carrot-mcp-io 0.3.1

Carrot MCP IO Server - serial, TCP, UDP

carrot-mcp-io

Carrot MCP IO Server - serial, TCP, UDP transport wrapper for hardware and network communication.

Tools

Tool	Description
version	Get server version info
list_transports	List available transport types and serial ports
open	Open a connection (serial, tcp, udp)
close	Close a connection
read	Blocking read with timeout
recv	Non-blocking read from buffer
write	Buffered write (hex or ascii with escape support)
script	Execute a sequence of I/O operations (write/read/wait/flush)
history	Get operation history for a connection

Transports

Serial

{
  "open": {
    "port": "COM3",
    "transport": "serial",
    "baudrate": 115200
  }
}

TCP

{
  "open": {
    "port": "mydevice",
    "transport": "tcp",
    "host": "192.168.1.100",
    "net_port": 5000
  }
}

UDP

{
  "open": {
    "port": "sensor",
    "transport": "udp",
    "host": "192.168.1.200",
    "net_port": 8888
  }
}

Examples

# List available transports
uvx carrot-mcp-io@latest

# MCP config
{
  "carrot-io": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["carrot-mcp-io@latest"]
  }
}

Buffer Behavior (Backpressure)

• RX buffer: when full, the poll thread stops reading from hardware/network. Data stays in the OS buffer until the consumer frees space. No data is silently dropped.
• TX buffer: when full, write() blocks until the poll thread drains enough space. If write_timeout expires, a TimeoutError is raised.
• Buffer size is configurable via the buffer_size parameter on open (default 1MB).

Return Format

All tools return dict with {"status": "ok"|"error", ...}.

• read/recv returns data in the specified format (default "hex", uppercase e.g. "48656C6C6F")
• read/recv with fmt="ascii" returns escaped string (e.g. "Hello\nWorld")
• write supports hex or ascii input, ascii supports escape sequences (\n, \x00)
• script executes a sequence of operations, each step returns its result

Script Example

All read params are optional with defaults: size=256, timeout=1.0, expect=None, on_mismatch="stop".

[
  {"op": "write", "data": "AA"},
  {"op": "wait", "ms": 10},
  {"op": "write", "data": "BB"},
  {"op": "read", "size": 1, "timeout": 1.0, "expect": "CC"}
]

Minimal read (use defaults):

[
  {"op": "write", "data": "AA"},
  {"op": "read"}
]

Use fmt="ascii" for ASCII mode:

[
  {"op": "write", "data": "Hello"},
  {"op": "read", "size": 10}
]

Note: expect with default on_mismatch="stop" will stop script on mismatch. Use on_mismatch="continue" to only check without stopping.

Script Return Format

Each step result contains:

• op: Operation type ("write"|"read"|"wait"|"flush")
• step: Step index (0-based)
• status: "ok" or "error"

Additional fields by op:

• write: {bytes_written}
• read: {data, length} + {matched, expected} if expect provided
• wait: {ms}
• On error: {message}

Example:

[
  {"op": "write", "step": 0, "status": "ok", "bytes_written": 2},
  {"op": "read", "step": 1, "status": "ok", "data": "AABB", "length": 2, "matched": true}
]