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The startup banner read the global `~/.pi/agent/mcp.json` and reported `Object.keys(cfg.mcpServers).length`, which overstates the MCP surface in two directions: * A server carrying `"disabled": true` connects to nothing, authenticates nothing and registers no tools, but still counted. * A server configured only in the project layer never appeared at all, because only the global file was parsed. `countEnabledMcpServers` reads both layers lowest-precedence first and counts the surviving entries that are not disabled, so `/mcp disable` in a project turns a globally configured server off in the banner as well. A layer that is absent or unparseable contributes nothing and no longer discards the layers that did parse — the old `catch` reset the whole count to 0. The count is a pure function of the two file bodies, with the reader injected the way `readGitBranch` takes its `execFile`, so the tests state the contract without touching a filesystem. Fixes Gentleman-Programming#979
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe startup banner now counts enabled MCP servers from global and project configuration layers. Project entries override global entries. Missing or invalid layers do not stop counting. Tests cover disabled servers, overrides, invalid data, and non-object configuration shapes. ChangesMCP banner count
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The MCP banner can still show a count different from the servers available to the session for configurations using shared MCP files or malformed entries. The impact is limited to an inaccurate startup statistic, but the count should be aligned before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@extensions/startup-banner.ts`:
- Around line 539-540: Update mcpConfigPaths and its mcpLayers usage so
countEnabledMcpServers reflects the adapter’s merged MCP configuration across
all six normal layers, including cross-layer overrides. Keep host-specific files
conditional, matching loadMcpConfig’s explicit-import or discovery behavior, and
remove the two-path-only assumption.
- Line 565: Update countEnabledMcpServers to skip entries before servers.set
when they are null, non-object values, or arrays, matching the filtering
performed by toServerEntries and isRecord. Preserve valid object entries, and
update the test expectations to return zero for null, primitive, and array
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| export function mcpConfigPaths(cwd: string): string[] { | ||
| return [join(PI_AGENT_DIR, "mcp.json"), join(cwd, ".pi", "mcp.json")]; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Read the adapter's merged MCP configuration.
countEnabledMcpServers reads only PI_AGENT_DIR/mcp.json and <cwd>/.pi/mcp.json. Session initialization calls loadMcpConfig(configPath, cwd), which merges these sources from lowest to highest precedence:
~/.config/mcp/mcp.json~/.agents/mcp.json~/.agents/mcp/mcp.jsonPI_AGENT_DIR/mcp.json<cwd>/.mcp.json<cwd>/.pi/mcp.json
A server in an omitted shared layer is missing from the banner count. An omitted higher-precedence disabled entry can also make the banner report a server that the session does not load.
Use the adapter's merged configuration instead of maintaining a two-path list. Keep host-specific files conditional because the adapter loads them only through explicit imports or discovery. Update mcpLayers to cover the six normal layers and cross-layer overrides.
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In `@extensions/startup-banner.ts` around lines 539 - 540, Update mcpConfigPaths
and its mcpLayers usage so countEnabledMcpServers reflects the adapter’s merged
MCP configuration across all six normal layers, including cross-layer overrides.
Keep host-specific files conditional, matching loadMcpConfig’s explicit-import
or discovery behavior, and remove the two-path-only assumption.
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| } | ||
| if (!entries || typeof entries !== "object" || Array.isArray(entries)) continue; | ||
| for (const [name, entry] of Object.entries(entries)) { | ||
| servers.set(name, entry ?? {}); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Skip invalid MCP server entries before counting.
The adapter’s standard loader filters entries through toServerEntries and isRecord, which reject null, primitive, and array values. countEnabledMcpServers currently stores these values and converts null to {}, so it can count malformed entries as enabled.
Before servers.set, skip entries that are not non-null objects or are arrays. Update the test to expect zero for null, primitive, and array entries, and one for a valid object entry.
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In `@extensions/startup-banner.ts` at line 565, Update countEnabledMcpServers to
skip entries before servers.set when they are null, non-object values, or
arrays, matching the filtering performed by toServerEntries and isRecord.
Preserve valid object entries, and update the test expectations to return zero
for null, primitive, and array values and one for a valid object.
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Fixes #979
The problem
The banner read the global config file and reported its key count:
That is not the number of servers the session has. It is wrong in two directions at once:
"disabled": trueconnects to nothing, authenticates nothing and registers no tools — and still counted;~/.pi/agent/mcp.jsonwas parsed.There was a third, quieter one: the
catchset the count to0. A single unreadable file discarded everything, rather than the layer it could not read.The fix
countEnabledMcpServers(cwd, read?)reads the layers lowest-precedence first, lets a later layer replace an earlier entry of the same name, and counts what is left that is not disabled. So/mcp disable <server>in a project turns a globally configured server off in the banner too, which is what the/mcppanel already shows.The count is a pure function of the two file bodies with the reader injected — the same shape
readGitBranchalready uses forexecFile— so the tests state the contract without touching a filesystem.Tests
Four cases in
tests/startup-banner.test.ts, each verified against a mutant:disabledflag againThe layer helper asserts the two config paths really are distinct before each case, so a collapsed path list fails loudly instead of measuring one file twice.
Full suite, same checkout with and without the change: 16 failures both ways, identical sets (
sdd-selection-transport, review-status and symlink candidate-view tests) — pre-existing here. Tests go 2360 → 2364, the four added ones passing.One thing I could not verify
The issue suggests consuming pi-mcp-adapter's
MCP_STATUS_EVENT/McpStatusSnapshot, which would be the better source. That adapter is not a dependency of this package and nothing in the tree references those symbols, so I could not build against them. This reads config instead, which keeps the change self-contained.For the same reason the project-layer path
<cwd>/.pi/mcp.jsonfollows the issue's description rather than something I could check here. It is a single array inmcpConfigPaths()if it needs correcting, and the tests address the layers through that function rather than hard-coding paths.Summary by CodeRabbit
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