "content", None) or []
return "\n".join(str(block.text) for block in blocks if getattr(block, "text", None)).strip()
def tool_result_data(result: Any) -> Any:
"""What an MCP tool answered: its structured content, its text parsed as JSON, or the text."""
structured = getattr(result, "structured_content", None)
if isinstance(structured, dict) and structured:
# A tool without an output schema has other values wrapped as ``{"result": ...}``.
return structured["result"] if set(structured) == {"result"} else structured
text = _result_text(result)
try:
return json.loads(text)
except ValueError:
return text
def _client_for(connection: dict, server_url: str, timeout: float) -> Any:
"""An MCP client for ``server_url`` that signs in with ``connection``'s stored OAuth tokens.
The tokens are renewed with their refresh token when they expire; when
that fails the client raises ``MCPReauthorizationRequired`` instead of
starting an interactive sign-in.
"""
from fastmcp import Client
from docsgpt.agents.tools.mcp_tool import MCPTool, NonInteractiveOAuth
tool = MCPTool(
{"server_url": server_url, "auth_type": "oauth", "transport_type": "http", "timeout": timeout},
connection["user_id"],
)
auth = NonInteractiveOAuth(
mcp_url=tool.server_url,
redirect_uri=tool.redirect_uri,
user_id=connection["user_id"],
connection_id=str(connection["id"]),
)
return Client(tool._create_transport(), auth=auth, timeout=timeout)
def _errors(exc: BaseException):
"""``exc`` and every exception it wraps: causes, contexts and group members."""
seen: set[int] = set()
pending: list[Optional[BaseException]] = [exc]
while pending:
current = pending.pop()
if current is None or id(current) in seen:
continue
seen.add(id(current))
yield current
pending.extend(getattr(current, "exceptions", None) or ())
pending.extend((current.__cause__, current.__context__))
def _needs_sign_in(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
from docsgpt.agents.tools.mcp_tool import MCPReauthorizationRequired
return any(
isinstance(error, MCPReauthorizationRequired) or "oauth session expired" in str(error).lower()
for error in _errors(exc)
)
def _is_transient(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
import httpx
return any(
isinstance(error, (ConnectionError, TimeoutError, httpx.TransportError)) for error in _errors(exc)
)
def _run_coroutine(coroutine: Awaitable[T]) -> T:
"""Run ``coroutine`` to the end, on a thread of its own when this one already runs an event loop."""
try:
asyncio.get_running_loop()
except RuntimeError:
return asyncio.run(coroutine)
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
return pool.submit(asyncio.run, coroutine).result()
def run_connection_session(
connection: dict,
server_url: str,
work: Callable[[MCPSession], Awaitable[T]],
*,
timeout: float = 60.0,
) -> T:
"""Open one MCP session signed in with ``connection`` and run ``work`` in it.
Args:
connection: An MCP OAuth connection (a Linear sign-in).
server_url: The MCP endpoint. It must be the server the connection
signed in to, so its tokens never go anywhere else.
work: Async function given the open :class:`MCPSession`.
timeout: Seconds allowed for each request.
Returns:
What ``work`` returned.
Raises:
ValueError: ``server_url`` is not the connection's server.
service.ConnectionUnavailable: The connection needs reconnecting,
also when its sign-in expired and could not be renewed (it is
then flagged, which pauses its sources).
service.TransientConnectionError: The server could not be reached,
or asked to slow down.
MCPToolError: A tool answered with an error.
"""
connection_id = str(connection["id"])
if catalog.base_url(connection.get("server_url")) != catalog.base_url(server_url):
raise ValueError("A connection's sign-in only goes to its own server")
if service.normalize_status(connection) != service.STATUS_CONNECTED:
raise service.ConnectionUnavailable("Reconnect to continue", connection_id=connection_id)
async def session_work() -> T:
async with _client_for(connection, server_url, timeout) as client:
return await work(MCPSession(client))
try:
return _run_coroutine(session_work())
except (MCPToolError, service.TransientConnectionError, service.ConnectionUnavailable):
raise
except Exception as exc:
if _needs_sign_in(exc):
service.mark_reconnect_needed(connection_id, SIGN_IN_EXPIRED)
raise service.ConnectionUnavailable(SIGN_IN_EXPIRED, connection_id=connection_id) from exc
if _is_transient(exc):
raise service.TransientConnectionError(f"The MCP server did not answer: {type(exc).__name__}") from exc
raise
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"""Calling an MCP server's tools from the server side, signed in with a connection."""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
from types import SimpleNamespace
from unittest.mock import patch
import pytest
import docsgpt.api.user # noqa: F401 (loads mcp_tool without the circular import)
from docsgpt.agents.tools.mcp_tool import MCPReauthorizationRequired
from docsgpt.connectors import mcp, service
LINEAR = "https://mcp.linear.app/mcp"
def _connection(status="connected", server_url="https://mcp.linear.app") -> dict:
return {
"id": "c1", "user_id": "alice", "provider": "mcp:https://mcp.linear.app", "connector_key": "mcp:linear",
"auth_kind": "mcp_oauth", "status": status, "server_url": server_url, "encrypted_credentials": "v2:x",
}
def _text(payload) -> SimpleNamespace:
return SimpleNamespace(type="text", text=payload if isinstance(payload, str) else json.dumps(payload))
def _result(*content, structured=None, error=False) -> SimpleNamespace:
return SimpleNamespace(content=list(content), structured_content=structured, is_error=error)
class FakeClient:
"""An MCP client that answers from a table of tool results."""
def __init__(self, results=None, tools=(), enter_error=None):
self.results = results or {}
self.tools = [SimpleNamespace(name=name, inputSchema=schema) for name, schema in tools]
self.enter_error = enter_error
self.calls: list[tuple[str, dict]] = []
self.listed = 0
self.open = False
async def __aenter__(self):
if self.enter_error:
raise self.enter_error
self.open = True
return self
async def __aexit__(self, *exc):
self.open = False
async def list_tools(self):
self.listed += 1
return self.tools
async def call_tool(self, name, arguments=None, raise_on_error=True):
assert self.open
self.calls.append((name, dict(arguments or {})))
result = self.results[name]
if isinstance(result, BaseException):
raise result
return result
def _run(client, work, connection=None):
with patch.object(mcp, "_client_for", return_value=client) as make:
value = mcp.run_connection_session(connection or _connection(), LINEAR, work)
return value, make
class TestRunConnectionSession:
def test_calls_share_one_session_signed_in_with_the_connection(self):
client = FakeClient({"list_teams": _result(_text({"teams": [{"id": "t1"}]}))})
async def work(session):
first = await session.call("list_teams", {"limit": 5})
second = await session.call("list_teams", {})
return first, second
(first, second), make = _run(client, work)
assert first == {"teams": [{"id": "t1"}]} == second
assert client.calls == [("list_teams", {"limit": 5}), ("list_teams", {})]
assert make.call_args.args[0]["id"] == "c1"
assert make.call_args.args[1] == LINEAR
def test_structured_content_is_preferred_to_text(self):
client = FakeClient({"get_issue": _result(_text("prose"), structured={"id": "ENG-1"})})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("get_issue", {"id": "ENG-1"})
assert _run(client, work)[0] == {"id": "ENG-1"}
def test_text_that_is_not_json_comes_back_as_text(self):
client = FakeClient({"search": _result(_text("No results"))})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("search", {})
assert _run(client, work)[0] == "No results"
def test_a_tool_error_names_the_tool(self):
client = FakeClient({"get_issue": _result(_text("Entity not found"), error=True)})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("get_issue", {"id": "X"})
with pytest.raises(mcp.MCPToolError, match="get_issue: Entity not found"):
_run(client, work)
def test_a_rate_limit_is_worth_retrying(self):
client = FakeClient({"list_issues": _result(_text("Rate limit exceeded, retry later"), error=True)})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("list_issues", {})
with pytest.raises(service.TransientConnectionError):
_run(client, work)
def test_input_schemas_are_listed_once(self):
client = FakeClient(tools=[("list_issues", {"properties": {"team": {}}}), ("get_issue", None)])
async def work(session):
return (
await session.input_schema("list_issues"),
await session.input_schema("get_issue"),
await session.input_schema("missing"),
)
assert _run(client, work)[0] == ({"properties": {"team": {}}}, {}, None)
assert client.listed == 1
@pytest.mark.parametrize("error", [
MCPReauthorizationRequired("OAuth session expired"),
RuntimeError("Client failed to connect: OAuth session expired — please re-authorize"),
ExceptionGroup("task group", [MCPReauthorizationRequired("OAuth session expired")]),
])
def test_a_lost_sign_in_flags_the_connection(self, error):
client = FakeClient(enter_error=error)
async def work(session): # pragma: no cover - never reached
return None
with patch.object(service, "mark_reconnect_needed") as flag, pytest.raises(service.ConnectionUnavailable):
_run(client, work)
flag.assert_called_once()
assert flag.call_args.args[0] == "c1"
def test_a_lost_sign_in_during_a_call_flags_the_connection(self):
client = FakeClient({"list_issues": MCPReauthorizationRequired("OAuth session expired")})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("list_issues", {})
with patch.object(service, "mark_reconnect_needed") as flag, pytest.raises(service.ConnectionUnavailable):
_run(client, work)
flag.assert_called_once()
def test_a_connection_that_needs_reconnecting_is_not_used(self):
client = FakeClient()
async def work(session): # pragma: no cover - never reached
return None
with pytest.raises(service.ConnectionUnavailable):
_run(client, work, _connection(status="reconnect_needed"))
assert client.calls == []
def test_tokens_never_go_to_another_server(self):
async def work(session): # pragma: no cover - never reached
return None
with pytest.raises(ValueError):
_run(FakeClient(), work, _connection(server_url="https://mcp.notion.com"))
def test_network_trouble_is_worth_retrying(self):
client = FakeClient({"list_issues": ConnectionError("reset")})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("list_issues", {})
with patch.object(service, "mark_reconnect_needed") as flag, pytest.raises(service.TransientConnectionError):
_run(client, work)
flag.assert_not_called()
def test_the_client_signs_in_with_the_connections_stored_tokens(self, monkeypatch):
from fastmcp import Client
import docsgpt.agents.tools.mcp_tool as mcp_tool
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_tool, "validate_url", lambda url, **kw: url)
client = mcp._client_for(_connection(), LINEAR, 30)
assert isinstance(client, Client)
auth = client.transport.auth
assert isinstance(auth, mcp_tool.NonInteractiveOAuth)
assert auth.context.storage.connection_id == "c1"
assert auth.context.storage.user_id == "alice"
def test_runs_from_inside_a_running_event_loop(self):
import asyncio
client = FakeClient({"list_teams": _result(_text([]))})
async def work(session):
return await session.call("list_teams", {})
async def caller():
return _run(client, work)[0]
assert asyncio.run(caller()) == []