molecule-core/workspace/mcp_doctor.py
Hongming Wang 2652ea8342 fix(mcp-doctor): heartbeat (idempotent) instead of register (UPSERT)
Self-review caught after #2954 landed: check_register() POSTed to
/registry/register with agent_card.name="doctor-probe". The endpoint
is an UPSERT, so the doctor probe overwrites the workspace's actual
agent_card metadata until the real agent's next register call. An
operator running `molecule-mcp doctor` against a live workspace
would see their canvas briefly display "doctor-probe" as the agent
name — invisible production-disruption.

Switches to POST /registry/heartbeat. heartbeat only updates
last_heartbeat_at (and clears awaiting_agent if needed) — the same
work a normal molecule-mcp boot does every 20s in steady state, so
the doctor's extra heartbeat is indistinguishable from background
traffic.

Function renamed check_register → check_token_auth to match what
it actually does. check_register kept as back-compat alias so any
external test/import still resolves.

Also unified the duplicated token-resolution paths into a single
_resolve_token() returning (value, source_label). Pre-fix:
check_register and _resolve_token_summary read env in parallel
ladders — a future env-var addition would have to touch both.

New tests:
  - test_check_token_auth_uses_heartbeat_endpoint: mocks urlopen,
    asserts the URL ends in /registry/heartbeat AND does NOT
    contain /registry/register. Pins the load-bearing invariant
    so a future refactor can't silently re-route through register.
  - test_resolve_token_returns_value_and_label_for_env: pins the
    consolidated resolver returns both pieces of info from the
    same source-decision.
  - test_resolve_token_returns_none_when_missing: missing-env
    happy path.

Verification:
  - 13/13 tests pass (10 existing + 3 new)
  - Manual stripped-env run still renders 4 FAIL + 2 WARN with
    actionable hints, exit 1.

Refs molecule-core#2934 item 6 (doctor side-effect fix-up).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-05 16:11:08 -07:00

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"""molecule-mcp doctor — diagnostic subcommand for first-run install.
Run via ``molecule-mcp doctor``. Prints a checklist of common
onboarding failure modes and concrete next-step suggestions for each
failed check.
Closes Ryan's #2934 item 6 ("Add a molecule-mcp doctor subcommand —
this single command would have saved me 30 of the 45 minutes").
Pairs with #2935 (Python>=3.11 callout, PATH guidance, TOKEN_FILE
support) — those fixed the snippet, this gives the operator a way to
self-diagnose when something still goes wrong.
Six checks, in operator-encounter order:
1. Python version — wheel requires >=3.11 (pip says
"no versions found" on older).
2. Wheel install — molecule_runtime importable + version reported.
3. PATH for molecule-mcp — pip user-site installs land at
~/Library/Python/3.X/bin which isn't on
PATH on a fresh macOS shell. Most common
"claude mcp add can't find molecule-mcp"
cause.
4. Env vars — PLATFORM_URL set + reachable;
WORKSPACE_ID set; auth token resolvable
(env or *_FILE or .auth_token).
5. Platform health — GET ${PLATFORM_URL}/healthz returns 2xx.
Catches DNS/firewall/wrong-scheme issues
before the operator hits the real
register call.
6. Token auth — POST ${PLATFORM_URL}/registry/heartbeat
with the resolved workspace_id+token
returns 2xx. End-to-end auth verification.
Uses heartbeat (idempotent timestamp
update) instead of register (UPSERT —
would clobber agent_card metadata) so
the doctor is safe to run against a
live workspace.
Each check prints one of:
[OK] <one-line status>
[WARN] <one-line status> next: <fix suggestion>
[FAIL] <one-line status> next: <fix suggestion>
Exit 0 if all pass or only WARNs; exit 1 if any FAIL — so the
subcommand is scriptable from CI / install-checks too.
Out of scope for now (deferred follow-ups):
- Claude Code-specific checks (parse ~/.claude.json, verify each
MCP entry is plugin-sourced + dev-channels flag is set). That's
a separate Claude-Code-specific doctor and lives in the
claude-code-channel plugin, not the universal-MCP doctor.
- Automated remediation (running the suggested fix). Doctor is
a diagnostic tool — it tells the operator what's wrong + how
to fix it, doesn't apply changes.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import importlib
import importlib.metadata
import os
import shutil
import sys
from typing import Optional
# urllib avoids a hard dep on `requests` for the doctor — the real
# CLI already imports requests via mcp_heartbeat, but doctor should
# keep working even on a partial install where requests is missing
# (that itself is a finding worth surfacing).
from urllib import request as urllib_request
from urllib.error import URLError
# ANSI colors are friendly on TTYs; auto-disable on pipe / NO_COLOR
# for CI logs where the escape sequences clutter the diff.
def _color(name: str) -> str:
if not sys.stdout.isatty() or os.environ.get("NO_COLOR"):
return ""
return {
"green": "\033[32m",
"yellow": "\033[33m",
"red": "\033[31m",
"dim": "\033[2m",
"reset": "\033[0m",
}.get(name, "")
def _ok(label: str, msg: str) -> None:
print(f" {_color('green')}[OK]{_color('reset')} {label}: {msg}")
def _warn(label: str, msg: str, fix: str) -> None:
print(f" {_color('yellow')}[WARN]{_color('reset')} {label}: {msg}")
print(f" {_color('dim')}next:{_color('reset')} {fix}")
def _fail(label: str, msg: str, fix: str) -> None:
print(f" {_color('red')}[FAIL]{_color('reset')} {label}: {msg}")
print(f" {_color('dim')}next:{_color('reset')} {fix}")
# Each check returns a "ok" | "warn" | "fail" verdict so the caller
# can compute an exit code without re-walking the print stream.
Verdict = str # "ok" | "warn" | "fail"
def check_python_version() -> Verdict:
label = "Python version"
major, minor = sys.version_info[:2]
if (major, minor) >= (3, 11):
_ok(label, f"Python {major}.{minor} (wheel requires >=3.11)")
return "ok"
_fail(
label,
f"Python {major}.{minor} is below the wheel's >=3.11 floor",
"upgrade Python (brew install python@3.12 / apt install python3.12) "
"or run molecule-mcp via a 3.11+ venv.",
)
return "fail"
def check_wheel_install() -> Verdict:
label = "Wheel install"
try:
version = importlib.metadata.version("molecule-ai-workspace-runtime")
except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
_fail(
label,
"molecule-ai-workspace-runtime not found in this interpreter's site-packages",
"pip install molecule-ai-workspace-runtime "
"(or pipx install molecule-ai-workspace-runtime to get the "
"binary on PATH automatically).",
)
return "fail"
try:
importlib.import_module("molecule_runtime.mcp_cli")
except ImportError as e:
_fail(
label,
f"package found ({version}) but `molecule_runtime.mcp_cli` won't import: {e}",
"reinstall the wheel (pip install --force-reinstall "
"molecule-ai-workspace-runtime); if it still fails, file "
"a bug with the traceback.",
)
return "fail"
_ok(label, f"molecule-ai-workspace-runtime=={version}")
return "ok"
def check_path_for_binary() -> Verdict:
label = "PATH for molecule-mcp"
found = shutil.which("molecule-mcp")
if found:
_ok(label, f"resolves to {found}")
return "ok"
# Not on PATH — work out where pip put it so the suggestion is
# actionable instead of generic.
user_base = os.environ.get("PYTHONUSERBASE")
if not user_base:
try:
import site
user_base = site.getuserbase()
except Exception:
user_base = None
hint = (
f"add `{user_base}/bin` to PATH"
if user_base
else "switch to `pipx install molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` so the "
"binary lands in pipx's managed bin/ on PATH"
)
_fail(
label,
"molecule-mcp not found on PATH",
f"{hint}, or invoke via `python -m molecule_runtime.mcp_cli` directly.",
)
return "fail"
def _resolve_token() -> tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
"""Return ``(token_value, source_label)`` if the operator's
environment exposes a token, else ``(None, None)``.
Single source of truth used by both ``check_env_vars()`` (which
only needs the source label) and ``check_register()`` (which
needs the actual value to send a Bearer header). Keeping these
in one place means a future env-var addition only updates the
resolver — not two parallel readers that can drift.
"""
val = os.environ.get("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN", "").strip()
if val:
return val, "env MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN"
file_var = os.environ.get("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE", "").strip()
if file_var:
if os.path.isfile(file_var):
try:
from pathlib import Path as _Path
return (
_Path(file_var).read_text().strip(),
f"file {file_var} (via MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE)",
)
except OSError:
return None, None
return None, None
# Per-runtime container path used by the in-platform path; rarely
# set on external setups but check anyway so the message is
# accurate for both shapes.
try:
import configs_dir
candidate = configs_dir.resolve() / ".auth_token"
if candidate.is_file():
try:
return candidate.read_text().strip(), f"file {candidate}"
except OSError:
return None, None
except Exception:
pass
return None, None
def _resolve_token_summary() -> Optional[str]:
"""Return just the source label (no secret value). Convenience
wrapper around :func:`_resolve_token` for callers that don't
need the value itself.
"""
_, label = _resolve_token()
return label
def check_env_vars() -> Verdict:
label = "Env vars"
missing: list[str] = []
if not os.environ.get("PLATFORM_URL", "").strip():
missing.append("PLATFORM_URL")
if not os.environ.get("WORKSPACE_ID", "").strip() and not os.environ.get(
"MOLECULE_WORKSPACES", "",
).strip():
missing.append("WORKSPACE_ID (or MOLECULE_WORKSPACES)")
token_summary = _resolve_token_summary()
if not token_summary and not os.environ.get("MOLECULE_WORKSPACES", "").strip():
# MOLECULE_WORKSPACES is a JSON-array env that bundles its
# own per-workspace tokens — if it's set we trust the
# resolver to validate.
missing.append(
"MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN (or MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE, or "
"/configs/.auth_token)",
)
if missing:
_fail(
label,
f"unset: {', '.join(missing)}",
"see the canvas Connect-External-Agent modal — the snippet "
"exports all three. Use MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE for the "
"token to keep secrets out of shell history.",
)
return "fail"
_ok(
label,
f"PLATFORM_URL + WORKSPACE_ID set; token from {token_summary or 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACES'}",
)
return "ok"
def _http_get(url: str, timeout: float = 5.0) -> tuple[Optional[int], Optional[str]]:
"""Best-effort GET that swallows transport errors and returns
(status, error_message). Status is None when the request couldn't
complete; error_message is None when the request returned 2xx.
"""
try:
# Origin header — staging tenants enforce same-origin via WAF;
# /healthz tolerates either way but matching production headers
# surfaces auth-style 401s correctly during the doctor run.
req = urllib_request.Request(
url,
headers={"Origin": os.environ.get("PLATFORM_URL", "").rstrip("/")},
)
with urllib_request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
return resp.status, None
except URLError as e:
return None, str(e.reason if hasattr(e, "reason") else e)
except Exception as e:
return None, str(e)
def check_platform_health() -> Verdict:
label = "Platform reachability"
base = os.environ.get("PLATFORM_URL", "").strip().rstrip("/")
if not base:
_warn(label, "skipped (PLATFORM_URL unset — see Env vars)", "set PLATFORM_URL first")
return "warn"
if not base.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
_fail(
label,
f"PLATFORM_URL missing scheme: {base!r}",
"set PLATFORM_URL to include https:// — e.g. "
"PLATFORM_URL=https://your-tenant.staging.moleculesai.app",
)
return "fail"
if base.endswith("/"):
_warn(
label,
"PLATFORM_URL has trailing slash (will be stripped automatically)",
"remove the trailing slash to match the snippet shape",
)
status, err = _http_get(f"{base}/healthz")
if status is None:
_fail(label, f"GET {base}/healthz failed: {err}", "check DNS + firewall + scheme")
return "fail"
if not (200 <= status < 300):
_fail(label, f"GET {base}/healthz returned HTTP {status}", "verify the tenant subdomain is correct + provisioned")
return "fail"
_ok(label, f"GET {base}/healthz → {status}")
return "ok"
def check_token_auth() -> Verdict:
"""Light auth check via POST /registry/heartbeat.
Why heartbeat and not register: register is an UPSERT — sending
it from doctor would clobber the workspace's actual agent_card
(name, description, version) until the real agent next calls
register. That's an invisible production-disruption: someone
runs ``molecule-mcp doctor`` against a live workspace and the
canvas briefly displays "doctor-probe" as the agent name.
Heartbeat only updates last_heartbeat_at (and clears
awaiting_agent if needed) — that's exactly what a normal
molecule-mcp boot does every 20s, so an extra heartbeat from
the doctor is indistinguishable from background traffic.
Skipped when env vars failed earlier so the operator isn't shown
a redundant 401.
"""
label = "Token auth"
base = os.environ.get("PLATFORM_URL", "").strip().rstrip("/")
workspace_id = os.environ.get("WORKSPACE_ID", "").strip()
token, source_label = _resolve_token()
if not (base and workspace_id and token):
_warn(label, "skipped (Env vars must pass first)", "fix Env vars, re-run")
return "warn"
import json
body = json.dumps({"id": workspace_id}).encode()
req = urllib_request.Request(
f"{base}/registry/heartbeat",
data=body,
method="POST",
headers={
"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Origin": base,
},
)
try:
with urllib_request.urlopen(req, timeout=8.0) as resp:
status = resp.status
except URLError as e:
# Pull HTTP code from HTTPError; transport errors don't have one.
status = getattr(e, "code", None)
err = str(e.reason if hasattr(e, "reason") else e)
if status is None:
_fail(label, f"POST {base}/registry/heartbeat failed: {err}", "check network")
return "fail"
except Exception as e:
_fail(label, f"POST heartbeat failed: {e}", "check network")
return "fail"
if status == 401:
_fail(
label,
"401 Unauthorized — token rejected",
"tokens are shown only once at workspace-create time; "
"re-create the workspace OR rotate via canvas Tokens tab.",
)
return "fail"
if status == 404:
_fail(
label,
f"404 — workspace_id {workspace_id} not found on {base}",
"verify WORKSPACE_ID matches a real workspace + the tenant "
"subdomain in PLATFORM_URL.",
)
return "fail"
if not (200 <= status < 300):
_fail(label, f"POST heartbeat returned HTTP {status}", "see platform logs")
return "fail"
_ok(label, f"POST {base}/registry/heartbeat → {status} (token from {source_label})")
return "ok"
# Back-compat alias: the previous name was check_register, but the
# implementation switched to a non-mutating heartbeat probe (see
# check_token_auth's docstring). Kept so external test suites or
# pinned-import scripts don't break on the rename.
check_register = check_token_auth
CHECKS = [
check_python_version,
check_wheel_install,
check_path_for_binary,
check_env_vars,
check_platform_health,
check_token_auth,
]
def run() -> int:
"""Run all checks and return a process exit code (0 ok, 1 if any fail)."""
print("molecule-mcp doctor — onboarding diagnostic")
print()
verdicts = []
for chk in CHECKS:
try:
verdicts.append(chk())
except Exception as e:
# A buggy check shouldn't kill the rest of the doctor run.
print(f" [BUG] {chk.__name__}: unexpected {type(e).__name__}: {e}")
verdicts.append("fail")
print()
fails = sum(1 for v in verdicts if v == "fail")
warns = sum(1 for v in verdicts if v == "warn")
if fails:
print(f"{fails} check(s) failed, {warns} warning(s). Fix the FAIL items above and re-run.")
return 1
if warns:
print(f"All required checks passed; {warns} warning(s) — review the next-step hints.")
return 0
print("All checks passed.")
return 0