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fix(mcp): expose every API route as an MCP tool, and serve streamable HTTP - #160

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Problem

configiq.mcp.mount() is called near the top of both services' app.py, before their routes are declared. fastapi-mcp builds its tool list from the routes that exist when FastApiMCP(app, ...) runs, and routes added later are never picked up. As a result:

Service Routes declared before mount() MCP tools exposed today
aisimulators /backends get_backends_backends_get only. /recommend, /predict, /memory, /models and /systems are missing, although the README lists them.
aicostings none none

The existing test (test_mcp_tools_wrap_api_endpoints) only checks that the helper module was imported, so this went unnoticed.

A second, smaller gap: the endpoint is SSE-only (mount_sse("/mcp")). Clients that only speak MCP streamable HTTP cannot connect. The MCP spec has recommended streamable HTTP since 2025-03-26, and several agent runtimes no longer implement SSE.

Change

  • aisimulators, aicostings: the if _MCP: mcp_support.mount(...) block moves below the last route, just above the entrypoint. A comment explains why it must stay there. The returned server is kept as _MCP_SERVER so tests can check what clients will see.
  • configiq.mcp.mount(): keeps SSE at /mcp, which is unchanged for existing clients (Claude Desktop config and MCP Inspector, as in the READMEs). It also serves the same tools over streamable HTTP at /mcp/http from the same FastApiMCP instance. The routes do not collide: SSE uses GET /mcp and POST /mcp/messages/, while HTTP uses GET|POST|DELETE /mcp/http. The docstring and README now say to call mount() after the last route.
  • Tests:
    • aisimulators: the weak test is replaced by three tests. One asserts every expected tool is present, one asserts both transports are routed, and one does a real streamable-HTTP initialize → tools/list round trip through TestClient.
    • aicostings: a new tests/unit/test_mcp.py checks the tool list and the routes. It needs no Valkey.
    • All of the new tests fail on current main and pass with this change.
  • READMEs: both endpoints are documented, and the aisimulators tool list now includes /backends.

No API, schema or dependency changes. The mcp extra already pulls in fastapi-mcp, which provides mount_http.

Testing

Run as ci.yml does: uv sync --extra otel --extra mcp, then ruff check . and pytest, per service.

Before (main) After
aisimulators ruff clean clean
aisimulators pytest new MCP tests fail (3) 104 passed, 1 skipped
aicostings ruff clean clean
aicostings pytest (local Redis standing in for Valkey) new MCP tests fail (2) 65 passed

Run on this branch rebased onto main at 6a4ddba.

End-to-end check against the real patched aisimulators running under uvicorn:

  • A streamable-HTTP MCP client at /mcp/http lists get_backends, get_models, get_systems, post_memory, post_predict and post_recommend. get_systems returns the system catalogue.
  • On main, the same client gets one tool, or fails at initialize when it does not speak SSE.

Context

Found while wiring AISimulators into an agent platform (ACC) as an MCP server for latency-aware GPU sizing. The client there speaks streamable HTTP only, and needs /recommend and /predict as tools.

Both services called configiq.mcp.mount() before declaring their routes. fastapi-mcp builds its tool list from the routes that exist when the server is constructed, so aisimulators exposed only get_backends (not /recommend, /predict, /memory, /models or /systems, which its README promises), and aicostings exposed no tools at all.

  • aisimulators, aicostings: mount after the last route; keep the server as _MCP_SERVER so tests can check what clients see.
  • configiq.mcp.mount(): keep SSE at /mcp (unchanged for existing clients) and also serve MCP streamable HTTP at /mcp/http from the same server — the transport the MCP spec recommends since 2025-03-26, needed by clients that do not speak SSE.
  • Tests: assert the full tool list and both transports; aisimulators also lists the tools over /mcp/http. They fail on the current main.
  • READMEs: document both endpoints and the mount-after-routes rule.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • MCP clients can connect using Streamable HTTP at /mcp/http, alongside SSE at /mcp.
    • Streamable HTTP supports GET, POST, and DELETE requests; SSE uses GET.
    • MCP tools now include API routes registered before MCP is mounted.
  • Documentation
    • Updated service guides with available MCP transports and connection URLs, including guidance for clients that do not support SSE.

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The shared MCP module now supports SSE and Streamable HTTP. Both API services mount MCP after registering routes. Documentation and tests cover the transports, endpoints, and exposed tools.

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MCP transport support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Streamable HTTP transport
services/configiq-py/configiq/mcp.py, services/configiq-py/pyproject.toml
The shared module adds Streamable HTTP at /mcp/http alongside SSE at /mcp. A session manager runs with the app lifespan. The optional MCP dependency now requires version 1.29 or later, below 2.0.
API service mounting and documentation
services/aicostings/tools/api_service/app.py, services/aisimulators/tools/api_service/app.py, services/aicostings/README.md, services/aisimulators/tools/api_service/README.md, services/configiq-py/README.md
Both services mount MCP after route registration and retain the mounted server when MCP is available. The documentation describes the endpoints and transport options. The simulator README adds GET /backends to the listed tools.
Transport and tool validation
services/aicostings/tests/unit/test_mcp.py, services/aisimulators/tests/unit/tools/test_api_service.py
Tests check MCP routes and tool names. They also exercise Streamable HTTP initialization and tool listing, lifespan state preservation, and an initialized session's event stream.

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Change: Bug fix

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  participant MCPClient
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  participant SessionManager
  MCPClient->>APIService: POST /mcp/http initialize
  APIService->>SessionManager: Forward request
  SessionManager-->>APIService: Return session response
  APIService-->>MCPClient: Return session response
  MCPClient->>APIService: Request tools/list with session ID
  APIService->>SessionManager: Forward request
  SessionManager-->>APIService: Return tool names
  APIService-->>MCPClient: Return tool names
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- Line 51: Update the HTTP adapter used by server.mount_http so Streamable HTTP
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supported, disable GET support rather than advertising a route that cannot
deliver its SSE stream.
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@flg77 thanks! Looks good. I'm working through the CodeRabbit review commentary now. Your original commit lacks a signed-off-by line though so we'll fail CI - can you add one? or with your ack I can add it for you.

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Both services called configiq.mcp.mount() before declaring their routes.
fastapi-mcp builds its tool list from the routes that exist when the
server is constructed, so aisimulators exposed only get_backends (not
/recommend, /predict, /memory, /models or /systems, which its README
promises), and aicostings exposed no tools at all.

- aisimulators, aicostings: mount after the last route; keep the server
  as _MCP_SERVER so tests can check what clients see.
- configiq.mcp.mount(): keep SSE at /mcp (unchanged for existing clients)
  and also serve MCP streamable HTTP at /mcp/http from the same server —
  the transport the MCP spec recommends since 2025-03-26, needed by
  clients that do not speak SSE.
- Tests: assert the full tool list and both transports; aisimulators also
  lists the tools over /mcp/http. They fail on the current main.
- READMEs: document both endpoints and the mount-after-routes rule.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Use the native MCP SDK ASGI transport so Streamable HTTP GET responses stream correctly without forking fastapi-mcp. Configure 30-minute session expiry, preserve existing FastAPI lifespan state, and cleanly manage transport startup and shutdown. Constrain the MCP SDK to >=1.29,<2.0, update both service lockfiles, and add lifecycle and streaming regression coverage.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
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@flg77 I deployed these changes and tested further. One issues I found relates to the way we have our deployments setup - i.e. with multiple, independent aisimulators backend pods. This is proving problematic in terms of MCP session stickiness. So, everything works, code-wise, but in practice a request will frequently be routed to a new pod part way through a session and errors result.

I've been working on fixing this today - and forming a single unified ConfigIQ MCP server for both aisimulators and aicostings (and any future APIs we create) - via PR #166 Its working well now so I'll cutover to this as the final solution shortly, solving the stickiness problem in the process.

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