singularity-forge/packages/mcp-server/README.md

@gsd-build/mcp-server

MCP server exposing GSD orchestration tools for Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients.

Start GSD auto-mode sessions, poll progress, resolve blockers, and retrieve results — all through the Model Context Protocol.

This package now exposes two tool surfaces:

• session/read tools for starting and inspecting GSD sessions
• MCP-native interactive tools for structured user input
• headless-safe workflow tools for planning, completion, validation, reassessment, metadata persistence, and journal reads

Installation

npm install @gsd-build/mcp-server

Or with the monorepo workspace:

# Already available as a workspace package
npx gsd-mcp-server

Configuration

Claude Code

Add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsd": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["gsd-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GSD_CLI_PATH": "/path/to/gsd"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or if installed globally:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsd": {
      "command": "gsd-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsd": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["gsd-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GSD_CLI_PATH": "/path/to/gsd"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Workflow tools

The workflow MCP surface includes:

• gsd_decision_save
• gsd_save_decision
• gsd_requirement_update
• gsd_update_requirement
• gsd_requirement_save
• gsd_save_requirement
• gsd_milestone_generate_id
• gsd_generate_milestone_id
• gsd_plan_milestone
• gsd_plan_slice
• gsd_plan_task
• gsd_task_plan
• gsd_replan_slice
• gsd_slice_replan
• gsd_task_complete
• gsd_complete_task
• gsd_slice_complete
• gsd_complete_slice
• gsd_skip_slice
• gsd_validate_milestone
• gsd_milestone_validate
• gsd_complete_milestone
• gsd_milestone_complete
• gsd_reassess_roadmap
• gsd_roadmap_reassess
• gsd_save_gate_result
• gsd_summary_save
• gsd_milestone_status
• gsd_journal_query

These tools use the same GSD workflow handlers as the native in-process tool path wherever a shared handler exists.

Interactive tools

The packaged server now exposes ask_user_questions through MCP form elicitation. This keeps the existing GSD answer payload shape while allowing Claude Code CLI and other elicitation-capable clients to surface structured user choices.

secure_env_collect is still not exposed by this package. That path needs MCP URL elicitation or an equivalent secure bridge because secrets should not flow through form elicitation.

Current support boundary:

• when running inside the GSD monorepo checkout, the MCP server auto-discovers the shared workflow executor module
• outside the monorepo, set GSD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTORS_MODULE to an importable workflow-tool-executors module path if you want the mutation tools enabled
• ask_user_questions requires an MCP client that supports form elicitation
• session/read tools do not depend on this bridge

If the executor bridge cannot be loaded, workflow mutation calls will fail with a precise configuration error instead of silently degrading.

gsd_execute

Start a GSD auto-mode session for a project directory.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
projectDir	string	✅	Absolute path to the project directory
command	string		Command to send (default: "/gsd auto")
model	string		Model ID override
bare	boolean		Run in bare mode (skip user config)

Returns: { sessionId, status: "started" }

gsd_status

Poll the current status of a running GSD session.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
sessionId	string	✅	Session ID from gsd_execute

Returns:

{
  "status": "running",
  "progress": { "eventCount": 42, "toolCalls": 15 },
  "recentEvents": [ ... ],
  "pendingBlocker": null,
  "cost": { "totalCost": 0.12, "tokens": { "input": 5000, "output": 2000, "cacheRead": 1000, "cacheWrite": 500 } },
  "durationMs": 45000
}

gsd_result

Get the accumulated result of a session. Works for both running (partial) and completed sessions.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
sessionId	string	✅	Session ID from gsd_execute

Returns:

{
  "sessionId": "abc-123",
  "projectDir": "/path/to/project",
  "status": "completed",
  "durationMs": 120000,
  "cost": { ... },
  "recentEvents": [ ... ],
  "pendingBlocker": null,
  "error": null
}

gsd_cancel

Cancel a running session. Aborts the current operation and stops the agent process.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
sessionId	string	✅	Session ID from gsd_execute

Returns: { cancelled: true }

gsd_query

Query GSD project state from the filesystem without an active session. Returns STATE.md, PROJECT.md, requirements, and milestone listing.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
projectDir	string	✅	Absolute path to the project directory
query	string	✅	What to query (e.g. "status", "milestones")

Returns:

{
  "projectDir": "/path/to/project",
  "state": "...",
  "project": "...",
  "requirements": "...",
  "milestones": [
    { "id": "M001", "hasRoadmap": true, "hasSummary": false }
  ]
}

gsd_resolve_blocker

Resolve a pending blocker in a session by sending a response to the blocked UI request.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
sessionId	string	✅	Session ID from gsd_execute
response	string	✅	Response to send for the pending blocker

Returns: { resolved: true }

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
GSD_CLI_PATH	Absolute path to the GSD CLI binary. If not set, the server resolves gsd via which.
GSD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTORS_MODULE	Optional absolute path or file: URL for the shared GSD workflow executor module used by workflow mutation tools.

The server also hydrates supported model-provider and tool credentials from ~/.gsd/agent/auth.json on startup. Keys saved through /gsd config or /gsd keys become available to the MCP server process automatically, and any explicitly-set environment variable still wins.

Architecture

┌─────────────────┐     stdio      ┌──────────────────┐
│  MCP Client     │ ◄────────────► │  @gsd-build/mcp-server │
│  (Claude Code,  │    JSON-RPC    │                  │
│   Cursor, etc.) │                │  SessionManager  │
└─────────────────┘                │       │          │
                                   │       ▼          │
                                   │  @gsd-build/rpc-client │
                                   │       │          │
                                   │       ▼          │
                                   │  GSD CLI (child  │
                                   │  process via RPC)│
                                   └──────────────────┘

• @gsd-build/mcp-server — MCP protocol adapter. Translates MCP tool calls into SessionManager operations.
• SessionManager — Manages RpcClient lifecycle. One session per project directory. Tracks events in a ring buffer (last 50), detects blockers, accumulates cost.
• @gsd-build/rpc-client — Low-level RPC client that spawns and communicates with the GSD CLI process via JSON-RPC over stdio.

License

MIT