package mcp import ( "bufio" "bytes" "context" "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" "log/slog" "os" "os/exec" "strconv" "strings" "sync" ) // stdioTransport runs an MCP server as a child process and speaks // newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0 to its stdin/stdout. type stdioTransport struct { cfg MCPConfig log *slog.Logger line *lineRPC cmd *exec.Cmd stdin io.WriteCloser closeOnce sync.Once closed bool onNotification func(method string) } // setOnNotification records the handler invoked when the server sends a // notification frame (a JSON-RPC message with no id). It is wired by the client // before initialize so server notifications are not lost. func (s *stdioTransport) setOnNotification(fn func(method string)) { s.onNotification = fn if s.line != nil { s.line.onNotification = fn } } // newStdioTransport builds a stdio transport for cfg. func newStdioTransport(cfg MCPConfig, log *slog.Logger) *stdioTransport { return &stdioTransport{cfg: cfg, log: log} } // Start spawns the subprocess and wires up the request/response streams. func (s *stdioTransport) Start(ctx context.Context) error { if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio start: %w", err) } if s.cfg.Command == "" { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio: %w", ErrNoTransport) } cmd := exec.Command(s.cfg.Command, s.cfg.Args...) cmd.Env = envWith(os.Environ(), s.cfg.Env) stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio stdin: %w", err) } stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio stdout: %w", err) } stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio stderr: %w", err) } if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio start %q: %w", s.cfg.Command, err) } s.cmd = cmd s.stdin = stdin s.line = &lineRPC{in: stdin, out: bufio.NewReader(stdout), log: s.log, onNotification: s.onNotification} go s.drainStderr(stderr) return nil } // Call sends a request over stdio and decodes the response. func (s *stdioTransport) Call(ctx context.Context, method string, params any, result any) error { if s.line == nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp stdio %s: %w", method, ErrNotConnected) } return s.line.call(ctx, method, params, result) } // Close terminates the child process and closes its streams. func (s *stdioTransport) Close() error { s.closeOnce.Do(func() { s.closed = true if s.stdin != nil { _ = s.stdin.Close() } if s.cmd != nil && s.cmd.Process != nil { _ = s.cmd.Process.Kill() } if s.cmd != nil { _ = s.cmd.Wait() } }) return nil } // drainStderr reads and logs the child's standard error at debug level so server // diagnostics are visible without blocking the process. func (s *stdioTransport) drainStderr(r io.Reader) { buf := make([]byte, 4096) for { n, err := r.Read(buf) if n > 0 { s.log.Debug("mcp server stderr", "name", s.cfg.Name, "msg", strings.TrimSpace(string(buf[:n]))) } if err != nil { return } } } // lineRPC carries newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0 over a stream pair. Calls are // serialized so at most one request is in flight at a time, which keeps id // matching simple and deterministic. type lineRPC struct { in io.Writer out *bufio.Reader log *slog.Logger mu sync.Mutex nextID int onNotification func(method string) } // call writes a request and reads until the matching response arrives. func (l *lineRPC) call(ctx context.Context, method string, params any, result any) error { l.mu.Lock() defer l.mu.Unlock() if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp %s: %w", method, err) } l.nextID++ id := strconv.Itoa(l.nextID) req, err := encodeRequest(id, method, params) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp %s: %w", method, err) } req = append(req, '\n') if _, err := l.in.Write(req); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp %s write: %w", method, err) } return l.readResponse(id, method, result) } // readResponse reads lines until a response matching id arrives, skipping blank // lines, malformed frames and notifications (no id). func (l *lineRPC) readResponse(id, method string, result any) error { for { line, err := l.out.ReadBytes('\n') if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp %s read: %w", method, err) } line = bytes.TrimSpace(line) if len(line) == 0 { continue } var resp rpcResponse if err := json.Unmarshal(line, &resp); err != nil { l.log.Debug("mcp ignoring malformed frame", "line", string(line)) continue } if resp.ID == nil { // A server-initiated notification (no id); hand it to the client's // handler if one is installed. The handler must not re-enter this // transport synchronously (see the serverNotifier contract). if resp.Method != "" && l.onNotification != nil { l.onNotification(resp.Method) } continue } if !decodeIDString(resp, id) { continue } if resp.Error != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp %s: %w: %w", method, ErrRPC, resp.Error) } if result != nil { if err := json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, result); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp %s decode: %w", method, err) } } return nil } } // notify writes a fire-and-forget JSON-RPC notification (no id). func (l *lineRPC) notify(ctx context.Context, method string, params any) error { l.mu.Lock() defer l.mu.Unlock() req, err := encodeRequest(nil, method, params) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp notify %s: %w", method, err) } req = append(req, '\n') if _, err := l.in.Write(req); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mcp notify %s write: %w", method, err) } return nil } // envWith returns base with extra merged over it (an extra key overrides a // same-named base entry). A nil/empty extra returns base unchanged. func envWith(base []string, extra map[string]string) []string { if len(extra) == 0 { return base } out := make([]string, 0, len(base)+len(extra)) for _, kv := range base { if k, _, ok := strings.Cut(kv, "="); ok { if _, dup := extra[k]; dup { continue } } out = append(out, kv) } for k, v := range extra { out = append(out, k+"="+v) } return out }