# galaxy-tool-refactor-mcp

> MCP server exposing the Galaxy tool refactoring facade to AI agents.

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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/galaxy-tool-refactor-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Richard Burhans
- version: 0.3.10
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:galaxy-tool-refactor-mcp

### Description (declared)

# galaxy-tool-refactor-mcp

An **MCP server** that exposes the Galaxy tool refactoring framework to AI coding
agents. A tier-4 sibling of `galaxy-tool-refactor-cli`: both wrap the
`galaxy-tool-refactor-registry` facade (tier 3.6) for a different audience — the
CLI for humans at a terminal, this for agents over the Model Context Protocol.

## Shape

The facade is **library-first** (structured args in, structured results out, no
disk writes unless asked, introspectable), so the server is a *thin adapter*:

- **`service.py`** — protocol-agnostic. Pure functions that take XML as a `str`
  (plus `rulesets` / `select` / `ignore`) and return JSON-able `dict`s by calling the
  facade. No `mcp` import; fully unit-tested.
- **`server.py`** — the FastMCP binding. A small handler per tool delegates to
  `service`, and is the error boundary (facade `UnknownRuleset` / `UnknownRuleCode` /
  `UnknownProfile`
  and tier-1 `ToolXmlSyntaxError` → a clean MCP tool error).

## Tools

| MCP tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `format_tool` | Apply a ruleset's fixable rules then format; returns canonical XML + advisory notes. |
| `upgrade_tool` | Repair then profile placement then format; minimal-bump by default (`profile=` moves only when strictly needed for validity; `modernize` opts into the behavior-preserving walk, capped at the lower of the behaviour ceiling and the deployment ceiling, the newest profile every major public Galaxy server runs; `allow_behavior_change` lifts the walk's behaviour gate only, `target_profile` caps the walk and may exceed the deployment ceiling); returns upgraded XML, steps applied, the behavior-preserving verdict, `baseline_profile`/`reached_profile`/`stopped_at`/`blocking_codes`/`auto_fixed_codes`, and notes. |
| `check_tool` | Report-only detect over the selected rules; returns the findings (each flagged fixable vs advisory). |
| `convert_help_tool` | Convert an RST `<help>` body to Markdown when provable (profile ≥ 24.2 + render-equivalence gate); retur…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.refactoring (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/galaxy-tool-refactor-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T16:23:14.021Z)

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