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MCP Errors

Exception classes for MCP configuration errors.

Error Hierarchy

MCPConfigError (base)
├── MCPFileNotFoundError
├── MCPFileParseError
└── MCPServerValidationError

Quick Example

from mamba_agents.mcp import (
    MCPClientManager,
    MCPConfigError,
    MCPFileNotFoundError,
    MCPFileParseError,
    MCPServerValidationError,
)

try:
    manager = MCPClientManager.from_mcp_json(".mcp.json")
except MCPFileNotFoundError:
    print("Config file not found")
except MCPFileParseError as e:
    print(f"Invalid JSON: {e}")
except MCPServerValidationError as e:
    print(f"Invalid server entry: {e}")
except MCPConfigError as e:
    print(f"Configuration error: {e}")

Exceptions

MCPConfigError

Base exception for all MCP configuration errors. Catch this to handle any MCP config error.

try:
    manager = MCPClientManager.from_mcp_json(".mcp.json")
except MCPConfigError as e:
    # Handles any MCP config error
    print(f"MCP config error: {e}")

MCPFileNotFoundError

Raised when the .mcp.json file does not exist.

from mamba_agents.mcp import load_mcp_json, MCPFileNotFoundError

try:
    configs = load_mcp_json("nonexistent.mcp.json")
except MCPFileNotFoundError:
    print("Config file not found, using defaults")
    configs = []

MCPFileParseError

Raised when the file exists but contains invalid JSON.

from mamba_agents.mcp import load_mcp_json, MCPFileParseError

try:
    configs = load_mcp_json(".mcp.json")
except MCPFileParseError as e:
    print(f"Fix your JSON syntax: {e}")

MCPServerValidationError

Raised when a server entry in the file is invalid (e.g., missing required fields).

from mamba_agents.mcp import load_mcp_json, MCPServerValidationError

try:
    configs = load_mcp_json(".mcp.json")
except MCPServerValidationError as e:
    print(f"Invalid server config: {e}")

Common validation errors:

  • Missing both command and url
  • Specifying both command and url

API Reference

MCPConfigError

Bases: Exception

Base exception for MCP configuration errors.

MCPFileNotFoundError

Bases: MCPConfigError

Raised when .mcp.json file cannot be found.

MCPFileParseError

Bases: MCPConfigError

Raised when .mcp.json file cannot be parsed as JSON.

MCPServerValidationError

Bases: MCPConfigError

Raised when a server configuration in .mcp.json is invalid.