Add title for all MCP tools for consistent Visual Studio display#898
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds the Title property to all MCP tool area setups to provide user-friendly display names in Visual Studio. Previously, some tools lacked titles, causing Visual Studio to display raw tool names instead of formatted, readable titles. This change ensures consistent presentation across all tool areas.
Key changes:
- Added
Titleproperty to theIAreaSetupinterface and all implementing classes - Updated
CommandGroupconstructor to accept an optionaltitleparameter - Modified tool loaders to use titles in tool annotations for proper Visual Studio display
- Added title support to server registry configuration
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| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/IAreaSetup.cs | Added Title property to the interface |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Commands/CommandGroup.cs | Added optional title parameter to constructor |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Models/RegistryServerInfo.cs | Added Title property to server info model |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Commands/Discovery/McpServerMetadata.cs | Added Title property to metadata model |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Commands/ToolLoading/ServerToolLoader.cs | Updated to include title in tool annotations |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Commands/ToolLoading/NamespaceToolLoader.cs | Updated to include title in tool annotations |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Commands/Discovery/RegistryServerProvider.cs | Updated to populate title in metadata |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Commands/Discovery/CommandGroupServerProvider.cs | Updated to populate title in metadata |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Resources/registry.json | Added titles for documentation and azd servers |
| tools/*.Setup.cs (40+ files) | Added Title property implementations and passed titles to CommandGroup constructors |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/tests/Azure.Mcp.Core.UnitTests/* | Updated tests to verify title behavior |
| core/Azure.Mcp.Core/tests/Azure.Mcp.Core.LiveTests/* | Updated tests to use titles instead of tool names |
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@xiangyan99 please review this for the change to mcp tool hints. @vcolin7 let's include this change in today's release |
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…rosoft#898) * Add title for all tools * fixed issues regarding registry tools not showing up and live tests * core live test fix * Update tools/Azure.Mcp.Tools.Redis/src/RedisSetup.cs Co-authored-by: Philo <philon@microsoft.com> * core live tests --------- Co-authored-by: Josh Free <joshfree@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Philo <philon@microsoft.com>
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What does this PR do?
Some MCP tools are missing the 'title' metadata, causing Visual Studio to display raw tool names instead of user-friendly titles. This results in an inconsistent user experience across different tool areas.
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GitHub issue number?
#872
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servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/CHANGELOG.mdand/orservers/Fabric.Mcp.Server/CHANGELOG.mdfor product changes (features, bug fixes, UI/UX, updated dependencies)servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/README.mdand/orservers/Fabric.Mcp.Server/README.mddocumentationeng/scripts/Process-PackageReadMe.ps1. See Package README/servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/docs/azmcp-commands.mdand/or/docs/fabric-commands.mdToolDescriptionEvaluatorand obtained a score of0.4or more and a top 3 ranking for all related test prompts/servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/docs/e2eTestPrompts.mdcrypto mining, spam, data exfiltration, etc.)/azp run mcp - pullrequest - liveto run Live Test Pipeline