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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Zero-dependency stdio MCP server bridging to the SnapOrca/Orca-CAD control socket.
+
+Speaks MCP (JSON-RPC 2.0 over newline-delimited stdio) to an MCP client (Claude Code),
+and forwards each tool call to the app's Unix-domain control socket (opened by the GUI
+when launched with SNAPORCA_MCP set). The tool list is built *live* from the app's own
+`describe_tools` reply — introspection drives the schema, so new kernel methods surface
+without touching this file.
+
+Usage:  snaporca_mcp_bridge.py [SOCKET_PATH]   (default /tmp/snaporca-mcp.sock)
+The app must be running with SNAPORCA_MCP set; if the socket is down, tools/list falls
+back to the slice-1 set and tool calls report the connection error (never crash).
+"""
+import sys, os, json, socket, itertools
+
+SOCK_PATH = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "/tmp/snaporca-mcp.sock"
+SERVER_INFO = {"name": "snaporca-cad", "version": "0.1"}
+_app_id = itertools.count(1)
+
+# --- app control-socket round-trip --------------------------------------------
+def app_call(method, params=None):
+    """One request to the app over the unix socket. Raises on transport failure."""
+    req = {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": next(_app_id), "method": method}
+    if params is not None:
+        req["params"] = params
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.settimeout(20)
+    try:
+        s.connect(SOCK_PATH)
+        s.sendall((json.dumps(req) + "\n").encode())
+        buf = b""
+        while not buf.endswith(b"\n"):
+            chunk = s.recv(65536)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            buf += chunk
+    finally:
+        s.close()
+    return json.loads(buf.decode())
+
+# --- describe_tools -> MCP tool schemas ---------------------------------------
+_TYPE_MAP = {"number": "number", "integer": "integer", "string": "string", "boolean": "boolean"}
+
+def _param_schema(p):
+    sch = {"type": _TYPE_MAP.get(p.get("type", "string"), "string")}
+    if "unit" in p:    sch["description"] = f"in {p['unit']}"
+    if "enum" in p:    sch["enum"] = p["enum"]
+    if "min" in p:     sch["minimum"] = p["min"]
+    if "max" in p:     sch["maximum"] = p["max"]
+    if "default" in p: sch["default"] = p["default"]
+    return sch
+
+# Slice-1 fallback when the app socket is unreachable at list time.
+_FALLBACK_TOOLS = {"tools": [
+    {"name": "describe_tools", "summary": "List callable tools and their parameters.", "params": []},
+    {"name": "describe_scene", "summary": "Feature tree + per-body bounding boxes.", "params": []},
+    {"name": "extrude", "summary": "Create a solid: a centred rectangle sketch extruded to a depth.",
+     "params": [{"name": "width", "type": "number", "unit": "mm", "default": 20},
+                {"name": "height", "type": "number", "unit": "mm", "default": 20},
+                {"name": "distance", "type": "number", "unit": "mm", "default": 10},
+                {"name": "plane", "type": "string", "enum": ["XY", "XZ", "YZ"], "default": "XY"}]},
+]}
+
+def list_tools():
+    try:
+        desc = app_call("describe_tools").get("result", {})
+        if "tools" not in desc:
+            desc = _FALLBACK_TOOLS
+    except Exception:
+        desc = _FALLBACK_TOOLS
+    out = []
+    for t in desc["tools"]:
+        params = t.get("params", [])
+        props = {p["name"]: _param_schema(p) for p in params}
+        required = [p["name"] for p in params if "default" not in p]
+        out.append({
+            "name": t["name"],
+            "description": t.get("summary", ""),
+            "inputSchema": {"type": "object", "properties": props, "required": required},
+        })
+    return out
+
+# --- MCP method handlers ------------------------------------------------------
+def handle(req):
+    m = req.get("method")
+    rid = req.get("id")
+    if m == "initialize":
+        ver = (req.get("params") or {}).get("protocolVersion", "2024-11-05")
+        return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {
+            "protocolVersion": ver,
+            "capabilities": {"tools": {"listChanged": False}},
+            "serverInfo": SERVER_INFO}}
+    if m == "ping":
+        return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {}}
+    if m == "tools/list":
+        return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {"tools": list_tools()}}
+    if m == "tools/call":
+        p = req.get("params") or {}
+        name = p.get("name")
+        args = p.get("arguments") or {}
+        try:
+            reply = app_call(name, args)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {
+                "content": [{"type": "text", "text": f"control socket unreachable ({SOCK_PATH}): {e}"}],
+                "isError": True}}
+        if "error" in reply:
+            return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {
+                "content": [{"type": "text", "text": json.dumps(reply["error"])}], "isError": True}}
+        return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {
+            "content": [{"type": "text", "text": json.dumps(reply.get("result"), indent=2)}]}}
+    if rid is not None:  # unknown *request*
+        return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "error": {"code": -32601, "message": f"method not found: {m}"}}
+    return None  # notification (e.g. notifications/initialized) -> no reply
+
+def main():
+    for line in sys.stdin:
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        try:
+            req = json.loads(line)
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        resp = handle(req)
+        if resp is not None:
+            sys.stdout.write(json.dumps(resp) + "\n")
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()