# MCP Server Tool Evaluation Support
## Overview
Add support for evaluating tools from remote MCP servers without
requiring Python callables. Enables direct evaluation of any
MCP-compatible tool server.
## What's New
### Core Features
- **`MCPToolRegistry`**: Evaluate tools from a single MCP server
- **`CompositeMCPRegistry`**: Evaluate tools from multiple MCP servers
simultaneously
- **Automatic loaders**: `load_from_stdio()` and `load_from_http()` to
fetch tools from running servers
- **Automatic namespacing**: Tools prefixed with server name (e.g.,
`server_tool_name`)
- **Smart name resolution**: Use short names if unique, full names if
ambiguous
- **OpenAI strict mode**: Automatic schema conversion prevents parameter
hallucinations
### Usage
**Automatic Loading:**
```python
from arcade_evals import load_from_stdio, MCPToolRegistry
# Load tools automatically from MCP server
tools = load_from_stdio(["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"])
registry = MCPToolRegistry(tools)
```
**Single MCP Server:**
```python
from arcade_evals import MCPToolRegistry, ExpectedToolCall
registry = MCPToolRegistry(mcp_tools)
suite = EvalSuite(catalog=registry)
suite.add_case(
expected_tool_calls=[
ExpectedToolCall(tool_name="tool_name", args={...})
]
)
```
**Multiple MCP Servers:**
```python
from arcade_evals import CompositeMCPRegistry, load_from_stdio
# Load from multiple servers
github_tools = load_from_stdio(["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"])
slack_tools = load_from_stdio(["npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-slack"])
composite = CompositeMCPRegistry(
tool_lists={
"github": github_tools,
"slack": slack_tools,
}
)
suite = EvalSuite(catalog=composite)
suite.add_case(
expected_tool_calls=[
ExpectedToolCall(tool_name="github_list_issues", args={...})
]
)
```
## Implementation
### Files Changed
- **`libs/arcade-evals/arcade_evals/registry.py`** (NEW): Registry
abstractions and implementations
- **`libs/arcade-evals/arcade_evals/loaders.py`** (NEW): Automatic tool
loading from MCP servers
- **`libs/arcade-evals/arcade_evals/eval.py`** (MODIFIED): Enhanced
`ExpectedToolCall` and evaluation logic
- **`libs/arcade-evals/arcade_evals/__init__.py`** (MODIFIED): Exported
new registries and loaders
### Key Technical Details
- Added `BaseToolRegistry` interface for abstraction
- `MCPToolRegistry` handles single server tools
- `CompositeMCPRegistry` manages multiple servers with collision
detection
- `load_from_stdio()` and `load_from_http()` for automatic tool
discovery
- Fixed name normalization bug: MCP tools use underscores (not dots)
- Optimized tool copying: 2.5x faster via shallow copy
## Testing
- ✅ 41 tests passing (25 new tests added)
- ✅ `test_eval_mcp_registry.py`: MCPToolRegistry functionality
- ✅ `test_eval_composite_mcp.py`: CompositeMCPRegistry with multiple
servers
- ✅ Verified backward compatibility with Python tools
## Backward Compatibility
✅ **100% backward compatible** - No breaking changes
## Breaking Changes
**None**
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>
> - **New examples**: `eval_arcade_gateway.py`,
`eval_stdio_mcp_server.py`, `eval_http_mcp_server.py`,
`eval_comprehensive_comparison.py` with timeouts, error handling, and
track-based comparisons; detailed `README.md`
> - **CLI runner**: `arcade_cli/evals_runner.py` to execute
evals/capture in parallel with progress, error isolation, failed-only
filtering, context inclusion, and multi-provider/model support
> - **Output formatters**: `arcade_cli/formatters/` (txt, md, html,
json) for evals and capture; comparative and multi-model HTML with tabs
and context rendering
> - **Display refactor**: `display.py` now supports writing multiple
formats, failed-only disclaimers, include-context, and improved console
summaries
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Co-authored-by: Francisco Liberal <francisco@arcade.dev>
Co-authored-by: Mateo Torres <torresmateo@gmail.com>
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"""OpenAI tool schema conversion (internal).
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Converts MCP-style tool schemas to OpenAI's tool format with strict mode support.
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OpenAI strict mode requirements:
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- additionalProperties: false at all object levels
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- properties and required present on all object schemas
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- required includes ALL properties (optional params use null union types)
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- Unsupported JSON Schema keywords are stripped
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import copy
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from typing import Any
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# Maximum recursion depth to prevent infinite loops in circular schema references
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_MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH = 50
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# Keywords not supported by OpenAI strict mode that should be stripped
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_UNSUPPORTED_STRICT_MODE_KEYWORDS = frozenset({
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"minimum",
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"maximum",
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"exclusiveMinimum",
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"exclusiveMaximum",
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"minLength",
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"maxLength",
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"pattern",
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"format",
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"default",
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"nullable",
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"minItems",
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"maxItems",
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"uniqueItems",
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"minProperties",
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"maxProperties",
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})
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class SchemaConversionError(Exception):
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"""Raised when schema conversion fails."""
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def convert_to_strict_mode_schema(parameters: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
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"""
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Convert an input JSON schema (MCP `inputSchema`) to OpenAI strict mode format.
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OpenAI strict mode requires:
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- additionalProperties: false at all object levels
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- properties and required present on all object schemas
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- required includes ALL properties
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- optional params become union types with null (e.g., ["string", "null"])
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- unsupported JSON Schema keywords stripped
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"""
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result = copy.deepcopy(parameters)
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strict_schema = _apply_strict_mode_recursive(result, depth=0)
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return {
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"type": "object",
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"properties": strict_schema.get("properties", {}),
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"required": strict_schema.get("required", []),
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"additionalProperties": False,
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}
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def _apply_strict_mode_recursive(schema: dict[str, Any], *, depth: int = 0) -> dict[str, Any]:
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if depth > _MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH:
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raise SchemaConversionError(
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f"Schema nesting exceeds maximum depth of {_MAX_SCHEMA_DEPTH}. "
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"This may indicate a circular reference in the schema."
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)
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# Strip unsupported keywords that OpenAI strict mode doesn't allow
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for keyword in _UNSUPPORTED_STRICT_MODE_KEYWORDS:
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schema.pop(keyword, None)
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# OpenAI strict mode enum handling:
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# 1. OpenAI requires enum values to be strings
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# 2. OpenAI validates that enum values match the declared type
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# 3. When we convert enum values to strings, we must also change the type to "string"
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#
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# Example: {"type": "integer", "enum": [0, 1, 2]} becomes {"type": "string", "enum": ["0", "1", "2"]}
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# Example: {"type": ["integer", "null"], "enum": [0, 1]} becomes {"type": ["string", "null"], "enum": ["0", "1"]}
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#
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# Without this fix, OpenAI returns: "enum value 0 does not validate against {'type': ['integer', 'null']}"
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if "enum" in schema:
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schema["enum"] = [str(v) for v in schema["enum"]]
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# Change type to string to match the stringified enum values
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current_type = schema.get("type")
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if current_type and current_type != "string":
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if isinstance(current_type, str):
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schema["type"] = "string"
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elif isinstance(current_type, list) and "string" not in current_type:
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# Replace non-string types with string, preserve null if present
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has_null = "null" in current_type
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if has_null:
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schema["type"] = ["string", "null"]
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else:
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# Single type without null should be simplified to string
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schema["type"] = "string"
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schema_type = schema.get("type")
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if schema_type == "object":
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schema["additionalProperties"] = False
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schema.setdefault("properties", {})
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properties = schema.get("properties", {})
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required = set(schema.get("required", []))
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new_properties: dict[str, Any] = {}
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all_param_names: list[str] = []
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for param_name, param_schema in properties.items():
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if not isinstance(param_schema, dict):
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new_properties[param_name] = param_schema
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all_param_names.append(param_name)
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continue
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processed_schema = _apply_strict_mode_recursive(param_schema, depth=depth + 1)
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# Optional param: add null to type union
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if param_name not in required:
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param_type = processed_schema.get("type")
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if isinstance(param_type, str):
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processed_schema["type"] = [param_type, "null"]
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elif isinstance(param_type, list) and "null" not in param_type:
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processed_schema["type"] = [*param_type, "null"]
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new_properties[param_name] = processed_schema
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all_param_names.append(param_name)
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schema["properties"] = new_properties
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schema["required"] = all_param_names
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elif schema_type == "array":
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items = schema.get("items")
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if isinstance(items, dict):
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schema["items"] = _apply_strict_mode_recursive(items, depth=depth + 1)
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for combiner in ("anyOf", "oneOf", "allOf"):
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if combiner in schema:
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schema[combiner] = [
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_apply_strict_mode_recursive(option, depth=depth + 1)
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if isinstance(option, dict)
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else option
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for option in schema[combiner]
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]
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return schema
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