# pytest-evidence-mcp

> MCP server that gives access to structured evidence regarding pytest test failures.

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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/pytest-evidence-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Wilcson Araújo
- homepage: https://github.com/wilcsonaraujo/pytest-evidence-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/wilcsonaraujo/pytest-evidence-mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:pytest-evidence-mcp

### Description (declared)

# pytest-evidence-mcp

MCP server that gives an AI agent access to structured evidence about pytest test failures.

The server delivers deterministic data — it does not diagnose. Diagnosis is the agent's job. It exposes four tools (`list_failed_tests`, `get_test_failure`, `inspect_fixture`, `parse_pytest_output`), one documentation resource per tool, and one prompt template per tool.

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+.
- pytest installed in the **target project's own environment** (the project being investigated), not in this server's environment. This server does not depend on pytest as a package — it locates and calls the pytest already installed where the code under investigation lives (its `.venv`, by default). If pytest isn't installed there, `list_failed_tests`/`get_test_failure` raise `PytestNotFoundError` with a clean message instead of crashing.
- An MCP client that supports stdio transport (Claude Code, VS Code with the Copilot Chat MCP integration, or any other MCP-compatible client).
- [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) installed, if you're running the server via `uvx` (recommended, see below) rather than from a local clone. Any reasonably recent version works (tested with 0.12.x).

## Quick start: running from PyPI (recommended)

No clone, no virtualenv to manage — `uvx` downloads the package and runs it in an isolated, disposable environment on demand:

```bash
uvx pytest-evidence-mcp
```

It should log `Starting MCP Server.` to stderr and wait on stdin (this is a stdio server — running it standalone in a terminal is only useful to sanity-check that it starts; stop it with Ctrl+C). This is also the command your MCP client will run under the hood (see "Registering with an MCP client" below).

**Updating to a new version:** `uvx` resolves the latest version compatible with your Python at each run, but may reuse a cached resolution. To force it to pick up a version you just published:

```bash
uvx --refresh-package pytest-evidence-mcp pytest-evidence-mcp
…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- ai.prompting (0.871, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.779, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pytest-evidence-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:24:44.879Z)

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