Drops a Model Context Protocol server into clients/mcp/ that wraps the
clawdforge HTTP surface so MCP-aware clients (Claude Desktop, Claude Code,
Cursor, Zed, custom agents) can call it as a native tool — claude talking
to claude through the LAN bridge.
Three tools exposed:
- clawdforge_healthz -> GET /healthz
- clawdforge_run -> POST /run
- clawdforge_upload_file -> POST /files
Admin endpoints intentionally NOT exposed; token minting stays human-gated.
Implementation notes:
- Built on the official `mcp` Python SDK (>=1.0). asyncio-native server,
stdio transport, low-level Server class with @list_tools / @call_tool
handlers.
- Self-contained `requests` HTTP wrapper rather than depending on the
sibling clients/python SDK — keeps clawdforge-mcp installable
standalone. Same error taxonomy (ForgeError / ForgeAPIError /
ForgeAuthError / ForgeTransportError).
- Sync HTTP calls offloaded via asyncio.to_thread so a slow `claude -p`
can't stall the MCP event loop.
- Errors are formatted into a single 'clawdforge error: ...' text block
with isError=True; tracebacks never leak through the JSON-RPC pipe.
- Logging goes to stderr (CLAWDFORGE_MCP_LOG=DEBUG to enable). stdout
is reserved for JSON-RPC framing.
- Config via env: CLAWDFORGE_URL (default http://localhost:8800) and
CLAWDFORGE_TOKEN (required). MCP clients pass these via their `env`
config block.
Tests: 12 unit tests covering tool discovery, healthz, run-success,
run-with-files, run-empty-prompt, run-subprocess-502, run-auth-401,
upload happy path, upload missing file, unknown tool, server factory.
HTTP layer mocked via `responses`. Plus a manual end-to-end stdio
smoke (initialize + tools/list round-trip) verified during build.
Includes ready-to-paste Claude Desktop and Claude Code config examples,
and a README documenting install, env, all three tools, and operational
notes (stdout-is-sacred, error wrapping, no streaming).
