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Fixes #1342

The issue body was empty, so the gap was measured rather than assumed. Comparing the two tool surfaces (normalising three renames: query_graph/query_code_graph, replace_code/surgical_replace_code, create_file/write_file), five CLI tools had no MCP equivalent. Only two of those absences are accidental.

CLI tool Status Action
find_duplicate_code absent from MCP entirely exposed
get_function_source in MCP only inside ask_agent's toolset, never directly callable exposed
web_search deliberate: #1128 trust boundary left out, pinned by test
research deliberate: #1128 trust boundary left out, pinned by test
execute_shell a security decision for the maintainer left out, pinned by test

Why the other three stay out

web_search and research are absent by design. Issue #1128 keeps external web content out of any context that also holds repository reads, and the CLI enforces that with a ReadContentRecord egress gate. The MCP layer has no ReadContentRecord at all, which is consistent precisely because it exposes no web-reaching tool for one to guard. Exposing either here would reopen that boundary with nothing watching it. A test now fails if anyone does.

execute_shell over MCP is a security decision that belongs to the maintainer, not something to close quietly while fixing an unrelated gap.

What changed

find_duplicate_code and get_function_source are registered unconditionally. get_function_source lives in semantic_search.py but touches none of the embedding machinery, so gating it on the semantic extra would hide a graph-only tool behind a dependency it never uses. Verified by blocking the semantic libraries at import time and confirming the import still succeeds.

Both tools are now built once in the constructor and shared with the ask_agent orchestrator rather than reconstructed inside it. A second copy would give the orchestrator its own roots cache and let the two routes disagree about a project indexed mid-session. This also closes a smaller gap in passing: ask_agent never had find_duplicate_code either.

DUPLICATES_DEFAULT_GROUP_LIMIT replaces a bare limit=20 literal. Parity means the same call gives the same answer on both surfaces, which two literals agreeing today would not guarantee tomorrow.

MCPSchemaType.NUMBER is new: JSON Schema spells a float number, and typing the 0-1 similarity threshold as integer would have had clients reject 0.8 before the call was made. MCPInputSchemaProperty.default and MCPToolArguments widened to admit float for the same reason (bool added for documentation, being already a subtype of int, which structural_replace's dry_run default has quietly relied on).

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18 new tests in test_mcp_parity.py, covering advertisement, schema shape, dispatch routing, argument forwarding, default parity with the CLI, and the three deliberate absences.

Each new assertion was mutation-verified rather than assumed to constrain behaviour:

Mutant Caught by
hardcode min_size=15 instead of forwarding test_handler_forwards_every_argument
type node_id as string test_node_id_is_typed_as_an_integer
drop get_function_source from the orchestrator test_ask_agent_still_offers_function_source
actually expose web_search over MCP test_web_reaching_tools_stay_off_mcp

Each died to exactly the intended test with no collateral failures. The fourth matters most: an is None assertion passes trivially if the lookup is broken, so the #1128 boundary pin was checked to be live rather than vacuous.

Beyond mocked handlers, both tools were exercised end to end through the real dispatcher: 20 MCP tools advertised (up from 18), both routing correctly and returning sensible messages on the empty-graph path rather than raising.

test_rag_agent_includes_function_source_tool needed updating. It patched the lazy factory inside the rag_agent property, and construction moved to __init__, so the patch no longer intercepted a call that had already happened. Rewritten to assert identity against registry._function_source_tool, and mutation-checked that the rewrite still fails when the tool is dropped, so it is not a weakened stand-in for what it replaced.

The MCP tool table in docs/guide/mcp-server.md is generated from MCP_TOOLS and picked both up automatically.

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  • New Features

    • Added tools for detecting duplicate code and retrieving function source.
    • Added support for numeric and Boolean tool parameters, including similarity thresholds and size limits.
    • Exposed the new tools through the MCP server and RAG agent.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Ensured code analysis reads remain consistent during graph updates.
    • Standardized the default limit for reported duplicate-code groups.
  • Documentation

    • Updated MCP server documentation with the new tools.

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The MCP server now exposes duplicate-code detection and function-source retrieval. It adds shared schemas and defaults, registers both tools independently of semantic search, reuses them in the RAG agent, locks graph reads, and adds parity tests and documentation.

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MCP duplicate and source tools

Layer / File(s) Summary
MCP contracts and defaults
codebase_rag/constants/duplicates.py, codebase_rag/constants/mcp.py, codebase_rag/types_defs.py, codebase_rag/tools/tool_descriptions.py, codebase_rag/tools/duplicate_detection.py
Adds tool names, parameter names, floating-point and boolean schema support, tool descriptions, and a shared duplicate-group limit of 20.
MCP registry and graph-read locking
codebase_rag/mcp/tools.py
Initializes and registers both tools unconditionally. The registry forwards arguments, returns string results, reuses the tool instances in the RAG agent, and holds the ingestor lock during graph reads.
Parity tests and documentation
codebase_rag/tests/test_mcp_parity.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_mcp_update_and_search.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_mcp_read_handler_lock.py, docs/guide/mcp-server.md
Tests schemas, dispatch, forwarding, defaults, lock behavior, tool availability, graph-reader coverage, and shared instances. Documents both MCP tools.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ed056

The PR adds two directly callable read-only repository tools and aligns their schemas and defaults across interfaces. A read path can still bypass the graph-read lock, allowing reads to overlap with rebuilds; this bounded correctness risk should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPClient
  participant MCPToolsRegistry
  participant IngestorLock
  participant GraphTool
  MCPClient->>MCPToolsRegistry: Dispatch duplicate or source request
  MCPToolsRegistry->>IngestorLock: Acquire graph-read lock
  MCPToolsRegistry->>GraphTool: Forward query parameters
  GraphTool-->>MCPToolsRegistry: Return duplicate report or source text
  MCPToolsRegistry->>IngestorLock: Release graph-read lock
  MCPToolsRegistry-->>MCPClient: Return string result
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes directly address issue #1342 by reducing the CLI-to-MCP parity gap. They expose the two accidental omissions, preserve deliberate exclusions, and add parity tests for schemas, dispatch, de…
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The changes directly address issue #1342 by reducing the CLI-to-MCP parity gap. They expose the two accidental omissions, preserve deliberate exclusions, and add parity tests for schemas, dispatch, defaults, and behavior.

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The duplicate-code MCP handler now holds the shared graph lock while it gathers its multi-query report, so an index or update cannot produce a result assembled from different graph generations. The earlier duplicate-report consistency issue is resolved: an executed lock-state probe observed the lock held for the current handler and confirmed that removing only that lock triggers the named guard failure.

Confidence Score: 5/5

No blocking failure remains; the duplicate-code read is serialized with graph rebuild operations.

No accepted blocking findings remain.

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  • **Validation source:** `trex-artifacts/prrc-mcptools-find-duplicate-lock-01-before.py` — dependency-free probe that extracts, compiles, and invokes the current handler body, then repeats after an in-memory lock-only mutation.
  • **Observed output:** `trex-artifacts/prrc-mcptools-find-duplicate-lock-03-mutation.log` — reports `CURRENT_HANDLER: PASS` with `_ingestor_lock.locked() == True`, then the expected named failure after removal.
  • **Existing-test source capture:** `trex-artifacts/prrc-mcptools-find-duplicate-lock-01-before.log` — captured focused test source and its assertion requiring the lock.
  • **Pytest environment capture:** `trex-artifacts/prrc-mcptools-find-duplicate-lock-02-after.log` — confirms collection was blocked by missing `loguru`, not a product-test failure.

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claimed by fix/clean-remedy-strings (session: fix-doc-qualified-name). Branch name is the audit record; session name is the address a peer can reach me on. Both drift independently, so neither is derivable from the other.

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Confirmed and fixed in dc240760. The finding is correct, and reading the surrounding code it is narrower than "add a lock" -- these two handlers were inconsistent with a convention the file already establishes.

flow_verdict is a read handler that takes _ingestor_lock, and states why at mcp/tools.py:564-566:

The edge scan and coverage read must see one consistent graph: index/update handlers hold this lock while they delete and rebuild, and an interleaved read would mix generations.

explain_traceback and rank_root_causes follow it. So the rule is "a handler that reads the graph takes the lock", not "mutating handlers take the lock", and find_duplicate_code / get_function_source simply did not follow it.

Both now wrap their tool invocation in async with self._ingestor_lock.

Tests

Three, in TestGraphReadsAreSerialisedAgainstMutation. The assertion is that the lock is held while the tool runs, checked by substituting the tool function with a probe that records registry._ingestor_lock.locked() at call time:

async def _probe(**_kwargs: object) -> str:
    held.append(mcp_registry._ingestor_lock.locked())
    return "no duplicates"

That distinction is the point. Asserting the handler completes, or that the lock exists, is satisfied by the unlocked implementation too -- the property that prevents interleaving is that the lock is held during the read, and nothing weaker discriminates.

Red first: 2 failed / 1 passed, both failures on their own assertion. Green after: 21 passed. The third test pins release, so holding the lock cannot leak past the handler and deadlock every later index/update.

Worth noting there were no tests pinning _ingestor_lock on any handler before this commit, including the seven that already took it. That is why the gap survived.

On the "other six read handlers"

Filed as #1471, with a correction to the count. Enumerating every async def in MCPToolsRegistry that reaches a tool function or self.ingestor gives four graph readers still unlocked -- list_projects, semantic_search, query_code_graph, get_code_snippet -- not six.

The others that look unlocked (structural_search, structural_replace, read_file, write_file, list_directory, surgical_replace_code) operate on the filesystem, not the graph. _ingestor_lock is irrelevant to them, and wrapping them would serialise unrelated work.

Two of the four also need a judgement call rather than a mechanical wrap, which is why they are a separate issue rather than this PR:

  • semantic_search also queries the vector store; holding the lock across an embedding call serialises more than intended.
  • query_code_graph runs arbitrary user Cypher of unbounded duration, so wrapping it lets one long query block index/update for its whole run. That may still be the right trade, but it is a trade.

Scoping those into this PR would have meant deciding both silently while fixing something else.

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Head is now dc24076. Your P1 is fixed: find_duplicate_code and get_function_source both wrap their tool invocation in async with self._ingestor_lock, matching the convention flow_verdict already documents at mcp/tools.py:564-566. Three regression tests added in TestGraphReadsAreSerialisedAgainstMutation, asserting the lock is held while the tool runs (a probe recording _ingestor_lock.locked() at call time) rather than merely that the handler completes. Red first at 2 failed / 1 passed, green at 21 passed. The remaining unlocked graph readers are filed as #1471 -- four, not six; the rest of the unlocked handlers touch the filesystem, not the graph.

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537-541: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Lock graph reads used by ask_agent.

ask_agent receives the raw tool instances here. It does not call the locked MCP handlers at lines 769 and 781. A concurrent index_repository or update_repository can therefore interleave with duplicate detection or function-source retrieval from the RAG agent.

Pass lock-aware tool wrappers to the agent, or move the lock into the shared callable used by both routes. Add a regression test that invokes the RAG-agent tool path during a held mutation lock.

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In `@codebase_rag/mcp/tools.py` around lines 537 - 541, Update ask_agent’s tool
wiring to use lock-aware wrappers for _function_source_tool and
_find_duplicates_tool, or move the read lock into their shared callables so both
direct MCP handlers and the RAG-agent path serialize against index_repository
and update_repository mutations; add a regression test invoking the agent tool
path while the mutation lock is held.
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In `@codebase_rag/mcp/tools.py`:
- Around line 537-541: Update ask_agent’s tool wiring to use lock-aware wrappers
for _function_source_tool and _find_duplicates_tool, or move the read lock into
their shared callables so both direct MCP handlers and the RAG-agent path
serialize against index_repository and update_repository mutations; add a
regression test invoking the agent tool path while the mutation lock is held.

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`list_projects`, `semantic_search`, `query_code_graph` and
`get_code_snippet` read the graph without taking the lock that `index` and
`update` hold while they DELETE AND REBUILD it. An interleaved read can
observe one generation for part of its work and another for the rest,
returning a result that never existed as a coherent graph state -- a wrong
answer rather than an error, which nothing downstream can detect.

`flow_verdict` already states the rule in its own comment; this brings the
remaining readers into line.

The test is STRUCTURAL over the AST rather than one behavioural test per
handler, and that is the point rather than a compromise. A per-handler test
guards the handlers that exist today; this guards the RULE, so the next graph
reader added without the lock fails here instead of shipping. vitali87#1443 fixed two
handlers with no test at all, and four more were still unlocked -- which is
what a per-instance fix leaves behind.

A control asserts every name in the list is a real handler, so a rename
cannot silently empty the guard. A third test pins the writers, since a
reader's lock is decorative if a writer ever loses its own.

Checked for reentrancy before committing: asyncio.Lock is not reentrant, and
none of the four has an internal caller or a nested acquisition, so there is
no deadlock path. 187 MCP tests pass.

One correction to the issue: it states find_duplicate_code and
get_function_source "were brought into line in vitali87#1443", but that PR is still
OPEN and neither exists as a handler on main. They are deliberately excluded
from the list -- the control is what will flag them when vitali87#1443 merges.

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146-160: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make the lock detector verify protection scope, not only lock presence.

_holds_ingestor_lock returns True for any handler that contains async with self._ingestor_lock, even when the graph read occurs before or after that block. An unprotected graph call followed by an empty lock block would pass this guard. Add a negative regression case and verify that each graph operation executes inside the lock, or retain behavioral lock-held assertions for every graph reader.

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In `@codebase_rag/tests/test_mcp_read_handler_lock.py` around lines 146 - 160,
Update _holds_ingestor_lock so it verifies every graph read operation occurs
within async with self._ingestor_lock, rather than merely detecting that a lock
block exists somewhere in the handler. Add a negative regression case for graph
access outside the lock, while preserving acceptance of handlers whose graph
readers are all protected.
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In `@codebase_rag/tests/test_mcp_read_handler_lock.py`:
- Around line 146-160: Update _holds_ingestor_lock so it verifies every graph
read operation occurs within async with self._ingestor_lock, rather than merely
detecting that a lock block exists somewhere in the handler. Add a negative
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The head moved from dc240760 to ed056421, so the previous 5/5 is stale and does not cover what would merge now. Three changes:

1. Merged main in — the branch was 182 commits behind. Merged rather than rebased, per the repo's rule about not rewriting a pushed branch. That gap is also why this PR had never been tested against the default-deny lock guard from #1475, which landed while it sat open. Verified after merging: 8 passed on test_mcp_read_handler_lock.py, 21 passed on test_mcp_parity.py.

2. Named the two handlers in _GRAPH_READERS. They already passed via default-deny, but the named inventory makes the failure message identify the handler. Verified — dropping the lock from find_duplicate_code now fails with:

assert not ['find_duplicate_code']

where default-deny alone reported it less specifically.

3. Corrected a note my own change falsified. The file carried "find_duplicate_code and get_function_source are deliberately ABSENT ... the names appear in tools.py without being async handlers" — true on main, false on this branch the moment I listed them. Rewritten to past tense. Verified the control still discriminates: renaming a handler out of async fails test_every_named_handler_actually_exists.

Sonar has re-analysed at ed056421 with 0 open issues, so the 182-commit merge introduced none.

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