# 3tears-mcp

> Shared MCP framework: McpServer + McpTool + PlatformHttpClient + per-tool RBAC backed by mcp_tool_grants and the task-02 epoch broadcast

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/3tears-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: pace
- repository: https://github.com/pacepace/3tears
- version: 0.35.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:3tears-mcp

### Description (declared)

# 3tears-mcp

Shared MCP (Model Context Protocol) framework. Per-product MCP servers compose this framework instead of reimplementing stdio transport, JWT auth, error mapping, and per-tool RBAC.

## What's in here

| Module | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| `server` | `McpServer` -- wraps the official `mcp.server.Server`. Owns tool registration, RBAC gating before handler dispatch, structured error mapping per the MCP spec. |
| `tool` | `McpTool` dataclass (name, description, input_schema, required_permission, handler) and `register_tool` decorator. |
| `http_client` | `PlatformHttpClient` -- typed httpx client with JWT login + refresh-on-401. Used by both MCP server tool handlers (calling /api/v1/...) and CLI scripts. One HTTP-client implementation, two transports. |
| `auth` | `Identity` dataclass + `IdentityProvider` Protocol + `EnvVarIdentityProvider` (stdio impl). `Authorizer` Protocol + `LocalGrantAuthorizer` (default impl backed by `McpToolGrantCollection`). |
| `rbac` | `McpToolGrantCollection` -- `BaseCollection` over `mcp_tool_grants`. Exposes the in-memory grant cache that `LocalGrantAuthorizer` consults. |
| `migrations/` | `v01_create_mcp_tool_grants` -- platform-scope DDL. Consumers register via `MigrationRunner.register(epoch_pkg)` (same shape as `threetears.epoch`). |

## RBAC model

Per-tool, default-deny. Each `McpTool` declares a `required_permission` string (e.g. `"conversations.read"`, `"audit.read"`). On every dispatch:

1. The framework calls `Authorizer.allows(identity, required_permission)`.
2. `LocalGrantAuthorizer` checks whether the caller's identity matches an active grant in `McpToolGrantCollection` for the requested permission.
3. If denied, the framework returns a structured MCP error to the client (not a Python exception in the response body).

The configured admin identity (env-var creds in the stdio impl) is **auto-granted in memory at server startup**. The grant is logged but NOT written to `mcp_tool_grants`. This keeps the table tr…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.779, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/3tears-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T08:19:56.300Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/3tears-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/3tears-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:3tears-mcp