---name: graftdescription: >-server, or MCP-HTTP bridge. Graft's core thesis: define tools once and serve---

Graft

Use this skill when the task is about creating or refining a Graft server, wrapping an existing API with Graft proxy mode, or updating contributor-facing docs and examples so they match the current graft package behavior.

Product thesis

Graft's core value has three parts:

1. Define once — tools with a name, schema, and handler.
2. Serve as HTTP and MCP — from the same server, through a single shared pipeline (same auth, validation, middleware).
3. Discovery is automatic — agents find tools via agent.json, mcp.json, llms.txt. Humans get interactive docs (/docs) and an OpenAPI spec (/openapi.json). Zero configuration.

When explaining Graft, lead with all three parts. When showing examples, demonstrate both access patterns (MCP and HTTP) and mention what the server auto-serves. This applies to both source-based apps and proxy mode.

Workflow

1. Identify the mode before proposing changes:

• App authoring: createApp(...), tools, resources, prompts, HTTP routes, Node or fetch integration.
• Proxy/OpenAPI: graft serve --openapi ... or graft.proxy.yaml.
• Docs/release hygiene: README, install instructions, skills, examples, contributor checks.

1. Ground in the current repo before using memory:

• If tool access is available, inspect the current source, public exports, CLI commands, scaffold templates, and tests.
• If tool access is not available, ask for the smallest set of files or examples needed to avoid guessing.

1. Follow the current public contract in examples and reviews:

• Inline tool examples: prefer app.tool('name', config).
• Modular tool examples: prefer defineTool(...) plus app.tool(definedTool).
• Auth shapes: true, ['role'], or { roles: [...] }.
• MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint: POST /mcp.
• Auto-served framework endpoints: /.well-known/agent.json, /.well-known/mcp.json, /openapi.json, /docs, /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, /health.
• Full CLI: serve, dev, check, test, studio, install, add-tool.
• When showing tool examples, demonstrate both the MCP tools/call invocation and the equivalent HTTP request (e.g. GET /list-items?q=hello or POST /create-entry).

1. Use tools where they materially improve correctness, but stay portable:

• With repo or shell access, inspect files and run validation commands after making changes.
• Without repo or shell access, state assumptions explicitly and keep recommendations tied to visible source or user-provided snippets.

1. Load only the reference you need:

• App authoring: references/app-authoring.md
• Proxy/OpenAPI wrapping: references/proxy-openapi.md
• Validation, docs, and release hygiene: references/validation-release.md

Quick examples

Inline tool — both access patterns

import { createApp } from '@schrepa/graft'
import { z } from 'zod'

const app = createApp()

app.tool('list_items', {
  description: 'List items matching a query.',
  params: z.object({ q: z.string() }),
  auth: true,
  handler: async ({ q }) => ({
    items: ['hello', 'world'].filter((item) => item.includes(q)),
  }),
})

export default app

MCP (tools/call):

{ "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "list_items", "arguments": { "q": "hello" } } }

HTTP equivalent:

GET /list-items?q=hello
Authorization: Bearer <token>

The same handler, auth middleware, and validation run for both.

Proxy mode — graft.proxy.yaml

target: https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3
tools:
  - method: GET
    path: /pet/findByStatus
    name: find_pets_by_status
    description: Find pets by status.
    parameters:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
  - method: POST
    path: /pet
    name: create_pet
    description: Create a pet.
    parameters:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
      required: [name]

Start the proxy server:

graft serve --config graft.proxy.yaml

Graft exposes each configured operation as both an HTTP endpoint and an MCP tool, and auto-generates /openapi.json, /docs, and discovery files.

For the direct OpenAPI path, use:

graft serve --openapi ./openapi.yaml --target https://api.example.com

Guardrails

• Do not document unsupported behavior just because an older example mentioned it.
• Keep examples executable and small; prefer one correct pattern over many variants.
• Prefer current source and tests over stale notes, blog posts, or memory.
• Do not mention registry or publishing artifacts unless they actually exist in the repo being edited.
• When a docs claim is likely to drift, add or update an automated check.