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Validates Model Context Protocol (MCP) compliance by running official compliance test suite against Pierre server

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MCP Compliance Validation Skill

Purpose

Validates Model Context Protocol (MCP) compliance by running the official compliance test suite against the Pierre server.

CLAUDE.md Compliance

  • ✅ Uses existing validation script (no new code)
  • ✅ No external dependencies beyond test suite
  • ✅ Deterministic test execution

Usage

Run this skill before:

  • Protocol handler changes
  • Tool modifications
  • SDK releases
  • Production deployments

Prerequisites

  • mcp-compliance repository cloned to ../mcp-compliance/
  • Pierre server must be runnable

Commands

Quick Validation

# Ensure mcp-compliance repo exists and run tests
./scripts/ci/ensure-mcp-compliance.sh

Detailed Validation

# 1. Ensure compliance suite is installed
./scripts/ci/ensure-mcp-compliance.sh

# 2. Start Pierre server
cargo run --bin pierre-mcp-server &
SERVER_PID=$!
sleep 3

# 3. Run compliance tests
cd ../mcp-compliance
bun test -- --server="http://localhost:8081/mcp"
TEST_RESULT=$?
cd -

# 4. Cleanup
kill $SERVER_PID

# 5. Exit with test result
exit $TEST_RESULT

Manual Compliance Check

# Check JSON-RPC 2.0 compliance
rg "jsonrpc.*2\.0" src/mcp/ --type rust -n | head -10

# Verify error code compliance
rg "error.*code.*-32[0-9]{3}" src/mcp/ --type rust -A 3 | head -20

# Check tool schema format
rg "struct ToolDefinition|inputSchema" src/protocols/universal/tool_registry.rs --type rust -A 10 | head -30

Success Criteria

  • ✅ All MCP compliance tests pass
  • ✅ JSON-RPC 2.0 format validated
  • ✅ Tool schemas match specification
  • ✅ Error responses properly formatted

Troubleshooting

Issue: mcp-compliance repo not found

# Clone the compliance suite
git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/mcp-compliance ../mcp-compliance
cd ../mcp-compliance
bun install
cd -

Issue: Server won't start

# Check if port 8081 is in use
lsof -i :8081
# Kill existing process or use different port

Issue: Tests timeout

# Increase timeout in compliance suite
# Or run server separately and ensure it's responsive
curl -X POST http://localhost:8081/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":1}'

Related Files

  • scripts/ci/ensure-mcp-compliance.sh - Compliance runner script
  • src/mcp/protocol.rs - MCP protocol implementation
  • src/protocols/universal/tool_registry.rs - Tool definitions

Related Skills

  • run-full-test-suite - Full test suite execution