fix: restrictions should resolve canonical names for openrouter
fix: tools now correctly return restricted list by presenting model names in schema
fix: tests updated to ensure these manage their expected env vars properly
perf: cache model alias resolution to avoid repeated checks
## Description
This PR implements a new [DIAL](https://dialx.ai/dial_api) (Data & AI Layer) provider for the Zen MCP Server, enabling unified access to multiple AI models through the DIAL API platform. DIAL provides enterprise-grade AI model access with deployment-specific routing similar to Azure OpenAI.
## Changes Made
- [x] Added support of atexit:
- Ensures automatic cleanup of provider resources (HTTP clients, connection pools) on server shutdown
- Fixed bug using ModelProviderRegistry.get_available_providers() instead of accessing private _providers
- Works with SIGTERM/Ctrl+C for graceful shutdown in both development and containerized environments
- [x] Added new DIAL provider (`providers/dial.py`) inheriting from `OpenAICompatibleProvider`
- [x] Updated server.py to register DIAL provider during initialization
- [x] Updated provider registry to include DIAL provider type
- [x] Implemented deployment-specific routing for DIAL's Azure OpenAI-style endpoints
- [x] Implemented performance optimizations:
- Connection pooling with httpx for better performance
- Thread-safe client caching with double-check locking pattern
- Proper resource cleanup with `close()` method
- [x] Added comprehensive unit tests with 16 test cases (`tests/test_dial_provider.py`)
- [x] Added DIAL configuration to `.env.example` with documentation
- [x] Added support for configurable API version via `DIAL_API_VERSION` environment variable
- [x] Added DIAL model restrictions support via `DIAL_ALLOWED_MODELS` environment variable
### Supported DIAL Models:
- OpenAI models: o3, o4-mini (and their dated versions)
- Google models: gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash (including search variant)
- Anthropic models: Claude 4 Opus/Sonnet (with and without thinking mode)
### Environment Variables:
- `DIAL_API_KEY`: Required API key for DIAL authentication
- `DIAL_API_HOST`: Optional base URL (defaults to https://core.dialx.ai)
- `DIAL_API_VERSION`: Optional API version header (defaults to 2025-01-01-preview)
- `DIAL_ALLOWED_MODELS`: Optional comma-separated list of allowed models
### Breaking Changes:
- None
### Dependencies:
- No new dependencies added (uses existing OpenAI SDK with custom routing)
* WIP: new workflow architecture
* WIP: further improvements and cleanup
* WIP: cleanup and docks, replace old tool with new
* WIP: cleanup and docks, replace old tool with new
* WIP: new planner implementation using workflow
* WIP: precommit tool working as a workflow instead of a basic tool
Support for passing False to use_assistant_model to skip external models completely and use Claude only
* WIP: precommit workflow version swapped with old
* WIP: codereview
* WIP: replaced codereview
* WIP: replaced codereview
* WIP: replaced refactor
* WIP: workflow for thinkdeep
* WIP: ensure files get embedded correctly
* WIP: thinkdeep replaced with workflow version
* WIP: improved messaging when an external model's response is received
* WIP: analyze tool swapped
* WIP: updated tests
* Extract only the content when building history
* Use "relevant_files" for workflow tools only
* WIP: updated tests
* Extract only the content when building history
* Use "relevant_files" for workflow tools only
* WIP: fixed get_completion_next_steps_message missing param
* Fixed tests
Request for files consistently
* Fixed tests
Request for files consistently
* Fixed tests
* New testgen workflow tool
Updated docs
* Swap testgen workflow
* Fix CI test failures by excluding API-dependent tests
- Update GitHub Actions workflow to exclude simulation tests that require API keys
- Fix collaboration tests to properly mock workflow tool expert analysis calls
- Update test assertions to handle new workflow tool response format
- Ensure unit tests run without external API dependencies in CI
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* WIP - Update tests to match new tools
* WIP - Update tests to match new tools
* WIP - Update tests to match new tools
* Should help with https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/zen-mcp-server/issues/97
Clear python cache when running script: https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/zen-mcp-server/issues/96
Improved retry error logging
Cleanup
* WIP - chat tool using new architecture and improved code sharing
* Removed todo
* Removed todo
* Cleanup old name
* Tweak wordings
* Tweak wordings
Migrate old tests
* Support for Flash 2.0 and Flash Lite 2.0
* Support for Flash 2.0 and Flash Lite 2.0
* Support for Flash 2.0 and Flash Lite 2.0
Fixed test
* Improved consensus to use the workflow base class
* Improved consensus to use the workflow base class
* Allow images
* Allow images
* Replaced old consensus tool
* Cleanup tests
* Tests for prompt size
* New tool: docgen
Tests for prompt size
Fixes: https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/zen-mcp-server/issues/107
Use available token size limits: https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/zen-mcp-server/issues/105
* Improved docgen prompt
Exclude TestGen from pytest inclusion
* Updated errors
* Lint
* DocGen instructed not to fix bugs, surface them and stick to d
* WIP
* Stop claude from being lazy and only documenting a small handful
* More style rules
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* WIP: new workflow architecture
* WIP: further improvements and cleanup
* WIP: cleanup and docks, replace old tool with new
* WIP: cleanup and docks, replace old tool with new
* WIP: new planner implementation using workflow
* WIP: precommit tool working as a workflow instead of a basic tool
Support for passing False to use_assistant_model to skip external models completely and use Claude only
* WIP: precommit workflow version swapped with old
* WIP: codereview
* WIP: replaced codereview
* WIP: replaced codereview
* WIP: replaced refactor
* WIP: workflow for thinkdeep
* WIP: ensure files get embedded correctly
* WIP: thinkdeep replaced with workflow version
* WIP: improved messaging when an external model's response is received
* WIP: analyze tool swapped
* WIP: updated tests
* Extract only the content when building history
* Use "relevant_files" for workflow tools only
* WIP: updated tests
* Extract only the content when building history
* Use "relevant_files" for workflow tools only
* WIP: fixed get_completion_next_steps_message missing param
* Fixed tests
Request for files consistently
* Fixed tests
Request for files consistently
* Fixed tests
* New testgen workflow tool
Updated docs
* Swap testgen workflow
* Fix CI test failures by excluding API-dependent tests
- Update GitHub Actions workflow to exclude simulation tests that require API keys
- Fix collaboration tests to properly mock workflow tool expert analysis calls
- Update test assertions to handle new workflow tool response format
- Ensure unit tests run without external API dependencies in CI
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* WIP - Update tests to match new tools
* WIP - Update tests to match new tools
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* Migration from docker to standalone server
Migration handling
Fixed tests
Use simpler in-memory storage
Support for concurrent logging to disk
Simplified direct connections to localhost
* Migration from docker / redis to standalone script
Updated tests
Updated run script
Fixed requirements
Use dotenv
Ask if user would like to install MCP in Claude Desktop once
Updated docs
* More cleanup and references to docker removed
* Cleanup
* Comments
* Fixed tests
* Fix GitHub Actions workflow for standalone Python architecture
- Install requirements-dev.txt for pytest and testing dependencies
- Remove Docker setup from simulation tests (now standalone)
- Simplify linting job to use requirements-dev.txt
- Update simulation tests to run directly without Docker
Fixes unit test failures in CI due to missing pytest dependency.
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* Remove simulation tests from GitHub Actions
- Removed simulation-tests job that makes real API calls
- Keep only unit tests (mocked, no API costs) and linting
- Simulation tests should be run manually with real API keys
- Reduces CI costs and complexity
GitHub Actions now only runs:
- Unit tests (569 tests, all mocked)
- Code quality checks (ruff, black)
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* Fixed tests
* Fixed tests
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* WIP
Refactor resolving mode_names, should be done once at MCP call boundary
Pass around model context instead
Consensus tool allows one to get a consensus from multiple models, optionally assigning one a 'for' or 'against' stance to find nuanced responses.
* Deduplication of model resolution, model_context should be available before reaching deeper parts of the code
Improved abstraction when building conversations
Throw programmer errors early
* Guardrails
Support for `model:option` format at MCP boundary so future tools can use additional options if needed instead of handling this only for consensus
Model name now supports an optional ":option" for future use
* Simplified async flow
* Improved model for request to support natural language
Simplified async flow
* Improved model for request to support natural language
Simplified async flow
* Fix consensus tool async/sync patterns to match codebase standards
CRITICAL FIXES:
- Converted _get_consensus_responses from async to sync (matches other tools)
- Converted store_conversation_turn from async to sync (add_turn is synchronous)
- Removed unnecessary asyncio imports and sleep calls
- Fixed ClosedResourceError in MCP protocol during long consensus operations
PATTERN ALIGNMENT:
- Consensus tool now follows same sync patterns as all other tools
- Only execute() and prepare_prompt() are async (base class requirement)
- All internal operations are synchronous like analyze, chat, debug, etc.
TESTING:
- MCP simulation test now passes: consensus_stance ✅
- Two-model consensus works correctly in ~35 seconds
- Unknown stance handling defaults to neutral with warnings
- All 9 unit tests pass (100% success rate)
The consensus tool async patterns were anomalous in the codebase.
This fix aligns it with the established synchronous patterns used
by all other tools while maintaining full functionality.
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* Fixed call order and added new test
* Cleanup dead comments
Docs for the new tool
Improved tests
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- Kept version 4.8.0 for new features
- Preserved our _is_builtin_custom_models_config approach over main's ALLOWED_INTERNAL_PATHS
- Our targeted solution is cleaner than the general whitelist approach
Fixed MagicMock comparison errors across multiple test suites by:
- Adding proper ModelCapabilities mocks with real values instead of MagicMock objects
- Updating test_auto_mode.py with correct provider mocking for model availability tests
- Updating test_thinking_modes.py with proper capabilities mocking in all thinking mode tests
- Updating test_tools.py with proper capabilities mocking for CodeReview and Analyze tools
- Fixing test_large_prompt_handling.py by adding proper provider mocking to prevent errors before large prompt detection
Fixed pytest collection warnings by:
- Renaming TestGenRequest to TestGenerationRequest to avoid pytest collecting it as a test class
- Renaming TestGenTool to TestGenerationTool to avoid pytest collecting it as a test class
- Updated all imports and references across server.py, tools/__init__.py, and test files
All 459 tests now pass without warnings or MagicMock comparison errors.
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- Exit early at MCP boundary if files won't fit within given context of chosen model
- Encourage claude to re-run with better context
- Check file sizes before embedding
- Drop files from older conversations when building continuations and give priority to newer files
- List and mention excluded files to Claude on return
- Improved tests
- Improved precommit prompt
- Added a new Low severity to precommit
- Improved documentation of file embedding strategy
- Refactor
Supports decomposing large components and files, finding codesmells, finding modernizing opportunities as well as code organization opportunities. Fix this mega-classes today!
Line numbers added to embedded code for better references from model -> claude
OPENROUTER_ALLOWED_MODELS environment variable support to further limit the models to allow from within Claude. This will put a limit on top of even the ones listed in custom_models.json
Simulation tests to confirm threading and history traversal
Chain of communication and branching validation tests from live simulation
Temperature enforcement per model
This major refactoring addresses critical bugs in conversation history management
and significantly improves token efficiency through intelligent file embedding:
**Key Improvements:**
• Fixed conversation history duplication bug by centralizing reconstruction in server.py
• Added intelligent file filtering to prevent re-embedding files already in conversation history
• Centralized file processing logic in BaseTool._prepare_file_content_for_prompt()
• Enhanced log monitoring with better categorization and file embedding visibility
• Updated comprehensive test suite to verify new architecture and edge cases
**Architecture Changes:**
• Removed duplicate conversation history reconstruction from tools/base.py
• Conversation history now handled exclusively by server.py:reconstruct_thread_context
• All tools now use centralized file processing with automatic deduplication
• Improved token efficiency by embedding unique files only once per conversation
**Performance Benefits:**
• Reduced token usage through smart file filtering
• Eliminated redundant file embeddings in continued conversations
• Better observability with detailed debug logging for file operations
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