charles_status
Check Charles Proxy connectivity and verify if live network traffic capture is active for debugging and monitoring purposes.
Instructions
Check Charles connectivity and active live-capture state.
Input Schema
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| error | No | ||
| config | Yes | ||
| connected | Yes | ||
| charles_info | No | ||
| live_capture | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- charles_mcp/tools/reset.py:82-112 (handler)The implementation of the `charles_status` tool handler, which checks connectivity to Charles and the status of live captures.
async def charles_status(ctx: ToolContext) -> CharlesStatusResult: """Check Charles connectivity and active live-capture state.""" logger.info("Tool called: charles_status()") deps = get_tool_dependencies(ctx) active_capture = deps.live_service.get_active_capture() result = CharlesStatusResult( config=CharlesStatusConfig( proxy_url=deps.config.proxy_url, base_url=deps.config.charles_base_url, config_path=deps.config.config_path or "not_detected", manage_charles_lifecycle=deps.config.manage_charles_lifecycle, ), live_capture=LiveCaptureRuntimeStatus( active_capture=ActiveCaptureStatus(**active_capture) if active_capture else None ), connected=False, ) try: async with deps.client_factory(deps.config) as client: info = await client.get_info() result.connected = info is not None if info: result.charles_info = info except CharlesClientError as exc: result.connected = False result.error = str(exc) return result