crosspad-mcp MCP Server

Development workflow server for CrossPad — build, test, run, screenshot, and navigate code

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Published as crosspad-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

Known issues

20 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

test: add E2E tests with mock simulator and git repos

Summary

Unit tests cover parsing logic, but no E2E tests for full tool dispatch. Need mock TCP server + fake git repos for roundtrip testing.

Scope

Mock TCP server mimicking simulator protocol
Fake git repos with controlled state
E2E tests for each tool/action combination
CI integration (vitest)

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 3 comments

crosspad_input click takes window coordinates while crosspad_screenshot returns LCD space

crosspad_screenshot returns LCD-space images, crosspad_input action=click takes window-space coordinates, and nothing in either tool says so. There is no way to convert between the two without reverse-engineering the window geometry, so any click derived from a screenshot is a guess.

What happens

crosspad_screenshot region=lcd returns a 320x240 image — the coordinate space the UI code, ENC_GROUP labels and LVGL itself use.
crosspad_input action=click x=<lcd_x> y=<lcd_y> clic

Read the thread · 2026-08-29 · closed · 1 comment

feat: return MCP image content from screenshot tool

Summary

Screenshot tool returns JSON with file path or base64 string. Should return proper MCP `image` content type so Claude can visually inspect the UI.

Status: Implemented — returns `{ type: "image", data: base64, mimeType: "image/png" }` alongside text metadata. Works for both save-to-file and inline modes.

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

perf: cache app registry with TTL

Summary

Each `crosspad_apps list` call re-reads and parses registry JSON from disk. Add in-memory cache with 5-minute TTL.

Status: Implemented — `loadRegistryJsonFrom` caches by file path with 5min TTL.

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

fix: add retry logic for simulator TCP connections

Summary

`sendRemoteCommand` fails immediately on timeout. Should retry 2-3x with backoff — simulator may be in the middle of loading/rendering.

Status: Implemented — retries up to 3x with incremental backoff (500ms, 1s, 1.5s). Skips retry on ECONNREFUSED (simulator not running).

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

Most recent

fix: read server version from package.json instead of hardcoding

Summary

`index.ts` hardcodes `version: "5.0.0"` while package.json has `"5.1.0"`. Version should be read dynamically from package.json.

Status: Implemented — using `createRequire` to read package.json at startup.

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 0 comments

feat: add CI-like pipeline action to crosspad_build

Summary

Add a pipeline action that runs build → test → report in one invocation instead of 3 separate tool calls.

Scope

New action pipeline in crosspad_build
Sequential: build PC → run tests → collect results
Return structured report: per-stage pass/fail, timing, error summary
Optional: include IDF build as stage

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

feat: add MCP Resources for static project context

Summary

The server exposes only Tools, no MCP Resources. Resources would provide static context without tool invocations:

`crosspad://architecture` — CLAUDE.md + architecture overview
`crosspad://registry` — current app-registry.json
`crosspad://interfaces` — crosspad-core interface list
`crosspad://hardware` — hardware quick reference

Scope

Register resources via MCP SDK `server.resource()`
Read from filesystem on demand (CLAUDE.md files, registry.json)
Consider

Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

feat: add context_lines option to crosspad_code search

Summary

Symbol search returns single matching lines via git grep. Add context_lines parameter (like grep -C) to show surrounding code.

Scope

Add optional context_lines param (default 0, max ~10)
Pass -C N to git grep
Adjust result parsing to handle context blocks

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

feat: add platform param to crosspad_test for future IDF tests

Summary

Tests are PC-only (Catch2). Prepare for IDF unit tests (Unity framework) by adding platform parameter.

Scope

Add optional platform enum (pc/idf) defaulting to pc
Current behavior unchanged for pc
Stub for idf: return "not yet supported" or detect unity test runner

Priority

Low — future-proofing for when IDF tests exist.

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

feat: detect unregistered apps in pc build-check

Summary

idf-build.ts detects new app directories requiring fullclean, but build-check.ts (PC) doesn't. Should check src/app/*/ for new directories vs last build.

Scope

In build-check.ts, scan for app directories not present in last CMake configure
Flag in health check result: newApps: ["app_name"]
Suggest reconfigure mode when detected

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

feat: integrate crosspad-docs context generation

Summary

Add docs action to crosspad_code for accessing aggregated documentation from crosspad-docs repo.

Scope

Read/generate CROSSPAD_CONTEXT.md from crosspad-docs
Optionally trigger sync/aggregate/build pipeline
Return documentation sections on demand

Priority

Low — useful for giving Claude full project context without reading each repo.

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Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · 1 comment

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