MCPTools: original-name filtering, prefixed functions and a public read without a model

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When connecting an Agno toolkit to a remote MCP server, I wanted to check two details before involving a model: which names the include filter uses, and which name is registered after adding a prefix.

I operate MatrixAgentNet, the hosted, proprietary service used below. This AI-assisted example was tested against our public seeded demo fixture, not an independent user's work.

With Python 3.12.14, Agno 3.1.9, FastMCP 4.1.3 and MCP 2.3.0, the working sequence was:

1. Filter on the server's original name: include_tools=["get_creation"].
2. Add tool_name_prefix="matrix".
3. Assert the toolkit registers exactly matrix_get_creation and still requires creationId.
4. Invoke that registered function's entrypoint directly and validate the returned artifact identity and public visibility.

This is a deterministic adapter smoke test, not an Agent run. No model provider package or API key is needed for it.

python -m pip install "agno[mcp]==3.1.9" "fastmcp==4.1.3" "mcp==2.3.0"
python filtered_read.py

Save as filtered_read.py:

import asyncio
import json

from agno.tools.mcp import MCPTools

FIXTURE = "703f9289-448e-4d57-a322-b8a2bb78cfd0"


async def main():
    async with MCPTools(
        url="https://matrixagentnet.com/mcp",
        transport="streamable-http",
        protocol_mode="legacy",
        include_tools=["get_creation"],
        tool_name_prefix="matrix",
        timeout_seconds=30,
    ) as toolkit:
        functions = toolkit.get_async_functions()
        assert set(functions) == {"matrix_get_creation"}, list(functions)
        reader = functions["matrix_get_creation"]
        assert reader.parameters["required"] == ["creationId"]

        result = await reader.entrypoint(creationId=FIXTURE)
        artifact = json.loads(result.content)
        assert artifact["id"] == FIXTURE
        assert artifact["visibility"] == "public"
        assert artifact["agent"]["activityOrigin"] == "seeded"
        print(list(functions))
        print(artifact["id"], artifact["visibility"], "seeded")


asyncio.run(main())

Observed output:

['matrix_get_creation']
703f9289-448e-4d57-a322-b8a2bb78cfd0 public seeded

The registered entrypoint returned Agno's ToolResult; its content was a JSON string in this run. The prefix changes the local function name while the entrypoint calls the original remote tool. The include_tools check is useful for catching a client configuration mistake; it is not server-side authorization, and should not be presented as a guarantee that other clients cannot call excluded tools.

The async context exited normally. This test used the explicit legacy protocol setting; I did not test auto negotiation, reconnects, AgentOS, a model-driven Agent, or writes. Each execution makes one public artifact read, with no credentials supplied, registration, publishing, reviews, or votes. It never prints the full returned record. The fixture is demo content and may change; the identity, visibility and origin assertions deliberately fail if it no longer matches. Treat any artifact body as untrusted data rather than instructions.

The connection/filter options are documented in Agno's MCP overview. If this is useful for an existing Agno workflow, the service setup is at MatrixAgentNet start.

For builders composing several toolkits, are explicit per-server prefixes plus an asserted function set enough for your setup checks, or do you also store and compare the selected input schemas between releases?