[RVZO6]

Problem

tools/list returns the same 68 tools to every /mcp caller. A client that signs in through OAuth from outside a T3 thread gets 28 tools it can only fail with, such as request_secret, delegate_task, preview_*, device_* and the worktree tools. When it calls one, the handler correctly refuses with thread_credential_required. The client has no way to know that before it calls.

Expected: an outside client sees only the tools it can call.

To reproduce, sign in to /mcp through OAuth with a pairing code, call tools/list, and then call request_secret.

Change

• McpInvocationContext.hiddenFromOutsideClients is an EnabledWhen that hides a tool when the caller has no thread. EnabledWhen gates both tools/list and tools/call, so an outside call to a hidden tool returns Tool '<name>' not found.
• I applied it to the 28 thread-bound tools in the orchestrator, worktree, previewControls, html, device and preview toolkits.
• McpToolAccess now fails at layer build if a declaration requires a thread but does not have this EnabledWhen. This stops a future thread-only tool from being offered to outside clients by accident.
• Authorization does not change. The handlers still refuse with thread_credential_required, and a direct handler test keeps that covered behind discovery.
• I added a short note to docs/internals/environment-auth.md.

Scope and approval

This is a small, focused fix for an obvious bug: the server offers tools that it then always refuses for that caller. It changes nothing for callers inside a thread. There is no prior issue.

Verification

• vp test run apps/server/src/mcp apps/server/src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts: 29 files and 344 tests passed. New or changed tests:
  • McpToolAccess.test.ts: the build guard rejects an unmarked thread-bound declaration, and a hidden tool returns "not found".
  • AgentContextBudget.test.ts: it lists the full tool surface over real HTTP for an outside client and a thread client.
  • McpHttpServer.test.ts and toolkits/core.test.ts: I updated them for the new behavior.
• I removed the mark from one tool, and the build guard stopped the layer as expected.
• I did a manual check on Linux with Node 26.12.1. I ran the server from this branch on loopback with a throwaway data folder, then signed in through OAuth with read-only and full-access pairing codes:
  • Before, on the installed 0.1.8-nightly.20261105 build: 68 tools, and request_secret returned thread_credential_required.
  • After, on this branch: 40 tools, and request_secret returned JSON-RPC -32602 Tool 'request_secret' not found.
• apps/server typecheck, lint and vp fmt --check are clean on the changed files.
• Not checked: a live session inside a thread. Only the tests cover it.
• Not in scope: read-only clients still see write tools, and threads without the device or preview capability may still see those tools. These are separate issues.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at d9da95d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Outside MCP clients stop seeing thread-bound tools they already cannot execute, while thread callers retain access. Existing authorization remains intact, and a registration guard prevents future thread-only tools from being accidentally offered.

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Walkthrough

Thread-bound MCP tools are omitted from discovery for clients without a thread. Routing validates tool visibility annotations, while handlers continue to reject unauthorized calls. Tests and documentation cover scoped tool lists and calls.

Changes: Thread-scoped MCP tool discovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and enforce tool visibility apps/server/src/mcp/McpInvocationContext.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.test.ts	The invocation context provides a predicate for outside clients. Routing requires tools without remote checks to use this visibility predicate. Tests cover discovery, handler authorization, and the routing requirement.
Annotate thread-bound tools apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/{device,html,orchestrator,preview,previewControls,worktree}/tools.ts	Thread-bound tools use the outside-client visibility predicate. Existing annotations are retained, and PreviewListTool is marked non-destructive.
Verify scoped discovery and calls apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts, docs/internals/environment-auth.md	Tests check thread-scoped and outside-client tool lists, including calls made with stale tool lists. Documentation describes tool discovery and handler authorization.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPClient
  participant MCPHttpServer
  participant McpInvocationContext
  participant ToolDeclarations
  MCPClient->>MCPHttpServer: Request tool list
  MCPHttpServer->>McpInvocationContext: Resolve invocation scope
  McpInvocationContext-->>MCPHttpServer: Return thread or outside-client scope
  MCPHttpServer->>ToolDeclarations: Check EnabledWhen predicates
  ToolDeclarations-->>MCPHttpServer: Return tools enabled for the scope
  MCPHttpServer-->>MCPClient: Return visible tool list

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#26515 — The PR hides thread-bound tools from outside MCP clients, matching the issue’s proposed discovery behavior. Its documentation and target_required error text are not addressed.
• pingdotgg/t3code#17202 — The PR changes discovery for outside clients, but does not address tools still being listed to in-thread agents when preview or device capability is off.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#26525 — Its documentation describes outside clients seeing thread-bound tools that this PR now hides.
• pingdotgg/t3code#32158 — It adds orchestrator tools with a separate EnabledWhen predicate, related to this PR’s visibility annotation and routing validation.
• pingdotgg/t3code#19615 — Its MCP access tools require a thread caller, related to this PR’s thread-bound visibility rule.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0edf5

The supplied evidence identifies no actionable issue blocking merge. Normal validation should still complete.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Title check		The title names the main change: outside MCP clients stop being offered thread-bound tools. It uses the conventional commit form with a fix(server) scope. The changeset matches it: a visibility gate h…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the expected behavior and reproduction steps. The Change section …
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The title names the main change: outside MCP clients stop being offered thread-bound tools. It uses the conventional commit form with a fix(server) scope. The changeset matches it: a visibility gate hides 28 thread-bound tools from callers without a thread, and the summaries describe that gate in every toolkit file.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the expected behavior and reproduction steps. The Change section explains the EnabledWhen gate, the build-time guard, and the docs note. The Scope section explains why the fix qualifies as a small, focused fix of an obvious bug without a prior issue. The Verification section lists the test commands, the results, a manual Linux check, and what was not checked. The template's opening comment asks for a conventional commit title, and the title meets that. The template also asks for the model and harness at the end, and the description gives 'Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code'. The description does not link a triaged issue or maintainer approval, so the scope justification depends on the author's own claim that the bug is obvious. Its verification also cites a version number and counts that do not appear in the objectives, and the objectives report 345 tests after a rebase, while the description says 344. These points do not make the description incomplete, so the check passes.

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[RVZO6]

Thanks for the review.

1. McpToolAccess.test.ts did run in CI. Shard 3 ran it at the old head, d9da95d: Test Server 3 shows vp test run 'src/mcp/McpToolAccess.test.ts' and then ✓ src/mcp/McpToolAccess.test.ts (74 tests). The file is in the normal shard selection, so I changed nothing for this point.
2. I rebased the branch onto current main (09a54f01bc). The new head is bd0fd6e878, and the rebase had no conflicts. I reran vp test run apps/server/src/mcp apps/server/src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts (29 files, 345 tests passed) and the apps/server typecheck (clean). The new CI run will cover the current base.

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Nitpick comments: 1

apps/server/src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts: 1

243-261: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Test a thread-bound call over HTTP.

The existing positive call tests use the in-process server. Extend this HTTP test to call a thread-bound tool as asThread and assert its handler result. Otherwise, a call-specific visibility regression can pass the list and in-process tests.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts around
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Extend the HTTP test to invoke a thread-bound tool through `asThread` and assert
the handler’s result. Keep the existing tool-list visibility and outside-client
refusal checks, and use the established test setup to verify call-specific
visibility over HTTP.

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- Around line 243-261: Extend the HTTP test to invoke a thread-bound tool
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visibility and outside-client refusal checks, and use the established test setup
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[RVZO6]

Done in 0edf5ee399. Over HTTP, the test now calls preview_status both as the thread and as the outside client. The thread call reaches the handler and gets the handler's own preview-capability refusal, because this test's thread lacks that capability. The outside call gets Tool 'preview_status' not found. I picked this tool because its handler gives a fixed result without the mocked services. AgentContextBudget.test.ts passes (3/3).

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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Verified exact head 0edf5ee39944acc839cf90d37810da41b0692e7d on a disposable Linux VM, with one background dev server at a time and task-owned state. No source changes were needed.

• Reproduced on github/main (4c361199f4) in a separate worktree: an outside client authenticated through dynamic OAuth registration, PKCE and a pairing code saw 68 tools. Calling request_secret returned thread_credential_required.
• On the PR head, the same OAuth flow offered 40 tools. Exactly the 28 thread-bound names disappeared; no tools were added. Direct calls to request_secret and preview_status returned JSON-RPC -32602, tool not found.
• Used Playwright from the repo with /usr/bin/google-chrome to drive the real web app and submit actual Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns. Provider completion events confirm successful orchestrator_capabilities, t3_worktree_status and t3_thread_list calls. An inside-thread request_secret call opened the secret card; clicking Decline returned status: "declined" and the provider completed normally. No secret was supplied.
• Nearby behavior: the outside OAuth client still successfully listed the same project threads when given projectId.
• Re-ran the four affected existing test modules through blacksmith-check: 127/127 passed (McpToolAccess, McpHttpServer, toolkit core and AgentContextBudget).

Runtime transcript

Not verified

Packaged desktop, native iOS/Android, remote relay/tunnel connections, and providers other than Codex were not exercised on this Linux VM. Secret storage/submission and every individual hidden tool's full operation were not exercised; the live checks covered discovery, refusal, worktree status and secret-card cancellation. No merge with newer main was tested.