defmodule Hermes.Server.Component.Tool do @moduledoc """ Defines the behaviour for MCP tools. Tools are functions that can be invoked by the client with specific parameters. Each tool must define its name, description, and parameter schema, as well as implement the execution logic. ## Example defmodule MyServer.Tools.Calculator do @behaviour Hermes.Server.Behaviour.Tool alias Hermes.Server.Frame @impl true def name, do: "calculator" @impl true def description, do: "Performs basic arithmetic operations" @impl true def input_schema do %{ "type" => "object", "properties" => %{ "operation" => %{ "type" => "string", "enum" => ["add", "subtract", "multiply", "divide"] }, "a" => %{"type" => "number"}, "b" => %{"type" => "number"} }, "required" => ["operation", "a", "b"] } end @impl true def execute(%{"operation" => "add", "a" => a, "b" => b}, frame) do result = a + b # Can access frame assigns user_id = frame.assigns[:user_id] # Can return updated frame if needed new_frame = Frame.assign(frame, :last_calculation, result) {:ok, result, new_frame} end @impl true def execute(%{"operation" => "divide", "a" => a, "b" => 0}, _frame) do {:error, "Cannot divide by zero"} end end """ alias Hermes.MCP.Error alias Hermes.Server.Frame alias Hermes.Server.Response @type params :: map() @type result :: term() @type schema :: map() @type annotations :: map() | nil @type t :: %__MODULE__{ name: String.t(), description: String.t() | nil, input_schema: map | nil, annotations: map | nil, handler: module | nil, validate_input: (map -> {:ok, map} | {:error, [Peri.Error.t()]}) | nil } defstruct [ :name, description: nil, input_schema: nil, annotations: nil, handler: nil, validate_input: nil ] @doc """ Returns the JSON Schema for the tool's input parameters. This schema is used to validate client requests and generate documentation. The schema should follow the JSON Schema specification. """ @callback input_schema() :: schema() @doc """ Returns optional annotations for the tool. Annotations provide additional metadata about the tool that may be used by clients for enhanced functionality. This is an optional callback. ## Examples def annotations do %{ "confidence" => 0.95, "category" => "text-processing", "tags" => ["nlp", "text"] } end """ @callback annotations() :: annotations() @doc """ Executes the tool with the given parameters. ## Parameters - `params` - The validated input parameters from the client - `frame` - The server frame containing: - `assigns` - Custom data like session_id, client_info, user permissions - `initialized` - Whether the server has been initialized ## Return Values - `{:ok, result}` - Tool executed successfully, frame unchanged - `{:ok, result, new_frame}` - Tool executed successfully with frame updates - `{:error, reason}` - Tool failed with the given reason ## Frame Usage The frame provides access to server state and context: def execute(params, frame) do # Access assigns user_id = frame.assigns[:user_id] permissions = frame.assigns[:permissions] # Update frame if needed new_frame = Frame.assign(frame, :last_tool_call, DateTime.utc_now()) {:ok, "Result", new_frame} end """ @callback execute(params :: params(), frame :: Frame.t()) :: {:reply, response :: Response.t(), new_state :: Frame.t()} | {:noreply, new_state :: Frame.t()} | {:error, error :: Error.t(), new_state :: Frame.t()} @optional_callbacks annotations: 0 defimpl JSON.Encoder, for: __MODULE__ do alias Hermes.Server.Component.Tool def encode(%Tool{} = tool, _) do %{ "name" => tool.name, "description" => tool.description, "inputSchema" => tool.input_schema } |> then(&if a = tool.annotations, do: Map.put(&1, "annotations", a), else: &1) |> JSON.encode!() end end end