🔧 feat: Initial MCP Support (Tools) (#5015)

* 📝 chore: Add comment to clarify purpose of check_updates.sh script

* feat: mcp package

* feat: add librechat-mcp package and update dependencies

* feat: refactor MCPConnectionSingleton to handle transport initialization and connection management

* feat: change private methods to public in MCPConnectionSingleton for improved accessibility

* feat: filesystem demo

* chore: everything demo and move everything under mcp workspace

* chore: move ts-node to mcp workspace

* feat: mcp examples

* feat: working sse MCP example

* refactor: rename MCPConnectionSingleton to MCPConnection for clarity

* refactor: replace MCPConnectionSingleton with MCPConnection for consistency

* refactor: manager/connections

* refactor: update MCPConnection to use type definitions from mcp types

* refactor: update MCPManager to use winston logger and enhance server initialization

* refactor: share logger between connections and manager

* refactor: add schema definitions and update MCPManager to accept logger parameter

* feat: map available MCP tools

* feat: load manifest tools

* feat: add MCP tools delimiter constant and update plugin key generation

* feat: call MCP tools

* feat: update librechat-data-provider version to 0.7.63 and enhance StdioOptionsSchema with additional properties

* refactor: simplify typing

* chore: update types/packages

* feat: MCP Tool Content parsing

* chore: update dependencies and improve package configurations

* feat: add 'mcp' directory to package and update configurations

* refactor: return CONTENT_AND_ARTIFACT format for MCP callTool

* chore: bump @librechat/agents

* WIP: MCP artifacts

* chore: bump @librechat/agents to v1.8.7

* fix: ensure filename has extension when saving base64 image

* fix: move base64 buffer conversion before filename extension check

* chore: update backend review workflow to install MCP package

* fix: use correct `mime` method

* fix: enhance file metadata with message and tool call IDs in image saving process

* fix: refactor ToolCall component to handle MCP tool calls and improve domain extraction

* fix: update ToolItem component for default isInstalled value and improve localization in ToolSelectDialog

* fix: update ToolItem component to use consistent text color for tool description

* style: add theming to ToolSelectDialog

* fix: improve domain extraction logic in ToolCall component

* refactor: conversation item theming, fix rename UI bug, optimize props, add missing types

* feat: enhance MCP options schema with base options (iconPath to start) and make transport type optional, infer based on other option fields

* fix: improve reconnection logic with parallel init and exponential backoff and enhance transport debug logging

* refactor: improve logging format

* refactor: improve logging of available tools by displaying tool names

* refactor: improve reconnection/connection logic

* feat: add MCP package build process to Dockerfile

* feat: add fallback icon for tools without an image in ToolItem component

* feat: Assistants Support for MCP Tools

* fix(build): configure rollup to use output.dir for dynamic imports

* chore: update @librechat/agents to version 1.8.8 and add @langchain/anthropic dependency

* fix: update CONFIG_VERSION to 1.2.0

api/app/clients/tools/util/handleTools.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { Tools } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const { Tools, Constants } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const { SerpAPI } = require('@langchain/community/tools/serpapi');
 const { Calculator } = require('@langchain/community/tools/calculator');
 const { createCodeExecutionTool, EnvVar } = require('@librechat/agents');
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ const {
 } = require('../');
 const { primeFiles: primeCodeFiles } = require('~/server/services/Files/Code/process');
 const { createFileSearchTool, primeFiles: primeSearchFiles } = require('./fileSearch');
+const { createMCPTool } = require('~/server/services/MCP');
 const { loadSpecs } = require('./loadSpecs');
 const { logger } = require('~/config');
 
+const mcpToolPattern = new RegExp(`^.+${Constants.mcp_delimiter}.+$`);
+
 /**
  * Validates the availability and authentication of tools for a user based on environment variables or user-specific plugin authentication values.
  * Tools without required authentication or with valid authentication are considered valid.
@@ -142,10 +145,25 @@ const loadToolWithAuth = (userId, authFields, ToolConstructor, options = {}) =>
   };
 };
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {object} object
+ * @param {string} object.user
+ * @param {Agent} [object.agent]
+ * @param {string} [object.model]
+ * @param {EModelEndpoint} [object.endpoint]
+ * @param {LoadToolOptions} [object.options]
+ * @param {boolean} [object.useSpecs]
+ * @param {Array<string>} object.tools
+ * @param {boolean} [object.functions]
+ * @param {boolean} [object.returnMap]
+ * @returns {Promise<{ loadedTools: Tool[], toolContextMap: Object<string, any> } | Record<string,Tool>>}
+ */
 const loadTools = async ({
   user,
+  agent,
   model,
-  isAgent,
+  endpoint,
   useSpecs,
   tools = [],
   options = {},
@@ -182,8 +200,9 @@ const loadTools = async ({
     toolConstructors.dalle = DALLE3;
   }
 
+  /** @type {ImageGenOptions} */
   const imageGenOptions = {
-    isAgent,
+    isAgent: !!agent,
     req: options.req,
     fileStrategy: options.fileStrategy,
     processFileURL: options.processFileURL,
@@ -240,6 +259,15 @@ const loadTools = async ({
         return createFileSearchTool({ req: options.req, files });
       };
       continue;
+    } else if (mcpToolPattern.test(tool)) {
+      requestedTools[tool] = async () =>
+        createMCPTool({
+          req: options.req,
+          toolKey: tool,
+          model: agent?.model ?? model,
+          provider: agent?.provider ?? endpoint,
+        });
+      continue;
     }
 
     if (customConstructors[tool]) {