roll_dice

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/mcp_dice/server.py:141-161 (handler)

  MCP tool handler that processes 'roll_dice' tool calls by parsing notation, rolling dice, and returning JSON result.

  @app.call_tool()
  async def call_tool(
      name: str, arguments: Any
  ) -> Sequence[TextContent | ImageContent | EmbeddedResource]:
      """Handle tool calls for dice rolling."""
      if name != "roll_dice":
          raise ValueError(f"Unknown tool: {name}")
  
      if not isinstance(arguments, dict) or "notation" not in arguments:
          raise ValueError("Invalid dice roll arguments")
  
      try:
          notation = arguments["notation"]
          n_dice, n_sides, modifier = parse_dice_notation(notation)
          roll_result = roll_dice(n_dice, n_sides, modifier)
  
          return [TextContent(type="text", text=json.dumps(roll_result, indent=2))]
      except Exception as e:
          logger.error(f"Dice rolling error: {str(e)}")
          raise RuntimeError(f"Dice rolling error: {str(e)}")

• src/mcp_dice/server.py:126-136 (schema)

  Input schema defining the 'notation' parameter for the roll_dice tool with regex pattern validation.

  inputSchema={
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
          "notation": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Dice notation (e.g., '2d6+3', '1d20-2')",
              "pattern": r"^\d+d\d+([+-]\d+)?$",
          }
      },
      "required": ["notation"],
  },

• src/mcp_dice/server.py:123-137 (registration)

  Registration of the 'roll_dice' tool in the MCP server's list_tools method, including name, description, and schema.

  Tool(
      name="roll_dice",
      description="Roll dice using standard notation (e.g., '2d6+3', '1d20-2')",
      inputSchema={
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
              "notation": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Dice notation (e.g., '2d6+3', '1d20-2')",
                  "pattern": r"^\d+d\d+([+-]\d+)?$",
              }
          },
          "required": ["notation"],
      },
  )

• src/mcp_dice/server.py:46-82 (helper)

  Core helper function that performs the actual dice rolling logic, validation, and result formatting.

  def roll_dice(n_dice: int, n_sides: int, modifier: int = 0) -> dict[str, Any]:
      """
      Roll the specified number of dice with given sides and add modifier.
  
      Args:
          n_dice: Number of dice to roll
          n_sides: Number of sides on each die
          modifier: Numeric modifier to add to the total (can be negative)
  
      Returns:
          Dictionary containing roll results and metadata
      """
      if n_dice < 1:
          raise ValueError("Number of dice must be positive")
      if n_sides < 2:
          raise ValueError("Number of sides must be at least 2")
  
      rolls = [random.randint(1, n_sides) for _ in range(n_dice)]
      roll_sum = sum(rolls)
      total = roll_sum + modifier
  
      # Format the notation with modifier
      notation = f"{n_dice}d{n_sides}"
      if modifier > 0:
          notation += f"+{modifier}"
      elif modifier < 0:
          notation += f"{modifier}"
  
      return {
          "rolls": rolls,
          "sum": roll_sum,
          "modifier": modifier,
          "total": total,
          "notation": notation,
          "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
      }

• src/mcp_dice/server.py:21-43 (helper)

  Helper function to parse dice notation strings into parameters for rolling.

  def parse_dice_notation(notation: str) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
      """
      Parse dice notation (e.g., '2d6+3') into number of dice, sides, and modifier.
  
      Args:
          notation: Dice notation string (e.g., '2d6+3', '1d20-2')
  
      Returns:
          Tuple of (number of dice, number of sides, modifier)
      """
      # Updated pattern to support optional modifier
      pattern = re.compile(r"^(\d+)d(\d+)(?:([+-]\d+))?$")
      match = pattern.match(notation)
  
      if not match:
          raise ValueError(f"Invalid dice notation: {notation}")
  
      n_dice, n_sides = map(int, match.groups()[:2])
      # Parse modifier if present, default to 0 if not
      modifier_str = match.group(3)
      modifier = int(modifier_str) if modifier_str else 0
  
      return n_dice, n_sides, modifier