# folder-mcp Completed Tasks
This document tracks all completed development phases and their detailed implementations.
## 📋 Table of Contents
- [Completed Phases Summary](#completed-phases-summary)
- [Phase 1: Foundation (Steps 1-8)](#phase-1-foundation-steps-1-8)
- [Phase 2: File Parsing (Steps 9-13)](#phase-2-file-parsing-steps-9-13)
- [Phase 3: Text Processing & Embeddings (Steps 14-16)](#phase-3-text-processing--embeddings-steps-14-16)
- [Phase 4: Vector Search (Steps 17-19)](#phase-4-vector-search-steps-17-19)
- [Phase 5: MCP Integration (Steps 20-22)](#phase-5-mcp-integration-steps-20-22)
- [Phase 6: Real-time & Configuration (Steps 23-24)](#phase-6-real-time--configuration-steps-23-24)
- [Phase 7: Production Ready & Configuration Systems (Steps 25-28)](#phase-7-production-ready--configuration-systems-steps-25-28)
- [Phase 8: Transport Foundation & Core Endpoints (Steps 29-34)](#phase-8-transport-foundation--core-endpoints-steps-29-34)
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## Completed Phases Summary
### ✅ Phase 1: Foundation (Steps 1-8) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 1**: Initialize TypeScript Project
- **Step 2**: Create CLI Executable
- **Step 3**: Implement Commander.js CLI
- **Step 4**: Recursive File Listing
- **Step 5**: File Type Filtering
- **Step 6**: Cache Directory Setup
- **Step 7**: File Fingerprinting System
- **Step 8**: Cache Status Detection
### ✅ Phase 2: File Parsing (Steps 9-13) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 9**: Text File Parser
- **Step 10**: PDF Parser Integration
- **Step 11**: Word Document Parser
- **Step 12**: Excel Parser
- **Step 13**: PowerPoint Parser
### ✅ Phase 3: Text Processing & Embeddings (Steps 14-16) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 14**: Smart Text Chunking
- **Step 15**: Embedding Model Setup
- **Step 15.1**: GPU-Enabled Embedding Model
- **Step 16**: Batch Embedding Generation
### ✅ Phase 4: Vector Search (Steps 17-19) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 17**: FAISS Vector Index
- **Step 18**: Similarity Search Function
- **Step 19**: Search CLI Command
### ✅ Phase 5: MCP Integration (Steps 20-22) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 20**: MCP Server Scaffold
- **Step 21**: Search Tool Implementation
- **Step 22**: Context Enhancement
### ✅ Phase 6: Real-time & Configuration (Steps 23-24) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 23**: File Watcher Integration
- **Step 24**: Configuration System
### ✅ Phase 7: Production Ready & Configuration Systems (Steps 25-28) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED
- **Step 25**: Error Recovery
- **Step 26**: Runtime Configuration Structure
- **Step 27**: Configuration Caching System
- **Step 28**: Configuration Validation System
### ✅ Phase 8: Transport Foundation & Core Endpoints (Steps 29-34) - COMPLETED
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETED - June 14, 2025
- **Step 29**: Transport Layer Foundation - Complete transport system architecture with security foundation
- **Step 30**: Protocol Buffer Schema Design - Complete proto schema with all 13 endpoints and TypeScript integration
- **Step 31**: Local Dual-Protocol Transport Implementation - Complete gRPC and MCP dual-protocol local transport
- **Steps 32-34**: Advanced Endpoints Implementation - Completed ahead of schedule as part of Step 31
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## Phase 1: Foundation (Steps 1-8)
### Step 1: Initialize TypeScript Project
**Task**: Create project structure with TypeScript configuration
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ package.json with name "folder-mcp"
- ✅ tsconfig.json configured for Node.js
- ✅ src/index.ts with console.log("Hello World")
- ✅ npm run build compiles successfully
- ✅ npm start prints "Hello World"
### Step 2: Create CLI Executable
**Task**: Make globally installable CLI tool
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ bin field in package.json points to CLI entry
- ✅ Shebang line in CLI file: #!/usr/bin/env node
- ✅ npm link makes folder-mcp available globally
- ✅ Running folder-mcp prints "Hello World"
### Step 3: Implement Commander.js CLI
**Task**: Add command structure with Commander
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ folder-mcp --version shows version
- ✅ folder-mcp --help shows available commands
- ✅ folder-mcp index <folder> command exists
- ✅ Shows error for missing folder argument
### Step 4: Recursive File Listing
**Task**: List all files in target folder using glob
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ folder-mcp index ./test-folder lists all files
- ✅ Shows relative paths from target folder
- ✅ Displays total file count
- ✅ Handles non-existent folders gracefully
### Step 5: File Type Filtering
**Task**: Filter by supported extensions
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Only shows: .txt, .md, .pdf, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx
- ✅ Case-insensitive extension matching
- ✅ Shows count by file type (e.g., "PDFs: 5, Word: 3")
- ✅ Ignores hidden files and folders
### Step 6: Cache Directory Setup
**Task**: Create and validate cache structure
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Creates .folder-mcp in target folder
- ✅ Creates subdirectories: embeddings/, metadata/, vectors/
- ✅ Creates version.json with tool version and timestamp
- ✅ Handles permission errors with clear message
### Step 7: File Fingerprinting System
**Task**: Generate unique identifiers for files
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Generates SHA-256 hash for each file's content
- ✅ Creates fingerprint object: {hash, path, size, modified}
- ✅ Saves fingerprints to .folder-mcp/index.json
- ✅ Pretty-prints JSON for debugging
### Step 8: Cache Status Detection
**Task**: Identify what needs processing
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Loads previous index.json if exists
- ✅ Detects new files (not in cache)
- ✅ Detects modified files (hash changed)
- ✅ Detects deleted files (in cache but not on disk)
- ✅ Shows summary: "5 new, 2 modified, 1 deleted"
---
## Phase 2: File Parsing (Steps 9-13)
### Step 9: Text File Parser
**Task**: Extract content from .txt and .md files
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Reads files with UTF-8 encoding
- ✅ Handles different line endings (CRLF/LF)
- ✅ Stores in .folder-mcp/metadata/[hash].json
- ✅ Metadata includes: content, type, originalPath
- ✅ Processes 10MB file without memory issues
### Step 10: PDF Parser Integration
**Task**: Extract text from PDFs using pdf-parse
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Extracts all text content from PDFs
- ✅ Preserves page numbers in metadata
- ✅ Handles encrypted PDFs gracefully (skip with warning)
- ✅ Caches extracted content with page structure
- ✅ Shows progress for large PDFs
### Step 11: Word Document Parser
**Task**: Extract content from .docx using mammoth
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Extracts paragraphs with style information
- ✅ Identifies headers vs body text
- ✅ Preserves list structure
- ✅ Extracts table data as structured JSON
- ✅ Handles corrupted files without crashing
### Step 12: Excel Parser
**Task**: Extract data from .xlsx using xlsx library
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Extracts all sheets with names
- ✅ Preserves cell formulas as metadata
- ✅ Converts tables to JSON arrays
- ✅ Handles merged cells appropriately
- ✅ Includes sheet names in chunk metadata
### Step 13: PowerPoint Parser
**Task**: Extract content from .pptx files
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Extracts text from all slides
- ✅ Preserves slide numbers and titles
- ✅ Includes speaker notes
- ✅ Extracts text from shapes and text boxes
- ✅ Orders content logically per slide
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## Phase 3: Text Processing & Embeddings (Steps 14-16)
### Step 14: Smart Text Chunking
**Task**: Split documents into semantic chunks
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Splits on paragraph boundaries
- ✅ Chunks between 200-500 tokens (using simple tokenizer)
- ✅ 10% overlap between consecutive chunks
- ✅ Never splits mid-sentence
- ✅ Preserves metadata (source, position, type)
### Step 15: Embedding Model Setup
**Task**: Initialize Nomic Embed model
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Downloads model on first run
- ✅ Shows download progress
- ✅ Caches model in user directory
- ✅ Generates 768-dim embedding for test string
- ✅ Handles offline mode gracefully
**Implementation**: `src/embeddings/index.ts`
- EmbeddingModel class with lazy initialization
- Progress tracking for model downloads
- User cache directory: `~/.cache/folder-mcp-models`
- Full ES module conversion completed
- Comprehensive test system with batch embedding support
### Step 15.1: GPU-Enabled Embedding Model
**Task**: Replace Nomic Embed with GPU-accelerated Ollama embeddings
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Detects if Ollama CLI is installed and running
- ✅ Provides clear installation instructions if not available
- ✅ Uses Ollama with `nomic-embed-text` model for GPU acceleration
- ✅ Falls back to original Nomic Embed v1.5 if Ollama unavailable
- ✅ Maintains same API interface for backward compatibility
- ✅ Shows GPU/CPU usage status during embedding generation
- ✅ Handles Ollama service startup and model downloading
**Implementation**: `src/embeddings/index.ts`
- GPU-accelerated Ollama integration with automatic detection
- Graceful fallback to CPU-based transformers when Ollama unavailable
- Performance monitoring and GPU status reporting
- Comprehensive testing utilities (`test-cli.ts`, `test-switching.ts`)
- Configuration system supporting multiple embedding models
### Step 16: Batch Embedding Generation
**Task**: Generate embeddings for all chunks
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Processes chunks in batches of 32
- ✅ Shows progress bar with ETA
- ✅ Saves embeddings to .folder-mcp/embeddings/[hash].json
- ✅ Only processes new/modified files
- ✅ Handles interruption gracefully (resume capable)
**Implementation**: `src/processing/indexing.ts`
- Batch processing with configurable batch size (default 32)
- Progress tracking with ETA calculation and visual progress bar
- Incremental processing - only generates embeddings for new/modified chunks
- Graceful error handling with batch-level recovery
- Resume capability through existing embedding detection
- Performance statistics and timing reports
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## Phase 4: Vector Search (Steps 17-19)
### Step 17: FAISS Vector Index
**Task**: Create searchable vector index
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Initializes FAISS index with correct dimensions (768)
- ✅ Adds all embeddings with numeric IDs
- ✅ Saves index to .folder-mcp/vectors/index.faiss (binary format)
- ✅ Saves ID mappings to mappings.json
- ✅ Can load and search existing index with faiss.IndexFlatIP.read()
**Implementation**: `src/search/index.ts`
- VectorIndex class with FAISS IndexFlatIP backend
- Binary index persistence with `.faiss` format for fast loading
- ID mapping system linking vector indices to chunk metadata
- Automatic vector dimension detection and validation
- Graceful fallback from binary to JSON vectors when needed
### Step 18: Similarity Search Function
**Task**: Implement vector similarity search
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Embeds query string with GPU-accelerated model
- ✅ Returns top-K most similar chunks
- ✅ Includes similarity scores (0-1 range with normalization)
- ✅ Retrieves full chunk metadata
- ✅ Handles empty index gracefully
**Implementation**: `src/search/index.ts`
- Inner product similarity search with FAISS IndexFlatIP
- Query embedding generation using GPU-accelerated Ollama/CPU fallback
- Score normalization from raw FAISS scores to 0-1 range
- Automatic k adjustment when k > available vectors
- Full chunk metadata retrieval with source file and line information
### Step 19: Search CLI Command
**Task**: Add local search command
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ `folder-mcp search <folder> <query>` works
- ✅ Shows configurable results with -k parameter
- ✅ Displays source file and location with line ranges
- ✅ Shows content snippets with similarity scores
- ✅ Works without starting server
**Implementation**: `src/search/cli.ts`, `src/cli/commands.ts`
- Interactive search command with progress feedback
- Automatic index building when not present
- Configurable result count with `-k` parameter
- Rich result display showing scores, file paths, and content previews
- Error handling for unindexed folders with helpful guidance
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## Phase 5: MCP Integration (Steps 20-22)
### Step 20: MCP Server Scaffold
**Task**: Create basic MCP server
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Server starts with `folder-mcp serve <folder>`
- ✅ Listens on default port 3000 (configurable)
- ✅ Implements MCP handshake protocol
- ✅ Logs client connections
- ✅ Graceful shutdown on Ctrl+C
**Implementation**: `src/mcp/server.ts`, `src/cli/commands.ts`
- MCP server class with stdio transport support
- Basic file operations (read_file, search_files, list_files, get_folder_info)
- Command-line interface with configurable port and transport options
- Security features preventing access outside served folder
- Graceful shutdown handling with SIGINT/SIGTERM
### Step 21: Search Tool Implementation
**Task**: Add search_knowledge tool to MCP
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Tool appears in MCP capability list
- ✅ Accepts parameters: query, top_k, threshold
- ✅ Returns structured results with content and metadata
- ✅ Handles concurrent requests
- ✅ Includes source attribution
**Implementation**: `src/mcp/server.ts`
- Added search_knowledge tool to MCP server tools list
- Implemented handleSearchKnowledge() method with parameter validation
- Integrated with existing EmbeddingModel and VectorIndex infrastructure
- MCP-compliant response format with structured content and metadata
- Lazy initialization for performance with proper error handling
- GPU-accelerated search via Ollama embeddings
### Step 22: Context Enhancement
**Task**: Improve search results with context
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Includes previous/next chunk for context
- ✅ Expands to full paragraph boundaries
- ✅ Adds document outline (for structured docs)
- ✅ Groups results by source document
- ✅ Deduplicates overlapping results
**Implementation**: `src/search/enhanced.ts` with `search_knowledge_enhanced` MCP tool
- EnhancedVectorSearch class with contextual search functionality
- getContextualChunks() method for previous/next chunk context retrieval
- Paragraph boundary expansion with expandedContent logic
- Document structure extraction for PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and text files
- Result grouping by document in groupAndDeduplicateResults() method
- Overlap deduplication using areChunksOverlapping() and deduplicateResults()
- Full integration with MCP server including enhanced search tool
- Comprehensive test coverage with 15/15 tests passing
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## Phase 6: Real-time & Configuration (Steps 23-24)
### Step 23: File Watcher Integration
**Task**: Auto-update on file changes
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Detects new files in watched folder
- ✅ Detects modifications to existing files
- ✅ Updates index incrementally
- ✅ Logs update events
- ✅ Debounces rapid changes (1-second delay)
**Implementation**: `src/watch/index.ts`, `src/cli/commands.ts`
- FolderWatcher class with chokidar integration for file system monitoring
- File event handling for add, change, and unlink operations
- Configurable debouncing with 1000ms default delay to handle rapid changes
- Incremental processing that only updates changed files, preserving existing cache
- Full file parsing pipeline integration (text, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Automatic embedding generation for modified files with GPU/CPU acceleration
- Vector index rebuilding after changes to maintain search functionality
- CLI command `folder-mcp watch <folder>` with customizable options:
- `--debounce` for delay configuration (default: 1000ms)
- `--batch-size` for embedding batch processing (default: 32)
- `--verbose` and `--quiet` for logging control
- Graceful shutdown handling with SIGINT/SIGTERM support and cleanup
- Cross-platform compatibility with Windows-specific readline handling
- Comprehensive error handling and logging at multiple verbosity levels
### Step 24: Configuration System
**Task**: Add configuration file support
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Loads .folder-mcp.yaml from .folder-mcp folder
- ✅ Configurable: chunk_size, overlap, model_name
- ✅ Configurable: file_extensions, ignore_patterns
- ✅ CLI args override config file
- ✅ Validates configuration schema
**Implementation**: `src/config/resolver.ts`, `src/config/local.ts`, `src/config/cli.ts`
- Configuration priority system: CLI args > local config > global config
- YAML-based local configuration files in `.folder-mcp/.folder-mcp.yaml`
- Comprehensive configuration commands (`config init`, `config show`, `config set`, etc.)
- Schema validation with detailed error messages
- CLI options for all configurable parameters (`--chunk-size`, `--model`, `--show-config`, etc.)
- Source tracking to show where each setting comes from (cli/local/global)
- Global configuration defaults in `config.yaml` with multiple embedding models
- Local configuration initialization and management system
---
## Phase 7: Production Ready & Configuration Systems (Steps 25-28)
### Step 25: Error Recovery
**Task**: Comprehensive error handling
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Continues indexing after single file failure
- ✅ Logs errors to .folder-mcp/errors.log
- ✅ Retries failed embeddings (3 attempts)
- ✅ Shows clear error summaries
- ✅ Never leaves cache in corrupted state
**Implementation Files**:
- `src/utils/errorRecovery.ts` - Core error recovery system with ErrorRecoveryManager, AtomicFileOperations, and ResumableProgress
- `src/processing/indexing.ts` - Integration of error recovery into file processing pipeline
- `src/watch/index.ts` - Error recovery integration for real-time file watching
- `src/mcp/server.ts` - Error recovery for MCP server operations
- `tests/test-phase7-production.js` - Comprehensive test suite (11/11 tests passing)
**Features Implemented**:
- JSON-formatted error logging with detailed metadata (timestamp, operation, error type, stack trace, retry count)
- Exponential backoff retry logic (3 retries with 1s/2s/4s delays for production, optimized 100ms delays for tests)
- Atomic file operations to prevent cache corruption during concurrent access
- Resumable progress tracking for interrupted operations (saves progress every file)
- Integration across all major operations (file parsing, embedding generation, cache operations)
- Intelligent test environment detection for 35x faster test execution
- Comprehensive error summaries and statistics reporting
- Never leaves cache in corrupted state - all operations are atomic or resumable
### Step 26: Runtime Configuration Structure
**Task**: Create runtime configuration JSON with smart defaults
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Define runtime config schema (model, port, languages, etc.)
- ✅ Generate default runtime.json with multilingual model
- ✅ Set sensible defaults (chunk_size: 400, workers: CPU count)
- ✅ Include all configurable parameters in structure
- ✅ Create TypeScript interfaces for type safety
- ✅ Document each configuration parameter purpose
**Implementation**: `src/config/runtime.ts`, `src/config/system.ts`, `tests/test-phase8-ux.js`
- Complete RuntimeConfig interface with all required sections: system, processing, server, ui, files, cache, metadata
- Smart defaults with CPU count-based worker optimization and memory-based batch size optimization
- System capabilities detection including CPU, memory, GPU, and software availability
- Runtime configuration generation with hash-based change detection for re-indexing triggers
- Comprehensive TypeScript interfaces with full type safety
- Configuration optimization based on detected system performance tier (low/medium/high)
- Cache-enabled runtime configuration with TTL and system profile caching
- Full validation system with detailed error messages
- Comprehensive test suite with 7 specific tests covering all aspects
### Step 27: Configuration Caching System
**Task**: Implement configuration persistence and caching with Ollama integration
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Save runtime config to ~/.folder-mcp/last-runtime.json
- ✅ Load previous runtime on startup if exists
- ✅ Cache system profile in ~/.folder-mcp/system-profile.json
- ✅ Store Ollama embedding model list with 24-hour expiry
- ✅ Fetch embedding models directly from Ollama API
- ✅ Implement cache invalidation mechanism
- ✅ Handle corrupted cache files gracefully
**Implementation**:
- `src/config/runtime.ts`
- `src/config/system.ts`
- `src/config/ollama.ts`
- `src/config/cache.ts`
- `src/config/resolver.ts`
- `tests/test-phase8-ux.js`
All success criteria are fully implemented and tested. See `tests/test-phase8-ux.js` for comprehensive test coverage.
### Step 28: Configuration Validation System
**Task**: Implement comprehensive configuration validation
**Success Criteria**:
- ✅ Implement comprehensive configuration validation
- ✅ Add path validation for folders and files
- ✅ Add numeric validation for parameters
- ✅ Add network validation for ports and hosts
- ✅ Add model validation for embedding models
- ✅ Implement validation summary generation
- ✅ Add validation error handling
- ✅ Add validation caching
- ✅ Add validation tests
- ✅ Add validation documentation
**Implementation Files:**
- `src/config/validation/index.ts` - Main validation system
- `src/config/validation/path.ts` - Path validation
- `src/config/validation/numeric.ts` - Numeric validation
- `src/config/validation/network.ts` - Network validation
- `src/config/validation/model.ts` - Model validation
- `src/config/validation/summary.ts` - Validation summary
- `src/config/validation/cache.ts` - Validation caching
- `src/config/validation/errors.ts` - Validation errors
- `src/config/validation/types.ts` - Validation types
- `src/config/validation/utils.ts` - Validation utilities
- `src/config/validation/constants.ts` - Validation constants
- `src/config/validation/index.test.ts` - Validation tests
- `src/config/validation/README.md` - Validation documentation
---
## Phase 8: Transport Foundation & Core Endpoints (Steps 29-34)
### Step 29: Transport Layer Foundation
**Task**: Prepare for gRPC transport system architecture with security foundation
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETED** - June 13, 2025
**Success Criteria**: ✅ All Completed
- ✅ Install gRPC dependencies (@grpc/grpc-js, @grpc/proto-loader)
- ✅ Design Protocol Buffer schema for all endpoints
- ✅ Create transport layer interface definitions
- ✅ Implement transport factory pattern
- ✅ Add transport configuration to runtime config
- ✅ Create transport selection logic (local/remote/http)
- ✅ Update MCP server to "hello world" baseline
- ✅ Add security CLI commands foundation
**Security CLI Commands**: ✅ All Implemented
- ✅ `folder-mcp serve <folder>` - Auto-generate API key on first run
- ✅ `folder-mcp generate-key <folder>` - Generate new API key
- ✅ `folder-mcp rotate-key <folder>` - Rotate existing API key
- ✅ `folder-mcp show-key <folder>` - Display current API key
- ✅ `folder-mcp revoke-key <folder>` - Revoke API key access
**Implementation Files**:
- `src/transport/` - Complete transport layer (7 files)
- `proto/folder-mcp.proto` - Protocol buffer schema
- `src/interfaces/cli/commands/` - Security CLI commands (5 files)
- `src/generated/` - Generated TypeScript types
- Updated configuration and DI modules
### Step 30: Protocol Buffer Schema Design
**Task**: Define comprehensive .proto files for all endpoints
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETED** - June 13, 2025
**Claude Desktop Integration**: ✅ **CONFIRMED WORKING**
**Success Criteria**: ✅ All Completed
- ✅ Create folder-mcp.proto with all 13 service endpoints
- ✅ Define message types for all request/response pairs
- ✅ Include proper field validation and documentation
- ✅ Generate TypeScript types from proto files
- ✅ Validate schema against endpoint specification
- ✅ Add token limit annotations in proto comments
- ✅ All tests pass with new proto definitions
- ✅ TypeScript compiles without ANY errors
- ✅ Proto schema validates against gRPC standards
- ✅ Claude Desktop runs the MCP server without issues
**Implementation Files**:
- `proto/folder-mcp.proto` - Complete protocol buffer schema with all 13 endpoints
- `src/generated/` - Generated TypeScript types and validation utilities
- `folder-mcp.d.ts` - Complete TypeScript interface definitions
- `folder-mcp.js` - JavaScript implementation
- `message-builders.ts` - Type-safe message construction helpers
- `type-guards.ts` - Runtime type validation functions
- `validation-utils.ts` - Field validation utilities
- `src/transport/typed-service.ts` - Type-safe service wrapper
- `src/transport/typed-transport.ts` - DI-compliant typed transport with factory functions
- `src/config/schema.ts` - Enhanced configuration with proto enum integration
- `scripts/generate-proto-types.js` - Enhanced type generation script
- `STEP_30_IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md` - Complete implementation documentation
- `STEP_30_COMPLETION_SUMMARY.md` - Final completion summary
- `CLAUDE_DESKTOP_INTEGRATION_CONFIRMED.md` - Claude Desktop test results
**Architectural Achievements**:
- ✅ 250+ tests passing (100% success rate)
- ✅ Clean TypeScript compilation with full type safety
- ✅ DI compliance maintained across all new components
- ✅ Performance benchmarks met
- ✅ Proto-enum integration in configuration system
- ✅ Type-safe transport layer with factory pattern
- ✅ Claude Desktop MCP server integration confirmed working
### Step 31: Local Dual-Protocol Transport Implementation (Including Steps 32-34)
**Task**: Implement local transport layer supporting both MCP (RPC) and gRPC protocols with all 13 endpoints
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETED** - June 14, 2025
**Final Results**: Complete dual-protocol implementation with all endpoints and tools
**Success Criteria**: ✅ All Completed
- ✅ MCP transport: JSON-RPC over stdio for Claude Desktop integration (WORKING)
- ✅ Local gRPC transport: Unix Domain Socket (Windows named pipe) with filesystem permissions
- ✅ Complete all 13 gRPC service endpoints with validation and error handling
- ✅ gRPC service implementation using generated proto types
- ✅ Integration with existing DI container and configuration system
- ✅ Local transport health checks and graceful shutdown
- ✅ Implement corresponding MCP tools for Claude Desktop compatibility (10 tools)
- ✅ Shared domain service integration for both protocols
- ✅ All 277 tests pass with dual transport implementation
- ✅ TypeScript compiles without ANY errors
- ✅ Claude Desktop integration maintains compatibility (MCP protocol)
- ✅ Enhanced CLI commands for dual transport management
**All Endpoints Implemented** (Originally planned as Steps 32-34):
- **✅ Core Search Endpoints**: SearchDocs, SearchChunks with MCP tools
- **✅ Navigation Endpoints**: ListFolders, ListDocumentsInFolder with MCP tools
- **✅ Document Content Endpoints**: GetDocMetadata, DownloadDoc, GetChunks with MCP tools
- **✅ Summarization Endpoints**: GetDocSummary, BatchDocSummary with MCP tools
- **✅ Specialized Endpoints**: TableQuery, IngestStatus, RefreshDoc, GetEmbedding with MCP tools
**Implementation Achievements**: **Complete Dual-Protocol Success**
- **✅ MCP Protocol**: JSON-RPC over stdio working perfectly with Claude Desktop
- **✅ gRPC Protocol**: Unix Domain Socket (Windows named pipes) for high-performance local access
- **✅ All 13 gRPC Services**: Full implementation with error handling and validation
- **✅ All 10 MCP Tools**: Complete equivalent functionality for Claude Desktop
- **✅ Shared Domain Services**: Both protocols access same document intelligence services
- **✅ Local-Only Security**: Filesystem permissions provide security for both protocols
- **✅ Protocol Optimization**: MCP for interactive chat, gRPC for bulk operations
- **✅ Performance Optimized**: Direct memory access for gRPC, chat-optimized responses for MCP
**Key Technical Achievements**:
- ✅ Working MCP server with Claude Desktop integration
- ✅ Complete local gRPC server with all 13 endpoints implemented
- ✅ Complete MCP tool set with equivalent functionality to gRPC endpoints
- ✅ Unix Domain Socket transport with optimal performance
- ✅ Type-safe service implementations using generated proto types
- ✅ Dual transport health monitoring and graceful shutdown
- ✅ Enhanced CLI commands for transport testing
- ✅ API key system foundation (ready for future remote access)
- ✅ Authentication middleware (inactive for local transport, ready for remote)
**Implementation Files**:
- `src/grpc/server.ts` - Complete gRPC server with all 13 endpoints
- `src/grpc/services/` - All service implementations with domain integration
- `src/grpc/auth/` - API key system and authentication middleware
- `src/interfaces/cli/commands/` - Enhanced CLI with transport testing
- `src/mcp/handlers/` - Complete MCP tool implementations
**Note**: Steps 32-34 were combined into Step 32 as they were implemented together.
### Step 32: Complete Endpoints Implementation
**Task**: Implement all remaining gRPC endpoints and corresponding MCP tools (originally planned as separate steps)
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETED** - Completed as part of Step 31 implementation
**Success Criteria**: ✅ All Completed
**Core Search Endpoints** (Originally Step 32):
- ✅ gRPC SearchDocs endpoint with semantic document discovery
- ✅ gRPC SearchChunks endpoint with chunk-level search
- ✅ MCP search_documents tool for Claude Desktop
- ✅ MCP search_chunks tool for Claude Desktop
- ✅ Token limiting and similarity scoring
- ✅ Metadata filtering and pagination
**Navigation Endpoints** (Originally Step 33):
- ✅ gRPC ListFolders endpoint with folder hierarchy
- ✅ gRPC ListDocumentsInFolder endpoint with pagination
- ✅ MCP list_folders tool for Claude Desktop
- ✅ MCP list_documents tool for Claude Desktop
- ✅ Path security and validation
- ✅ Document metadata integration
**Document Content Endpoints** (Originally Step 34):
- ✅ gRPC GetDocMetadata endpoint with document structure
- ✅ gRPC DownloadDoc endpoint with binary streaming
- ✅ gRPC GetChunks endpoint with chunk retrieval
- ✅ MCP get_document_metadata tool for Claude Desktop
- ✅ MCP get_document_content tool for Claude Desktop
- ✅ Content-type detection and validation
**Additional Endpoints Completed**:
- ✅ **Summarization Endpoints**: GetDocSummary, BatchDocSummary with MCP tools
- ✅ **Specialized Endpoints**: TableQuery, IngestStatus, RefreshDoc, GetEmbedding with MCP tools
**Shared Implementation Features**:
- ✅ Shared domain service integration for both protocols
- ✅ Streaming support for large files
- ✅ Error handling for corrupted files
- ✅ Sorting and filtering capabilities