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browser-use__browser-use/tests/ci/test_mcp_tool_annotations.py
ayaangazali c0d0542beb fix(mcp): mark read-only MCP tools with readOnlyHint annotations
The --mcp tool catalogue shipped without MCP annotations, so clients
that gate execution on hints (Codex CLI approval_policy=never) cancel
even read-only calls like browser_get_state.

Annotate the five tools whose handlers only read state:
browser_get_state, browser_get_html, browser_screenshot,
browser_list_tabs, browser_list_sessions. browser_extract_content is
deliberately excluded (dispatches the extract action with a FileSystem
handle and can write artifacts). Regression test pins the set in both
directions.

Closes #5239
2026-07-17 15:37:11 -07:00

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"""Tests for MCP tool annotations on the `browser-use --mcp` surface (#5239).
The MCP tool catalogue used to ship without any `annotations`, so clients that
gate tool execution on MCP hints (e.g. Codex CLI with `approval_policy=never`)
auto-cancelled even clearly read-only calls like `browser_get_state`.
Read-only tools must advertise `readOnlyHint=True`; every state-changing tool
must NOT advertise it. `browser_extract_content` is deliberately excluded from
the read-only set: it dispatches the `extract` action through `Tools.act()`
with a FileSystem handle and can write extraction artifacts.
"""
import mcp.types as types
import pytest
from browser_use.mcp.server import BrowserUseServer
# Tools whose handlers only read state (see BrowserUseServer._get_browser_state,
# _get_html, _screenshot, _list_tabs, _list_sessions). Everything else mutates
# browser/session state and must never carry readOnlyHint=True.
EXPECTED_READ_ONLY_TOOLS = frozenset(
{
'browser_get_state',
'browser_get_html',
'browser_screenshot',
'browser_list_tabs',
'browser_list_sessions',
}
)
@pytest.fixture
def server() -> BrowserUseServer:
return BrowserUseServer()
def _is_read_only(tool: types.Tool) -> bool:
return tool.annotations is not None and tool.annotations.readOnlyHint is True
async def _list_tools(server: BrowserUseServer) -> list[types.Tool]:
handler = server.server.request_handlers[types.ListToolsRequest]
result = await handler(types.ListToolsRequest(method='tools/list'))
assert isinstance(result, types.ServerResult), f'expected ServerResult, got {type(result).__name__}'
list_result = result.root
assert isinstance(list_result, types.ListToolsResult), f'expected ListToolsResult, got {type(list_result).__name__}'
assert len(list_result.tools) > 0, 'tools/list returned an empty catalogue'
return list_result.tools
async def test_read_only_tools_advertise_read_only_hint(server: BrowserUseServer) -> None:
"""Every genuinely read-only tool must carry annotations.readOnlyHint=True."""
tools = await _list_tools(server)
by_name = {tool.name: tool for tool in tools}
missing_tools = EXPECTED_READ_ONLY_TOOLS - by_name.keys()
assert not missing_tools, f'expected read-only tools missing from tools/list: {sorted(missing_tools)}'
unannotated = sorted(name for name in EXPECTED_READ_ONLY_TOOLS if not _is_read_only(by_name[name]))
assert not unannotated, (
f'read-only tools missing readOnlyHint=True: {unannotated}. '
f'Clients that gate on MCP annotations (e.g. Codex approval_policy=never) cancel unannotated calls.'
)
async def test_mutating_tools_never_advertise_read_only_hint(server: BrowserUseServer) -> None:
"""No state-changing tool may claim to be read-only.
A new tool that carries readOnlyHint=True must be consciously added to
EXPECTED_READ_ONLY_TOOLS after checking its handler really only reads.
"""
tools = await _list_tools(server)
mislabeled = sorted(tool.name for tool in tools if tool.name not in EXPECTED_READ_ONLY_TOOLS and _is_read_only(tool))
assert not mislabeled, f'state-changing tools wrongly advertise readOnlyHint=True: {mislabeled}'