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Developer creates tool to enforce version promises for MCP servers

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A developer has created a tool called `@sbissoli/mcp-surface` to address a critical issue in the MCP server ecosystem: version numbers failing to reflect actual changes. This tool generates a `surface.lock.json` file that captures the server's declared surface and its behavior without authentication tokens. The system enforces that any deviation between the locked surface and the live server, or any change in the version number, will cause tests to fail, preventing unannounced changes from being deployed or published. This ensures that version numbers accurately represent the server's capabilities and behavior. AI

IMPACT Ensures greater reliability and predictability in distributed systems by enforcing versioning promises.

RANK_REASON Developer-created tool for a specific technical problem.

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Developer creates tool to enforce version promises for MCP servers

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sidney da S. P. Bissoli ·

    Your MCP server changed. Its version didn't. Here's how to catch it.

    <p>A version number is a promise: <em>nothing a client depends on changed without me saying so</em>. For MCP servers, almost nothing checks that promise.</p> <p>The copy of a server in the MCP Registry carries a name, a version, the packages and the remotes. It carries no surface…

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