# genexus MCP Server

Read, edit, and analyze GeneXus 18 KB objects from Claude, Cursor, and AI agents.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `genexus-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**31 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

### SdkSurfaceProbe only sees already-loaded assemblies, so the endpoint backlog under-reports the SDK surface

## What I ran into

`SdkSurfaceProbe.Run()` enumerates `AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()` (`src/GxMcp.Worker/Services/SdkSurfaceProbe.cs:78`). That means it can only describe assemblies the worker has **already loaded**. An assembly that is never referenced by `GxMcp.Worker.csproj`, and never pulled in transitively, is structurally invisible to it.

This isn't a bug in the probe — it follows from starting at the AppDomain. But it does mean the backlog derived from it (`docs/sdk_uncovered_

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/87) · 2026-08-12 · closed · outside contributor · 3 comments

### [Feature] Detect and report when the IDE holds the model, instead of async jobs hanging as 'running'

Opening an issue first, as `CONTRIBUTING.md` asks for behavior changes.

## Problem

When the GeneXus IDE has the KB open and shows a modal (e.g. *"X has been modified by USER. Do you
want to reload it?"*), the SDK is blocked until a human clicks it. Today the MCP has **two different
behaviors** for that same condition:

- **Synchronous calls fail fast and clearly.** `genexus_create` returned
  `CreateObjectFailed: "Saving não é permitido neste momento. USER tem um bloqueio CopyModel."`
  immedi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/79) · 2026-08-10 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

### [Bug] PatternInstance dryRun returns ok without exercising the save path; identical payload then fails WriteNotPersisted after 159s

## Summary

`genexus_edit … part=PatternInstance dryRun=true` returns `ok` / `WriteDryRun` after parsing the input XML, **without exercising any part of the save path**. The same payload, submitted 9 seconds later without `dryRun`, spent **159 seconds** and failed with `WriteNotPersisted`.

Since the project already knows that semantic PatternInstance saves are an open wall (`docs/wwp_pattern_investigation.md` — "o validador custom de WWP rejeita sem diagnóstico útil"), the dry run is currently 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/67) · 2026-08-02 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

### [Bug] Nullable = Yes retorna sucesso, mas não é persistido na estrutura da Transaction

## Resumo

Não foi possível alterar uma ocorrência de atributo de Transaction para `Nullable = Yes` pelo MCP.

Algumas chamadas retornam `PropertyApplied` ou `StructureUpdated`, mas a releitura da estrutura continua mostrando `nullable: No` e o DDL continua gerando `NOT NULL`.

A mesma alteração funciona normalmente quando realizada pela IDE GeneXus.

## Ambiente

- **Genexus18MCP:** 2.36.1
- **GeneXus:** 18 Upgrade 16
- **Build GeneXus:** 18.0.16.189158
- **Sistema operacional:** Windows
- **Ba

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/57) · 2026-07-31 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

### [Bug] Variáveis baseadas em Domain são criadas com metadados inválidos e falham na especificação

## Resumo

Ao adicionar variáveis a uma Procedure usando um Domain como tipo, o MCP informa que as variáveis foram criadas e a leitura textual aparenta estar correta. Porém, a especificação falha porque os metadados internos da variável ficam inválidos ou incompletos.

Nos diagnósticos do especificador, a definição aparece com o tipo interno `249` e uma referência vazia representada por `[]`. Isso sugere que o `BasedOnReference` do Domain não foi persistido corretamente.

## Ambiente

- **Genexu

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/56) · 2026-07-31 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

### Most recent

### genexus-mcp 2.45.1 Corrupta Instalacion

Al momento de ejecutar la instalación npx genexus-mcp --init , da un error que no encuentra la carpeta scripts el fichero validate.js y no deja instalar totalmente el programa

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/114) · 2026-08-23 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### [Bug]   Worker killed by IdleTimeout during an active Build (recurring, multi-day)

```markdown
## What happened

The MCP worker gets killed by its own IdleTimeout watchdog while a `Build` operation is still actively
running, not just when genuinely idle. From the client side, this surfaces ~30 minutes later as a
transport-level timeout ("sent no response or progress for 1800s"), with no earlier signal that the
worker had already died mid-build.

This is not a one-off: the crash ledger shows it recurring across multiple days with `lastOp: "Build"`:

- 2026-08-17T14:57:47Z — pid

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/113) · 2026-08-21 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### [Bug] Worker binary missing after fresh npx install

## What happened

Fresh npx cache install of genexus-mcp had an empty `publish/worker/` folder (no `GxMcp.Worker.exe`).
Every KB tool call failed with "Worker NOT FOUND at ...\publish\worker\GxMcp.Worker.exe", even though
`config.json`'s `GeneXus.WorkerExecutable` pointed at a different, valid path.

## The exact tool call

```json
{ "tool": "genexus_kb", "args": { "action": "open", "path": "<KB_PATH>", "alias": "<KB>" } }

Expected vs actual

- Expected: Worker spawns from either the default pu

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/112) · 2026-08-21 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### [Bug] genexus_structure: SDT fields cannot be persisted as Attribute:<Name> (basedOnAttribute)

## Summary
When updating SDT structure via MCP, fields that should be bound to canonical KB attributes (`Attribute:<AttributeName>`) are **not persisted**. Tools return success (`StructureUpdated`) but re-read APIs and the GeneXus IDE designer show unchanged primitive/domain types.
This breaks parity with the GeneXus IDE, where SDT members can be explicitly typed as `Attribute:<Name>` (e.g. `SDTCardapiosUpsertRequest.CardapioAceitaTroca` → `Attribute:CardapioAceitaTroca`).
## Expected behavior
-

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/109) · 2026-08-19 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### TryPreloadSdkAssemblies returns silently when the GeneXus path does not resolve, so genexus_sdk_probe can report a pre-#87 partial surface as complete

Follow-up to #87 (fixed in v2.41.0 by `TryPreloadSdkAssemblies`).

## Problem

`TryPreloadSdkAssemblies` bails out silently when the GeneXus installation path does not resolve:

https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/blob/56c05b4b688dede49e1b7d57e8057832a11cd8bd/src/GxMcp.Worker/Services/SdkSurfaceProbe.cs#L376-L380

```csharp
string gxPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GX_PROGRAM_DIR")
    ?? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GX_PATH")
    ?? @"C:\Program Files (x86)\GeneXus\GeneX

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/94) · 2026-08-13 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### [Bug] genexus_edit PatternInstance: userAction gxobject attribute is silently dropped on persist (rejectedByPersist)

## What happened

Writing a `<userAction>` into a WorkWithPlus `PatternInstance` via `genexus_edit` persists
every attribute **except `gxobject`**, which is dropped by the SDK save path. The tool returns
`PatternVerificationMismatch` and reports `rejectedByPersist=[gxobject]`.

The resulting button renders in the UI and keeps its `condition`, but calls nothing.

Reproduced **3/3**, across three variations:

1. `gxobject="MyModule.MyAiProcedure"` (module-qualified name) - rejected
2. `gxobject="{

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/82) · 2026-08-12 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### [Bug] ClassifyErrorCategory knows only 2 of GeneXus's 12 diagnostic code families — gtm#### build-infra errors are reported as code errors

## Summary

`BuildService.ClassifyErrorCategory` splits build diagnostics into `environment` / `spec` / `code`, but it only recognises **2 of the 12 diagnostic code families GeneXus actually emits**. Everything else silently falls through to `code`.

The consequence that bites: **`gtm####` errors (GeneXus Tasks MSBuild — build infrastructure) are reported as `code` errors.** That suppresses `envErrorsHint` and sends the agent hunting for a bug in the edited object when the actual problem is the 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/lennix1337/Genexus18MCP/issues/81) · 2026-08-11 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

[See all 19 reports Pod holds for genexus](/mcp/genexus/issues) — of 31 qualified upstream.

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