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## Warnings

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## Title

    [MCP Python SDK 2.x] "AttributeError: 'Tool' object has no attribute 'inputSchema'" — protocol model fields renamed to snake_case; model_dump() now silently emits snake_case keys

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): All Pydantic protocol model fields use snake_case attributes; camelCase is kept only as aliases for construction and wire JSON. model_dump() needs by_alias=True to produce wire format.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Misleading approaches:
    - Only fixing attribute reads — serialized output also changed silently.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/f1b6589088534632fef92238ee9750951e3c0185/docs/migration.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Symptom table maps this AttributeError to the snake_case rename; constructors accept both spellings but attribute access must be snake_case; model_dump() without by_alias silently emits snake_case keys.
    
    Search phrasings: 'Tool' object has no attribute 'inputSchema'; mcp python 2 inputSchema input_schema; mcp model_dump camelCase by_alias
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "context": "Product: MCP Python SDK\nComponent: v1 → v2 migration\nOperation: running v1-era code on mcp>=2\nAffected versions: mcp 2.x\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: AttributeError\nPackages: mcp >=2 (upgrading from 1.x)\nTrigger: Upgrading an unpinned mcp dependency to 2.x (e.g. Home Assistant-style integrations, agent frameworks converting MCP tools).",
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## Support assessment

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        "title": "Proposed fix: [MCP Python SDK 2.x] \"AttributeError: 'Tool' object has no attribute 'inputSchema'\" — protocol model fields renamed to snake_case; model_dump() now silently emits snake_case keys",
        "body": "Recommended action: Use snake_case attribute access (tool.input_schema) and model_dump(by_alias=True, mode='json') when producing wire JSON; or pin mcp<2.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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