mrlesmithjr-mcp-common 0.1.1

Shared utilities for mrlesmithjr MCP servers: logging, config, paths, errors

mrlesmithjr-mcp-common

Shared building blocks for FastMCP servers: stderr-safe logging, layered configuration, XDG path resolution, and a consistent JSON error envelope. It is the common foundation under the mrlesmithjr/mcp tool suite, but has no dependency on those tools and is usable in any MCP server.

Import as mcp_common.

Install

pip install mrlesmithjr-mcp-common
# or
uv add mrlesmithjr-mcp-common

Usage

import json
from mcp_common.server import build_server, run_stdio
from mcp_common.errors import safe_tool

mcp = build_server("my-tool", instructions="What this server does.")

@mcp.tool()
@safe_tool
def do_thing(x: str) -> str:
    return json.dumps({"status": "ok", "data": x})

def main() -> None:
    run_stdio(mcp)

safe_tool wraps a tool so unhandled exceptions return a structured {"error": ...} envelope instead of crashing the server. build_server and run_stdio handle FastMCP setup and stdio transport; configure_logging() forces logs to stderr (stdout is reserved for the protocol).

Modules

Module	Purpose
mcp_common.logging	configure_logging() forcing stderr output (required for stdio transport)
mcp_common.server	build_server(name, instructions) and run_stdio(mcp)
mcp_common.config	load_layered_config(tool_name, env_map): env vars > config.json > .env fallback
mcp_common.paths	config_dir(), config_file(), data_dir() XDG path resolvers
mcp_common.errors	tool_error(), error_json(), safe_tool decorator
mcp_common.coordinator_events	emit_coordinator_event(source, event_type, payload) -> bool: self-healing write onto homeops-coordinator's events.db bus. Never raises; returns False on failure so callers can fire-and-forget it after a state change.

Requirements

• Python 3.11+

License

MIT. Part of the mrlesmithjr/mcp workspace.