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context-foundry MCP Server

Recursive Claude spawning for autonomous project builds with self-healing test loops

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Published as context-foundry on pypi. Runs locally.

Known issues

19 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

MCP server not accessible globally from other directories

Problem

When running Claude Code from a different directory (e.g., from within bomb-man-adventure), the Context Foundry MCP server is not available. This prevents Claude Code from detecting intent keywords like "fix" and routing to the appropriate MCP functions.

The MCP server only works when Claude Code is running from within the context-foundry directory itself.

Root Cause

The MCP server configuration needs to be in the global Claude Code settings () with an absolute path, not just a l

Read the thread · 2025-10-26 · closed · 2 comments

Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

✨ Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

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Problem

No test coverage found for mcp_server.py. File contains testable functions but lacks unit tests.

AI Analysis

Priority Score: 9/10

Why this matters: MCP server is the primary external interface for Context Foundry. Lack of tests creates security vulnerabilities, operational ri

Read the thread · 2025-11-11 · closed · 1 comment

Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

✨ Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

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Problem

No test coverage found for mcp_server.py. File contains testable functions but lacks unit tests.

AI Analysis

Priority Score: 9/10

Why this matters: MCP server is a critical external interface handling protocol communication. Lack of tests creates security and reliability risk

Read the thread · 2025-11-11 · closed · 1 comment

Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

✨ Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

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Problem

No test coverage found for mcp_server.py. File contains testable functions but lacks unit tests.

AI Analysis

Priority Score: 9/10

Why this matters: MCP server is the primary integration point for the entire system. Lack of tests for this critical component poses significant r

Read the thread · 2025-11-10 · closed · 1 comment

Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

✨ Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

Metadata:

Problem

No test coverage found for mcp_server.py. File contains testable functions but lacks unit tests.

AI Analysis

Priority Score: 9/10

Why this matters: MCP server is a core external-facing component that handles requests and integrations. Lack of tests creates significant reliabi

Read the thread · 2025-11-10 · closed · 1 comment

Most recent

Add provenance tracking to reviewer findings

CCA Alignment: Task Statement 5.6

Current state: Reviewer findings include file, line, and issue description but don't carry source provenance -- which analysis step produced the finding, what evidence was consulted, or how the conclusion was reached.

Desired state: Attach source evidence metadata to each finding: the specific code that was analyzed, the reasoning chain, and cross-references to related findings. This gives downstream consumers (fixer, issue creator) full context.

Read the thread · 2026-03-19 · open · 0 comments

Expose pattern catalog and extensions as MCP resources

CCA Alignment: Task Statement 2.4

Current state: Patterns and extensions are loaded programmatically by the build loop. Agents have no way to browse the available knowledge catalog without the orchestrator injecting it.

Desired state: Expose the pattern catalog (titles, keywords, severity) and extension index as MCP resources. This gives agents visibility into what knowledge is available without requiring exploratory tool calls.

Why: Anthropic's CCA exam guide describes MCP res

Read the thread · 2026-03-19 · open · 0 comments

Reviewer agent reads .buildloop/logs/ files, hitting token limits

Problem

The reviewer agent explores the .buildloop/ directory and tries to read its own log files (.buildloop/logs/REVIEWER-*.jsonl, .buildloop/logs/FIXER-*.jsonl). These files can be 35-45k tokens, exceeding the 25k token read limit, causing errors and wasting context window on irrelevant data.

Observed Behavior

[tool] Read -- .buildloop/logs/REVIEWER-20260314-045507.jsonl
[stderr] Error: File content (35918 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000)
[tool] Read -- .build

[Read the thread](https://github.com/context-foundry/context-foundry/issues/198) · 2026-03-14 · closed · 0 comments

### Smart Build Mode: Pre-build consultation & dynamic phase selection

## Problem

Context Foundry currently treats every build request as "one size fits all" - spinning up all agents (Scout, Architect, Builder, Test, Screenshot, Documentation, Deploy, Feedback) regardless of project complexity. This leads to:

1. **Over-engineering simple projects** - A 3-file weather app doesn't need a full backend/frontend split, npm dev server, playwright testing, etc.
2. **Wasted tokens & time** - Running 8 phases when you only need 3
3. **No user control** - Can't easily say 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/context-foundry/context-foundry/issues/191) · 2025-12-20 · open · 0 comments

### Daemon fails when Claude CLI not in PATH

## Problem

When the Context Foundry daemon runs autonomous builds, it fails immediately if the `claude` CLI is not available in the daemon's PATH. This happens during the Scout phase when trying to execute subprocess commands.

## Error

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'claude'


## Root Cause
The phase execution system (`tools/mcp_utils/phase_execution.py`) and delegation system (`tools/mcp_utils/delegation.py`) directly call `subprocess.Popen(['claude', ...])` or `subprocess.run(['

[Read the thread](https://github.com/context-foundry/context-foundry/issues/178) · 2025-11-24 · closed · 0 comments

### Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

## ✨ Add tests for tools/mcp_server.py

**Metadata:**
- **Type:** Enhancement
- **Priority:** P0
- **Category:** testing, quality
- **Effort:** Medium (1-3 days)
- **File:** `tools/mcp_server.py`

### Problem
No test coverage found for mcp_server.py. File contains testable functions but lacks unit tests.

### AI Analysis
**Priority Score:** 9/10

**Why this matters:** MCP server is a critical external-facing component that handles inter-process communication. Lack of tests poses security, relia

[Read the thread](https://github.com/context-foundry/context-foundry/issues/151) · 2025-11-10 · closed · 0 comments

### Security: Shell injection risk with shell=True in test_scout_agent.py

## 🔒 Security: Shell injection risk with shell=True in test_scout_agent.py

**Metadata:**
- **Type:** Security
- **Priority:** P0
- **Category:** security, vulnerability
- **Effort:** Small (< 1 day)
- **File:** `tests/evolution/test_scout_agent.py` (line 275)

### Problem
Shell injection risk with shell=True

Found at line 275 in tests/evolution/test_scout_agent.py

### AI Analysis
**Priority Score:** 9/10

**Why this matters:** Shell injection in test code is critical - if tests run with elev

[Read the thread](https://github.com/context-foundry/context-foundry/issues/134) · 2025-11-10 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 17 reports Pod holds for context-foundry](/mcp/context-foundry/issues) — of 19 qualified upstream.

## Firsthand observations

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