Schema | XRootD MCP Server

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`XROOTD_SERVER`	Yes	The XRootD server URL (e.g., root://dtn-eic.jlab.org).
`XROOTD_BASE_DIR`	No	Optional base directory to restrict access and simplify paths. Relative paths will be resolved relative to this directory.
`XROOTD_CACHE_TTL`	No	Cache time-to-live in minutes.	60
`XROOTD_CACHE_ENABLED`	No	Whether directory listing results are cached for improved performance.	true
`XROOTD_CACHE_MAX_SIZE`	No	Maximum number of entries in the LRU cache.	1000

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Capability	Details
`tools`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_directory	List contents of a directory on the XRootD server
get_file_info	Get detailed metadata about a file or directory
read_file	Read contents of a file from the XRootD server (supports byte ranges)
check_file_exists	Check if a file or directory exists on the XRootD server
get_directory_size	Calculate total size of a directory (recursively)
search_files	Search for files by pattern (glob or regex)
get_statistics	Get comprehensive statistics about files in a directory
list_directory_filtered	List directory with advanced filtering options
find_recent_files	Find files modified within a time period
list_campaigns	List available production campaigns
list_datasets	List datasets within a campaign
summarize_recent_changes	Summarize files added in a time period with statistics
analyze_root_file	Analyze ROOT file structure, trees, and branches
extract_podio_metadata	Extract metadata from podio_metadata tree in ROOT file
get_event_statistics	Get event statistics and collection info from ROOT file
get_dataset_event_statistics	Aggregate event statistics across all ROOT files in a dataset

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

XRootD MCP Server