feat: interactive MCP tool configuration in hermes tools - #1694
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Add the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive 'hermes tools' TUI. Changes: - tools/mcp_tool.py: Add probe_mcp_server_tools() — lightweight function that temporarily connects to configured MCP servers, discovers their tools (names + descriptions), and disconnects. No registry side effects. - hermes_cli/tools_config.py: Add 'Configure MCP tools' option to the interactive menu. When selected: 1. Probes all enabled MCP servers for their available tools 2. Shows a per-server curses checklist with tool descriptions 3. Pre-selects tools based on existing include/exclude config 4. Writes changes back as tools.exclude entries in config.yaml 5. Reports which servers failed to connect The existing CLI commands (hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) continue to work unchanged. This adds the interactive TUI counterpart so users can browse and toggle MCP tools visually. Tests: 22 new tests covering probe function edge cases and interactive flow (pre-selection, exclude/include modes, description truncation, multi-server handling, error paths).
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…h#1694) Add the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive 'hermes tools' TUI. Changes: - tools/mcp_tool.py: Add probe_mcp_server_tools() — lightweight function that temporarily connects to configured MCP servers, discovers their tools (names + descriptions), and disconnects. No registry side effects. - hermes_cli/tools_config.py: Add 'Configure MCP tools' option to the interactive menu. When selected: 1. Probes all enabled MCP servers for their available tools 2. Shows a per-server curses checklist with tool descriptions 3. Pre-selects tools based on existing include/exclude config 4. Writes changes back as tools.exclude entries in config.yaml 5. Reports which servers failed to connect The existing CLI commands (hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) continue to work unchanged. This adds the interactive TUI counterpart so users can browse and toggle MCP tools visually. Tests: 22 new tests covering probe function edge cases and interactive flow (pre-selection, exclude/include modes, description truncation, multi-server handling, error paths).
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…h#1694) Add the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive 'hermes tools' TUI. Changes: - tools/mcp_tool.py: Add probe_mcp_server_tools() — lightweight function that temporarily connects to configured MCP servers, discovers their tools (names + descriptions), and disconnects. No registry side effects. - hermes_cli/tools_config.py: Add 'Configure MCP tools' option to the interactive menu. When selected: 1. Probes all enabled MCP servers for their available tools 2. Shows a per-server curses checklist with tool descriptions 3. Pre-selects tools based on existing include/exclude config 4. Writes changes back as tools.exclude entries in config.yaml 5. Reports which servers failed to connect The existing CLI commands (hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) continue to work unchanged. This adds the interactive TUI counterpart so users can browse and toggle MCP tools visually. Tests: 22 new tests covering probe function edge cases and interactive flow (pre-selection, exclude/include modes, description truncation, multi-server handling, error paths).
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…h#1694) Add the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive 'hermes tools' TUI. Changes: - tools/mcp_tool.py: Add probe_mcp_server_tools() — lightweight function that temporarily connects to configured MCP servers, discovers their tools (names + descriptions), and disconnects. No registry side effects. - hermes_cli/tools_config.py: Add 'Configure MCP tools' option to the interactive menu. When selected: 1. Probes all enabled MCP servers for their available tools 2. Shows a per-server curses checklist with tool descriptions 3. Pre-selects tools based on existing include/exclude config 4. Writes changes back as tools.exclude entries in config.yaml 5. Reports which servers failed to connect The existing CLI commands (hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) continue to work unchanged. This adds the interactive TUI counterpart so users can browse and toggle MCP tools visually. Tests: 22 new tests covering probe function edge cases and interactive flow (pre-selection, exclude/include modes, description truncation, multi-server handling, error paths).
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…h#1694) Add the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive 'hermes tools' TUI. Changes: - tools/mcp_tool.py: Add probe_mcp_server_tools() — lightweight function that temporarily connects to configured MCP servers, discovers their tools (names + descriptions), and disconnects. No registry side effects. - hermes_cli/tools_config.py: Add 'Configure MCP tools' option to the interactive menu. When selected: 1. Probes all enabled MCP servers for their available tools 2. Shows a per-server curses checklist with tool descriptions 3. Pre-selects tools based on existing include/exclude config 4. Writes changes back as tools.exclude entries in config.yaml 5. Reports which servers failed to connect The existing CLI commands (hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) continue to work unchanged. This adds the interactive TUI counterpart so users can browse and toggle MCP tools visually. Tests: 22 new tests covering probe function edge cases and interactive flow (pre-selection, exclude/include modes, description truncation, multi-server handling, error paths).
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…h#1694) Add the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive 'hermes tools' TUI. Changes: - tools/mcp_tool.py: Add probe_mcp_server_tools() — lightweight function that temporarily connects to configured MCP servers, discovers their tools (names + descriptions), and disconnects. No registry side effects. - hermes_cli/tools_config.py: Add 'Configure MCP tools' option to the interactive menu. When selected: 1. Probes all enabled MCP servers for their available tools 2. Shows a per-server curses checklist with tool descriptions 3. Pre-selects tools based on existing include/exclude config 4. Writes changes back as tools.exclude entries in config.yaml 5. Reports which servers failed to connect The existing CLI commands (hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) continue to work unchanged. This adds the interactive TUI counterpart so users can browse and toggle MCP tools visually. Tests: 22 new tests covering probe function edge cases and interactive flow (pre-selection, exclude/include modes, description truncation, multi-server handling, error paths).
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Summary
Adds the ability to selectively enable/disable individual MCP server tools through the interactive
hermes toolsTUI.Problem
Users could configure MCP tool filters via:
hermes tools disable github:create_issuemcp_servers.<name>.tools.excludeBut the interactive
hermes toolscurses TUI only showed built-in toolsets. Users had no way to browse available MCP tools or toggle them visually — they had to already know the tool names.Solution
tools/mcp_tool.py— Newprobe_mcp_server_tools()function:{server_name: [(tool_name, description), ...]}hermes_cli/tools_config.py— New "Configure MCP tools" menu option:tools.excludeentriesUX Flow
When "Configure MCP tools" is selected:
Tests
22 new tests covering:
Existing behavior preserved
The CLI commands (
hermes tools enable/disable server:tool) and thehermes tools listoutput continue to work unchanged.