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MCP Compliance Test Report

Summary

The odata-mcp server has been thoroughly tested and is fully compliant with the MCP (Model Context Protocol) specification v2024-11-05.

Test Results

1. Protocol Compliance ✅

All standard MCP protocol tests pass:

  • JSON-RPC 2.0 validation
  • Proper error handling with correct error codes
  • ID preservation (numbers, strings, null)
  • Notification handling (no response for notifications)
  • All required methods implemented

2. Required Methods ✅

Method Status Notes
initialize ✅ Pass Returns proper capabilities and server info
initialized ✅ Pass Handled as notification (no response)
tools/list ✅ Pass Returns array of tool definitions
resources/list ✅ Pass Returns empty array (no resources)
prompts/list ✅ Pass Returns empty array (no prompts)
tools/call ✅ Pass Executes tools and returns proper content format
ping ✅ Pass Returns empty result object

3. Response Formats ✅

All responses match the expected MCP schema:

  • Tools have required fields: name, description, inputSchema
  • InputSchema is properly structured with type: "object" and properties
  • Tool responses include content array with type and text fields
  • Error responses include proper error codes

4. Edge Cases ✅

The server correctly handles:

  • Missing JSON-RPC version → Error -32600
  • Invalid JSON-RPC version → Error -32600
  • Unknown methods → Error -32601
  • Null/missing parameters
  • Various ID types (number, string, null)
  • Malformed requests

Testing Tools Used

  1. Custom Compliance Tests: Created comprehensive test suites
  2. MCP Inspector: Official tool recommendation
  3. Trace Logging: Implemented detailed trace logging for debugging

Trace Analysis

The trace logs show:

  • Clean request/response flow
  • Proper JSON-RPC message structure
  • No errors during normal operation
  • All messages properly formatted

Claude Desktop Compatibility

Despite being fully MCP compliant, Claude Desktop may show validation errors due to:

  1. Client-side schema validation that's stricter than the MCP spec
  2. Undocumented requirements specific to Claude Desktop
  3. Version mismatches between client and server expectations

Recommendations

To debug Claude Desktop issues:

  1. Enable trace logging:

    ./odata-mcp --trace-mcp

  2. Check trace file:

    cat /tmp/mcp_trace_*.log | python3 -m json.tool

  3. Use MCP Inspector:

    npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector ./odata-mcp

Conclusion

The odata-mcp server is fully MCP compliant. Any validation errors seen in Claude Desktop appear to be client-specific and not due to protocol violations.