bear_context_status

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• mcp-server/src/tools.ts:954-970 (schema)

  Schema and buildArgs definition for bear_context_status tool. No input required; calls 'bcli context status --json'.

  bear_context_status: {
    tool: {
      name: "bear_context_status",
      description:
        "Get context library health and stats: Bear note count, external file count, inbox count, total tokens, last sync time, group breakdown, and warnings (stale cache, expired externals, oversized files, untriaged inbox items).",
      inputSchema: {
        type: "object" as const,
        properties: {},
      },
      annotations: {
        readOnlyHint: true,
        destructiveHint: false,
        idempotentHint: true,
      },
    },
    buildArgs: () => ["context", "status", "--json"],
  },

• mcp-server/src/index.ts:29-31 (registration)

  Tools are registered via the ListToolsRequestSchema handler which enumerates all entries from the tools object, including bear_context_status.

  server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
    tools: Object.values(tools).map((t) => t.tool),
  }));

• mcp-server/src/index.ts:33-122 (handler)

  Generic CallToolRequestSchema handler dispatches to tools[name]. For bear_context_status, it runs 'bcli context status --json' via execBcliWithReauth.

  server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
    const { name, arguments: input } = request.params;
    const handler = tools[name];
  
    if (!handler) {
      return {
        content: [{ type: "text", text: `Unknown tool: ${name}` }],
        isError: true,
      };
    }
  
    const params = (input ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
  
    // Validate bear_edit_note: need at least one edit operation
    if (name === "bear_edit_note") {
      const hasAppend = params.append_text !== undefined;
      const hasBody = params.body !== undefined;
      const hasSetFm = params.set_frontmatter !== undefined &&
        Object.keys(params.set_frontmatter as object).length > 0;
      const hasRemoveFm = Array.isArray(params.remove_frontmatter) &&
        (params.remove_frontmatter as unknown[]).length > 0;
      const hasFm = hasSetFm || hasRemoveFm;
  
      if (!hasAppend && !hasBody && !hasFm) {
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: "Provide 'append_text', 'body', 'set_frontmatter', or 'remove_frontmatter'.",
            },
          ],
          isError: true,
        };
      }
      if (hasAppend && hasBody) {
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: "Provide either 'append_text' or 'body', not both.",
            },
          ],
          isError: true,
        };
      }
    }
  
    try {
      const args = handler.buildArgs(params);
      let result: { stdout: string; stderr: string };
  
      // Check if this tool needs stdin piping
      const stdinData = handler.usesStdin?.(params) ?? null;
      if (stdinData !== null) {
        result = await execBcliWithStdinAndReauth(args, stdinData);
      } else {
        result = await execBcliWithReauth(args);
      }
  
      // Parse JSON output from bcli
      const stdout = result.stdout.trim();
      if (!stdout) {
        return {
          content: [{ type: "text", text: "Command completed successfully." }],
        };
      }
  
      // Validate it's JSON and pretty-print
      try {
        const parsed = JSON.parse(stdout);
        return {
          content: [
            { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(parsed, null, 2) },
          ],
        };
      } catch {
        // If bcli returned non-JSON, pass it through
        return {
          content: [{ type: "text", text: stdout }],
        };
      }
    } catch (error) {
      const message =
        error instanceof BcliError ? error.message : String(error);
      return {
        content: [{ type: "text", text: message }],
        isError: true,
      };
    }
  });

• mcp-server/src/bcli.ts:256-268 (helper)

  Helper that runs bcli with automatic iCloud re-authentication if auth token is expired.

  export async function execBcliWithReauth(
    args: string[],
  ): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
    try {
      return await execBcli(args);
    } catch (error) {
      if (error instanceof AuthError) {
        await performReauth();
        return await execBcli(args);
      }
      throw error;
    }
  }