"""Two error channels on lowlevel.Server: return is_error=True yourself, or raise MCPError.""" from typing import Any import mcp_types as types from mcp.server.context import ServerRequestContext from mcp.server.lowlevel import Server from mcp.shared.exceptions import MCPError from stories._hosting import run_server_from_args _TOOLS = [ types.Tool(name="divide", description="Divide a by b.", input_schema={"type": "object"}), types.Tool(name="restricted", description="Always rejects.", input_schema={"type": "object"}), ] def build_server() -> Server[Any]: async def list_tools( ctx: ServerRequestContext[Any], params: types.PaginatedRequestParams | None ) -> types.ListToolsResult: return types.ListToolsResult(tools=_TOOLS) async def call_tool(ctx: ServerRequestContext[Any], params: types.CallToolRequestParams) -> types.CallToolResult: args = params.arguments or {} if params.name == "divide": a, b = float(args["a"]), float(args["b"]) if b == 0: # Execution error: build the is_error result yourself. return types.CallToolResult( content=[types.TextContent(text="cannot divide by zero")], is_error=True, ) return types.CallToolResult(content=[types.TextContent(text=str(a / b))]) if params.name == "restricted": # Protocol error: raise MCPError; the dispatcher serialises it as a # JSON-RPC error response with this code/message/data. raise MCPError(code=types.INVALID_PARAMS, message="this tool is gated", data={"reason": "demo"}) raise MCPError(code=types.INVALID_PARAMS, message=f"Unknown tool: {params.name}") return Server("error-handling-example", on_list_tools=list_tools, on_call_tool=call_tool) if __name__ == "__main__": run_server_from_args(build_server)