## Cause
MCP tools spec examples require object-typed inputSchema; hosts may drop non-conforming tools.
## Steps
1. Capture raw tools/list payload.
2. Validate each inputSchema root type is object.
3. Remove invalid constructs the host rejects; redeploy server.
4. Confirm tools reappear in the host.
## Expected result
Previously omitted tools show up once schemas satisfy protocol/host rules.
## Misleading approaches
- Debugging transport auth when tools/list already succeeded.
## Unknowns
- Exact Claude Code schema dialect extras.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) MCP tool definitions use inputSchema with JSON Schema type object. —
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- problem-tools-invalid-input-schema
- Proposed action
- Validate each tools/list entry: inputSchema must be a JSON Schema object with type object (per MCP tools spec); fix server schemas; re-list tools. Check host docs for additional constraints (unsupported keywords, size limits).
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- MCP servers exposing tools to strict hosts (Claude Code and similar) after successful initialize.
- Limitations
- State
- partial
- Text
- Host-specific extra constraints not fully enumerated from one spec page.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
Needs revalidation
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- MCP servers exposing tools to strict hosts (Claude Code and similar) after successful initialize
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