fix(server): Pi discovers optional T3 tools on demand #17220 · pingdotgg/t3code

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The Pi MCP extension now registers tools with version-dependent exposure. When builtin tool_search is available, it defers optional tools and reconciles their exposure with session state. Tests cover registration, bridge calls, tool selection, and confirmation checks.

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Pi MCP tool discovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Tool registration and bridge calls `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpInjection.test.ts`, `docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md`	The extension stores the connected tool catalog and registers tools with version-dependent exposure. Modern Pi receives public names and hidden normalized aliases, with optional tools deferred when builtin search is available. Older Pi receives direct public registrations. Tests cover registration, bridge calls, and tool selection. The documentation describes bridge behavior and tool discovery.
Discovery and permission reconciliation `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.test.ts`	The extension reconciles optional-tool exposure on session start and tree changes. It activates builtin `tool_search` when available. The approval hook exempts builtin search from confirmation checks, while discovered MCP tools and a replacement search extension remain subject to confirmation.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid

1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant Pi
3	participant Extension
4	participant MCP_HTTP_Bridge
5	Pi->>Extension: Start session
6	Extension->>MCP_HTTP_Bridge: Request tools/list
7	MCP_HTTP_Bridge-->>Extension: Return tool catalog
8	Extension-->>Pi: Register tools with version-dependent exposure
9	Pi->>Extension: Execute bridge tool
10	Extension->>MCP_HTTP_Bridge: Request tools/call
11	MCP_HTTP_Bridge-->>Extension: Return tool result

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Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to eb7ca

Normal tool execution retains its existing credentials and approval checks. However, the new approval-free discovery operation relies on tool-name ownership, and recovery behavior depends on rules that have not been independently verified. No exploitable bypass has been established.

Retained concerns

Low · security · inferred: The new approval exemption applies to every tool_call named tool_search, without establishing builtin ownership. Discovery selection separately requires builtin provenance. A foreign executor acquiring that bare name would therefore receive the exemption, but lower-trust reachability and any resulting privilege gain remain unverified; the T3 bridge's namespaced catalog does not supply such a route.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — Successful bridge calls retain the authority of the existing injected provider-session credential, rather than gaining a new credential through discovery. Documentation describes environment, thread, provider-instance, and provider-session scoping with preview and orchestration capabilities. Server-side enforcement was not independently traced here. The authority of any hypothetical foreign tool_search executor is also unresolved.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

observed — The supplied security assessment contains no retained findings and two deferred candidates. Their verification-receipt gaps remain unresolved. Source inspection establishes the widened name-based approval exception, but does not establish a lower-trust route to a bare tool_search executor or an exclusion bypass through hidden aliases.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Discovery reconciliation distinguishes the builtin by name and source provenance, while authorization uses only the event name. Hidden normalized aliases are intended to reserve ownership against configured MCP servers, but actual collision precedence and hidden-callability guarantees require the external Pi contract. Trusted extension replacement alone would not demonstrate a new lower-trust boundary crossing.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — Initialization shares one in-flight promise and clears it after rejection, allowing retry. Registration occurs after connection and catalog loading, with no explicit rollback of partial registrations. Those startup properties also existed at the base, so they are not treated as newly introduced security concerns. The new aliases and exposure fallback add external ownership and update-contract dependencies during recovery.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Where the runtime permits it, bind approval-free discovery to verified builtin ownership rather than a bare name. Establish production guarantees for hidden aliases, duplicate registration, selector enforcement, and namespace ownership during failed startup before relying on them as security controls.

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: on-demand discovery of optional T3 tools in Pi.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, change, compatibility behavior, linked issue, and focused verification results. It also identifies tested Pi versions and measured request-size impact.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue `#16651` requires optional T3 tools to avoid direct declaration on every Pi turn. On supported Pi versions, the extension keeps `orchestrator_capabilities`, `delegate_task`, and `task_status` dire…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain connected to issue `#16651`. Hidden canonical aliases protect namespace ownership, public names preserve selectors, and tree reconciliation preserves active loadouts. The bridge and t…

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8	@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.ts:
9	- Around line 327-338: Update reconcileDiscovery to detect when hasToolSearch
10	changes the deferOptionalTools exposure mode and call registerTools on that
11	transition, including when discovery becomes available; preserve the existing
12	active-tool activation and fallback behavior.
13	- Line 34: Update the `tool_call` approval hook so a `tool_search` call bypasses
14	approval only when its registered tool has `sourceInfo.path ===
15	"builtin:tool-search"`; custom replacements named `tool_search` must still
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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.tsline 34Outdated · eb7ca9bOpen thread

…	…	@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const TOKEN_ENV = ${JSON.stringify(T3_MCP_BEARER_ENV)};
32	32		const ORCHESTRATION_INSTRUCTIONS = ${JSON.stringify(T3_CODE_ORCHESTRATION_INSTRUCTIONS.trim())};
33	33		const PROTOCOL = "2025-06-18";
34		-	const READ_ONLY_TOOLS = new Set(["read", "grep", "find", "ls"]);
	34	+	const READ_ONLY_TOOLS = new Set(["read", "grep", "find", "ls", "tool_search"]);

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🌐 Web query:

Pi coding agent extension API tool_call event tool registration custom tool name collision tool_search replacement semantics

💡 Result:

1	Short answer: `tool_call` observes/intercepts execution; it does not register or replace tools. Register tools with `pi.registerTool()`.
2
3	- `tool_call` event: Fires before execution. It exposes `toolName`, `toolCallId`, and mutable `input`; you can mutate arguments or block the call with `{ block: true, reason }`. It doesn’t provide a way to substitute a different tool implementation. ([github.com](https://github.com/siathalysedI/pi-mono--badlogic/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md))
4	- Name collisions: Registering a custom tool with the same name as a built-in replaces that built-in (documented for `read`, `bash`, `edit`, `write`, `grep`, `find`, and `ls`). Pi warns about this in interactive mode. Registering `tool_search` similarly replaces the built-in tool-search implementation. ([github.com](https://github.com/siathalysedI/pi-mono--badlogic/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md))
5	- `tool_search` behavior: It finds undeclared tools with `codemode` or `deferred` exposure and declares matches for the next model call. Loaded tools are recorded and stay declared on that session branch; this is not described as replacing their implementations. ([pi.dev](https://pi.dev/docs/latest/cli?utm_source=openai))
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7	Practical distinction: To intercept calls, use `tool_call`; to replace a built-in’s implementation, register a tool under its name; to discover deferred tools, use `tool_search`. The cited docs are the current “latest” documentation, not a version-pinned API reference.
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9	Citations:
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11	- 1: https://github.com/siathalysedI/pi-mono--badlogic/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md
12	- 2: https://github.com/siathalysedI/pi-mono--badlogic/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md
13	- 3: https://pi.dev/docs/latest/cli?utm_source=openai

Confirm replaced tool_search calls before bypassing approval.

Pi reports the registered tool name in tool_call. A custom extension can replace a built-in by registering the same name. Therefore, a replacement named tool_search reaches this hook as event.toolName === "tool_search" and bypasses ctx.ui.confirm, even when it performs consequential work.

Use the existing sourceInfo.path === "builtin:tool-search" check before treating tool_search as read-only.

Suggested fix

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1	pi.on("tool_call", async (event, ctx) => {
2	const mode = runtimeMode();
3	- if (mode === "full-access" \|\| READ_ONLY_TOOLS.has(event.toolName)) return;
4	+ const isBuiltinToolSearch =
5	+ event.toolName !== "tool_search" \|\|
6	+ (typeof pi.getAllTools === "function" &&
7	+ pi.getAllTools().some(
8	+ (tool) => tool.name === "tool_search" && tool.sourceInfo?.path === "builtin:tool-search",
9	+ ));
10	+ if (
11	+ mode === "full-access" \|\|
12	+ (READ_ONLY_TOOLS.has(event.toolName) && isBuiltinToolSearch)
13	+ ) return;

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8	Update the `tool_call` approval hook so a `tool_search` call bypasses approval
9	only when its registered tool has `sourceInfo.path === "builtin:tool-search"`;
10	custom replacements named `tool_search` must still require `ctx.ui.confirm`.
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Confirmed and fixed in 3195667c02. tool_search now skips confirmation only when Pi reports it as the built-in; a replacement with the same name goes through the normal approval. The test covers both cases.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.tslines 327–338Outdated · eb7ca9bOpen thread

…	…	@@ -306,13 +319,28 @@ export default async function t3McpExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI) {
	335	+	} else {
	336	+	registerTools();
	337	+	}
	338	+	};

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💡 Result:

1	In Pi v0.99.2, `ExtensionAPI.registerTool()` stores a tool in the registering extension’s map by name. Registering the same name again within that extension replaces its previous definition; this method itself does not throw on duplicate names. What happens when different extensions register the same name depends on the runtime’s conflict resolution, not this assignment. ([github.com](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.99.2/packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts))
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3	`registerMcpServer(name, config)` is also present in the v0.99.2 implementation. It rejects a server name already owned by another extension, and rejects a different name that normalizes to the same MCP namespace (including names differing only by `-` and `_`). Same-extension re-registration of the exact name is allowed past those checks and is sent to the registry. ([github.com](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.99.2/packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts))
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5	Exposure: the loader source confirms the API validates and registers the server configuration, but these excerpts do not establish the exact effect of each exposure setting. That part remains unresolved from the cited source. ([github.com](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.99.2/packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts))
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7	Citations:
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9	- 1: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.99.2/packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts
10	- 2: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.99.2/packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts
11	- 3: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/v0.99.2/packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts

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site:github.com/earendil-works/pi v0.99.2 registerTool exposure tool definition replacement tool registry

💡 Result:

1	For pi v0.99.2 (release commit `005af57`, released September 30, 2026):
2
3	- `pi.registerTool()` is part of the extension API. It stores the definition by tool name in that extension’s registry and refreshes the tool registry. Registering the same name again within that extension replaces its prior definition. ([github.com](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/releases?utm_source=openai))
4	- Registering an extension tool with a built-in tool’s name replaces the built-in in the active registry; the project’s override example explicitly demonstrates this. ([github.com](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/examples/extensions/tool-override.ts?utm_source=openai))
5	- Exposure: I can confirm v0.99.2’s release notes mention MCP exposure, but the available v0.99.2 source result does not establish that extension `ToolDefinition`s support an `exposure` field or what its registration behavior would be. The current `main` source has exposure-aware registry logic, but that is not proof it existed in v0.99.2. ([github.com](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/releases?utm_source=openai))
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7	So: replacement is supported; extension-tool exposure in v0.99.2 remains unverified.
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9	Citations:
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11	- 1: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/releases?utm_source=openai
12	- 2: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/examples/extensions/tool-override.ts?utm_source=openai
13	- 3: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/releases?utm_source=openai

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Re-register optional tools when discovery becomes available.

Pi replaces same-name tools from the same extension, including exposure, so the deferred-to-direct fallback works.

The reverse transition is incomplete. When tool_search becomes available after a tree change, optional tools that were registered as direct remain direct. Re-register the tools when the exposure mode changes:

🐛 Suggested fix

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1	const hasToolSearch = pi.getAllTools().some((tool) => tool.name === "tool_search" && tool.sourceInfo?.path === "builtin:tool-search");
2	+ const exposureChanged = deferOptionalTools !== hasToolSearch;
3	deferOptionalTools = hasToolSearch;
4	if (hasToolSearch) {
5	+ if (exposureChanged) registerTools();
6	const active = pi.getActiveTools();

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1	const reconcileDiscovery = () => {
2	if (!supportsExposure) return;
3	// A disabled or replaced search builtin cannot discover deferred tools.
4	const hasToolSearch = pi.getAllTools().some((tool) => tool.name === "tool_search" && tool.sourceInfo?.path === "builtin:tool-search");
5	const exposureChanged = deferOptionalTools !== hasToolSearch;
6	deferOptionalTools = hasToolSearch;
7	if (hasToolSearch) {
8	if (exposureChanged) registerTools();
9	const active = pi.getActiveTools();
10	if (!active.includes("tool_search")) pi.setActiveTools([...active, "tool_search"]);
11	} else {
12	registerTools();
13	}
14	};

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6	Review comment at
7	@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/piT3McpExtensionSource.ts around
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9	Update reconcileDiscovery to detect when hasToolSearch changes the
10	deferOptionalTools exposure mode and call registerTools on that transition,
11	including when discovery becomes available; preserve the existing active-tool
12	activation and fallback behavior.
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✅ Confirmed as addressed by @StiensWout

WWout StiensOct 8, 2026

Confirmed and fixed in 3195667c02. Tools are now re-registered whenever the exposure mode flips, in either direction, and not otherwise. That also removes a full re-registration on every tree navigation when search is unavailable.

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CcoderabbitaiBotOct 8, 2026

@StiensWout Thanks for the fix. The updated reconcileDiscovery re-registers tools on both exposure transitions and avoids re-registration when the exposure mode stays unchanged.

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fix(server): Pi discovers optional T3 tools on demand#17220

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