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MCP Server Contracts Are Untracked – Pinning Dependencies Isn't Enough
A developer discovered that pinning library versions in requirements.txt doesn't lock the actual contract an MCP server exposes to AI agents. Tool names, parameter shapes, and descriptions are generated dynamically from function signatures and docstrings. Without versioning or testing this contract, any code change can silently break integrations.
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This highlights a blind spot in the MCP ecosystem: the server's API contract is implicitly defined by code, not explicitly versioned, making it fragile for production use.
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My requirements.txt Is Pinned. My MCP Server's Actual Contract Isn't, and Nothing Would Catch It Changing. →
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