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Hongming Wang
da9061c131 mcp: surface specific TOKEN_FILE errors + link follow-ups (#2934)
Self-review of #2935 turned up two real defects:

1. Stale README issue references — the build_runtime_package.py
   README template said "(issue #2934 follow-up)" twice, but the
   marketplace-plugin and `doctor` items now have dedicated tracking
   issues. Updated to point at #2936 and #2937 respectively.

2. Silent fallthrough on broken MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE — when
   an operator EXPLICITLY pointed TOKEN_FILE at a path that didn't
   exist / wasn't readable / was blank / contained internal whitespace,
   the resolver silently returned the generic "set one of these three
   vars" error. That's exactly the silent failure mode #2934 flagged
   ("a new user has no chance"). Refactor `_read_token_from_file_env`
   to return `(token, error)`; surface the SPECIFIC failure when the
   operator's intent was clearly the file path. Skip the CONFIGS_DIR
   fallback in that case so the operator's config bug isn't masked
   by a different source happening to work.

Adds 2 renames + 2 new tests in test_mcp_cli_split.py:
  - test_missing_file_returns_specific_error (asserts "does not exist")
  - test_empty_file_returns_specific_error (asserts "is empty")
  - test_multi_line_file_rejected (asserts "internal whitespace")
  - test_token_file_error_skips_configs_dir_fallback (asserts a valid
    CONFIGS_DIR/.auth_token does NOT silently rescue a broken
    TOKEN_FILE)

All 81 mcp_cli + mcp_cli_multi_workspace + mcp_cli_split tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-05 15:07:15 -07:00
Hongming Wang
01deeb36cf fix(onboarding): address Claude Code MCP onboarding friction (#2934)
Ryan's bug report (#2934) walked through ~45 min of debugging a stock
external-runtime install. This PR fixes the four items he flagged that
have a small surface, and stubs out the larger ones for follow-up.

Fixed in this PR
================

#1 — Python floor disclosure (README in publish bundle)
  Add an explicit "Requires Python ≥3.11" section that calls out the
  cryptic "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement"
  failure mode; recommend `pipx install` over `pip install` so the
  binary lands on PATH automatically; show the explicit `pip install
  --user` alternative with the PATH caveat.

#3 — MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE support (mcp_workspace_resolver.py)
  Add a third resolution step between the inline env var and the
  in-container CONFIGS_DIR fallback. Operators can write the bearer to
  a 0600 file (e.g. ~/.config/molecule/token) and point
  MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE at it, keeping the secret out of
  ~/.zsh_history and out of plaintext in MCP-host configs like
  ~/.claude.json. Inline TOKEN still wins on conflict so rotation flows
  are predictable. README documents the safer option as the
  recommended path. 6 new tests pin every leg (file resolves, inline
  wins, missing/empty file falls through, blank env unset-equivalent,
  help text advertises it).

#4 — Push delivery 3-condition gating (README in publish bundle)
  Document that real-time push on Claude Code requires (a) the server
  to declare experimental.claude/channel (we do), (b) the server to be
  marketplace-plugin-sourced (operators must scaffold their own until
  the official marketplace lands — see #2934 follow-up), and (c) the
  --dangerously-load-development-channels flag on the claude
  invocation. Until any of the three is in place, delivery silently
  falls back to poll mode with no diagnostic. The README now says all
  of this explicitly so a new operator doesn't grep the binary for
  channel_enable to figure it out.

#8 — serverInfo.name mismatch (a2a_mcp_server.py)
  The server reported `serverInfo.name = "a2a-delegation"` while
  operators register it as `molecule` (the name in `claude mcp add
  molecule …`). Harmless on tool routing today but matters for any
  future Claude Code allowlist that gates push by hardcoded server
  name. Renamed to "molecule" with an inline comment explaining the
  invariant.

Deferred (separate issues to track)
===================================

#2 — covered transitively by #1's pipx recommendation; no separate fix.
#5 — `moleculesai/claude-code-plugin` marketplace repo (substantial new
     repo work; the README references it as a documented follow-up).
#6 — `molecule-mcp doctor` subcommand (substantial new CLI surface;
     mentioned in the README's push-vs-poll section as the planned
     diagnostic for silent push fallback).
#7 — `--dangerously-load-development-channels` rename — not in our
     control; that's Claude Code's flag.

Tests
=====
164/164 mcp_cli + a2a_mcp_server tests pass locally
(WORKSPACE_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 pytest …) including
6 new TestTokenFileEnv cases. Wheel builds successfully via
scripts/build_runtime_package.py with the new README markers verified
in the output.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-05 14:19:09 -07:00
Hongming Wang
28ef75d25e refactor(workspace): split mcp_cli.py (626 LOC) into focused modules (RFC #2873 iter 3)
Splits the standalone molecule-mcp wrapper into three single-concern
modules per the OSS-shape refactor program:

  * mcp_heartbeat.py — register POST + heartbeat loop + auth-failure
    escalation + inbound-secret persistence
  * mcp_workspace_resolver.py — single + multi-workspace env validation
    + on-disk token-file read + operator-help printer
  * mcp_inbox_pollers.py — activate inbox singleton + spawn one daemon
    poller per workspace

mcp_cli.py becomes a 193-LOC orchestrator: validates env, calls each
module's helpers, hands off to a2a_mcp_server.cli_main. The console-
script entry molecule-mcp = molecule_runtime.mcp_cli:main is preserved.

Back-compat aliases (mcp_cli._build_agent_card, _heartbeat_loop,
_resolve_workspaces, etc.) re-export the new modules' authoritative
functions so existing tests + wheel_smoke.py + any downstream caller
keeps working unchanged. A new test file pins each alias as the
exact same callable (drift gate via `is`).

Tests:
  * 62 existing test_mcp_cli.py + test_mcp_cli_multi_workspace.py
    pass against the split.
  * Two heartbeat-loop persist tests + the auth-escalation caplog
    setup updated to target mcp_heartbeat (the module where the loop
    body now lives) instead of mcp_cli (still works through aliases
    for direct calls, but Python's name resolution inside the loop
    body uses the new module's namespace).
  * test_mcp_cli_split.py adds 11 new tests: alias drift gate +
    inbox-poller single + multi-workspace branches + degraded
    inbox-import logging path (none of those existed before).

Refs RFC #2873.
2026-05-05 04:33:06 -07:00