---
name: MCP Grid Full Status
overview: Comprehensive status review of all MCP Grid work across three repos, identifying completed tasks, pending items, skipped work, and prioritized next steps based on the full chat history analysis.
todos:
  - id: git-push
    content: Commit and push all three repos (private, public, wiki) with proper commit messages
    status: pending
  - id: cloudflare-dns
    content: Set up Cloudflare DNS CNAME record for grid.mcpstudio.qabots.diy -> IB-QA.github.io
    status: pending
  - id: e2e-test
    content: "Full end-to-end test: reload Cursor, verify all panels, activate server, check tools display, metrics, marketplace install"
    status: pending
  - id: catalog-sync
    content: Implement hourly background catalog sync in extension from grid.mcpstudio.qabots.diy/api/v1/manifest.json
    status: pending
  - id: force-update
    content: Implement force-update mechanism checking security.force_update_versions in catalog manifest
    status: pending
  - id: webview-config
    content: Replace command-palette config prompts with proper webview form panels
    status: pending
  - id: openapi-swagger
    content: Import and test Open Arena Swagger spec from aiopenarena.thomsonreuters.com/swagger-ui.html
    status: pending
  - id: auth-plugins
    content: Build pre-built OAuth2 auth flows for Microsoft and GitHub platforms
    status: pending
  - id: encrypted-config
    content: Use VS Code SecretStorage API for encrypted local extension config
    status: pending
  - id: tr-plugin
    content: Create standalone TR AI Platform extension for direct Open Arena integration
    status: pending
isProject: false
---

# MCP Grid -- Full Project Status and Plan

A detailed handoff document has been generated at [CONTEXT_HANDOFF.md](/Volumes/I-A-Q-A/git/personal/my tools/CONTEXT_HANDOFF.md) (383 lines) covering every detail. Below is the executive summary.

## Three Repos

- `**mcp-grid-ws/**` (Private) -- Python backend + VS Code extension source code
- `**mcp-marketplace-grid-studio/**` (Public) -- Docs, releases, gh-pages marketplace site
- `**mcp-marketplace-grid-studio.wiki/**` (Public) -- 16 GitHub Wiki documentation pages

## Completed Work

- Python backend: FastMCP server, 21 tools (9 local + 6 OpenAPI + 6 enterprise), catalog, metrics, management API
- VS Code extension: 4 sidebar panels (Servers, Instances, Metrics, Marketplace), Dashboard WebView, commands, status bar
- Bug fixes: 405 error, [object Object] tooltip, config options mismatch, port conflicts, parameter descriptions, state icon mapping
- Version bumped to `1.0.0-beta-rc` across all files in both repos
- GitHub Actions: `ci.yml`, `build.yml`, `release.yml` (private), `ci.yml`, `release.yml`, `deploy-catalog.yml` (public)
- Public repo: README with badges, `catalog/servers.json`, `site/index.html` (marketplace page), `scripts/build_catalog.py`
- Wiki: 16 pages created locally (Home, Getting Started, Architecture, Agent Tools Reference, Configuration, Security, Marketplace API, CI/CD, Changelog, Roadmap, Contributing, Server Catalog, OpenAPI Adapter, Enterprise Integration, VS Code Extension, Sidebar)

## NOT YET DONE (Priority Order)

### P0 -- Must Do Before Public

1. **Git commit and push** -- Both public repo and wiki have uncommitted changes. Private repo also has many uncommitted changes
2. **Cloudflare DNS** -- CNAME for `grid.mcpstudio.qabots.diy` pointing to GitHub Pages (user already set domain in GH settings, but Cloudflare DNS record needed)
3. **End-to-end testing** -- Reload Cursor, verify all sidebar panels, activate a server, check tool names display, verify metrics counts, test marketplace install button
4. **Extension catalog sync** -- Add hourly background fetch of `grid.mcpstudio.qabots.diy/api/v1/manifest.json` with checksum comparison and catalog update
5. **Force-update mechanism** -- Check `security.force_update_versions` in manifest and auto-apply critical patches

### P1 -- Important

1. **Webview config panels** -- Replace command-palette prompts with proper webview forms for server configuration and OpenAPI import
2. **Open Arena Swagger import** -- Import from `https://aiopenarena.thomsonreuters.com/swagger-ui.html`
3. **Authentication provider plugins** -- Pre-built OAuth2 flows for Microsoft, GitHub
4. **Encrypted local config** -- Use VS Code SecretStorage for sensitive extension data
5. **TR AI Platform dedicated plugin** -- Standalone extension for Thomson Reuters

### P2 -- Future

1. **Marketplace admin portal** -- Web-based admin with login at gh-pages site
2. **IDE chat window** for workflow chains
3. **PyPI publish** / **VS Code Marketplace publish**
4. **qabots.diy homepage**
5. **Video/GIF demo** for README

## Where Things Were Skipped or Done Poorly

- **Configure flow UX**: Still uses command-palette sequential prompts instead of a proper webview form -- user explicitly complained about this
- **Registered servers in dashboard**: User questioned why all 11 catalog servers show as "Registered" on the dashboard when user hasn't installed them
- **Marketplace install button**: Was only a hover tooltip -- fixed but not yet verified
- **No actual `git init`/push for private repo**: Chat summary mentioned it but it was never done
- **Testing gaps**: Multiple rounds of "it's broken again" because fixes weren't tested end-to-end before declaring done
- **Extension catalog sync**: Discussed extensively but never implemented -- the extension has no connection to the gh-pages catalog yet

## Key Architecture Decisions

- Private/public repo split (code private, docs/releases public)
- gh-pages serves catalog JSON at `/api/v1/catalog.json` and `/api/v1/manifest.json`
- Extension polls manifest hourly, compares SHA-256 checksum, fetches full catalog if changed
- `security.force_update_versions` in catalog for auto-applying critical patches
- `MCP_CFG_` environment variables for passing config to child MCP servers
- PEP 440 version `1.0.0rc1` in pyproject.toml, `1.0.0-beta-rc` everywhere else

