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Method getTools

src/mcp/tools.ts:920–989  ·  view source on GitHub ↗

* Get tool definitions with dynamic descriptions based on project size. * The codegraph_explore tool description includes a budget recommendation * scaled to the number of indexed files. Honors the CODEGRAPH_MCP_TOOLS * allowlist so a trimmed surface is reflected in ListTools.

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918 * allowlist so a trimmed surface is reflected in ListTools.
919 */
920 getTools(): ToolDefinition[] {
921 const allow = this.toolAllowlist();
922 // No explicit allowlist → the default 4-tool surface (see
923 // DEFAULT_MCP_TOOLS for the evidence). An allowlist replaces the
924 // default entirely, so any defined tool can be re-enabled.
925 let visible = allow
926 ? tools.filter(t => allow.has(t.name.replace(/^codegraph_/, '')))
927 : tools.filter(t => DEFAULT_MCP_TOOLS.has(t.name.replace(/^codegraph_/, '')));
928 // No default project loaded → no-root-index case (#993): a gateway server
929 // started outside any repo, or a monorepo root whose indexes live in
930 // sub-projects. With nothing to fall back to, EVERY call needs an explicit
931 // projectPath, so mark it required in the schema — a high-salience nudge the
932 // agent acts on, where SERVER_INSTRUCTIONS_NO_ROOT_INDEX's prose alone
933 // wasn't enough (the reporter had to add an AGENTS.md note). `this.cg` is
934 // settled by `retryInitIfNeeded()` before `handleToolsList` calls us, so a
935 // null here means "genuinely no default", not a startup race. When a default
936 // IS open we leave projectPath optional (below): a bare call falls back to
937 // it, exactly as in the common single-project launch.
938 if (!this.cg) return withRequiredProjectPath(visible);
939
940 try {
941 const stats = this.cg.getStats();
942 const budget = getExploreBudget(stats.fileCount);
943
944 // Tiny-repo tool gating: on projects under TINY_REPO_FILE_THRESHOLD
945 // files, only expose the core trio (search, node, explore) — one
946 // below even the 4-tool default: at this scale callers, too, reduces
947 // to one grep. (Historical note: the audit below ran when context and
948 // trace still existed; its "5 core tools" are today's trio.)
949 //
950 // n=2 audits ruled out cutting below 5 tools:
951 // - 3-tool gate (search + context + trace): cost regressed on
952 // cobra/ky/sinatra. The agent fell back to raw Reads to cover
953 // what codegraph_node + codegraph_explore would have answered.
954 // - 1-tool gate (search only): catastrophic regression — express
955 // went from -43% WIN to +107% LOSS. With only search, the agent
956 // can't navigate the call graph structurally and reads everything.
957 //
958 // 5 is the empirical lower bound. Tools beyond search/context/
959 // node/explore/trace pay overhead that the agent doesn't recoup
960 // on tiny-repo flow questions.
961 // ITER4: raise threshold 150 → 500 so single-file frameworks
962 // (sinatra at 159, slim_framework around 200) also get the
963 // 5-tool surface. The empirical 5-tool floor was set on <150
964 // probes; iter3 measurement showed sinatra is structurally the
965 // SAME problem as cobra (single-file WITHOUT-arm Read wins),
966 // so it deserves the same gating.
967 const TINY_REPO_FILE_THRESHOLD = 500;
968 const TINY_REPO_CORE_TOOLS = new Set([
969 'codegraph_explore',
970 'codegraph_search',
971 'codegraph_node',
972 ]);
973 if (stats.fileCount < TINY_REPO_FILE_THRESHOLD) {
974 visible = visible.filter(t => TINY_REPO_CORE_TOOLS.has(t.name));
975 }
976
977 return visible.map(tool => {

Callers 4

handleToolsListMethod · 0.80
listedFunction · 0.80

Calls 5

toolAllowlistMethod · 0.95
withRequiredProjectPathFunction · 0.85
getExploreBudgetFunction · 0.85
hasMethod · 0.80
getStatsMethod · 0.45

Tested by 1

listedFunction · 0.64