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# Active Context
## Current Focus
Implementing and refining the ModelContextProtocol (MCP) server for the Buttondown API integration, with focus on email listing and scheduling functionality.
## Recent Changes
- Implemented MCP server with four tools:
- `list_emails`: List all emails with optional status filtering
- `create_draft`: Create new email drafts
- `get_analytics`: Retrieve email analytics
- `schedule_draft`: Schedule email drafts
- Added proper type definitions and Zod schemas
- Added tool descriptions and parameter documentation
- Added MCP inspector support
- Added build and run scripts for MCP server
- Improved API key handling to check only during command execution
- Enhanced email listing to include publish_date and scheduled_for information
- Successfully implemented and tested email scheduling functionality
## Current Task: MCP Server Implementation
### Status
- Core tools implemented:
- `list_emails`: List all emails with status filtering ✅
- `create_draft`: Create new email draft with content and optional title ✅
- `get_analytics`: Get detailed email analytics ✅
- `schedule_draft`: Schedule draft for publication ✅
- Added proper type definitions ✅
- Added tool descriptions ✅
- Added parameter validation with Zod ✅
- Added MCP inspector support ✅
- Added build and run scripts ✅
- Improved API key handling ✅
- Enhanced email listing with scheduling information ✅
### Next Actions
1. MCP Server (In Progress):
- [x] Implement core tools
- [x] Add proper validation
- [x] Add proper error handling
- [x] Add tool descriptions
- [x] Add inspector support
- [x] Improve API key handling
- [x] Enhance email listing
- [ ] Add tests
- [ ] Add documentation
- [ ] Add examples
## Next Steps
### Phase 3: MCP Server Implementation (Current)
1. Core Tools
- [x] List emails tool with status filtering
- [x] Create draft tool
- [x] Analytics tool
- [x] Schedule draft tool
- [x] Tool descriptions
- [x] Parameter validation
- [x] API key handling improvements
- [x] Enhanced email listing
2. Testing & Documentation
- [ ] Unit tests
- [ ] Integration tests
- [ ] Usage documentation
- [ ] Example workflows
3. Enhancements
- [x] API key handling improvements
- [x] Enhanced email listing
- [ ] Error handling improvements
- [ ] Response formatting
- [ ] Rate limiting
- [ ] Progress indicators
## Active Decisions
1. Use MCP SDK version 1.7.0
2. Use Zod for parameter validation
3. Add descriptive text for tools and parameters
4. Support inspector for testing
5. Keep consistent error handling
6. Return structured responses
7. Check API key only during command execution
8. Include publish_date and scheduled_for in email listings
## Considerations
1. **Tool Design**
- Clear descriptions
- Intuitive parameters
- Proper validation
- Helpful error messages
- Efficient API key handling
- Comprehensive email information
2. **Testing Strategy**
- Unit tests
- Integration tests
- Inspector testing
- Error scenarios
- API key validation testing
- Email scheduling testing
3. **Documentation**
- Tool descriptions
- Parameter documentation
- Example usage
- Error handling guide
- API key setup guide
4. **Security**
- Use 1Password for API key
- Never store API key in code
- Validate input before API calls
- Check API key only when needed
## Current Challenges
1. Testing MCP server
2. Improving error messages
3. Adding progress indicators
4. Documenting tool usage
5. Handling edge cases in email scheduling
## Notes
Remember to:
- Test all error scenarios
- Document tool usage
- Add examples
- Consider user experience
- Handle edge cases
- Keep consistent error handling
- Use 1Password for secrets
- Return structured responses
- Include comprehensive email information
- Validate API key efficiently