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TypeScript MCP servers: A playbook for robust production testing

This article provides a testing playbook for TypeScript MCP servers, focusing on how to prevent production issues that arise from edge cases not covered in basic development. It highlights common failure points such as transport behavior, session state management, and tool contract adherence. The guide suggests a layered testing approach, starting with unit tests for individual tool and resource handlers, followed by contract tests that assert the server's adherence to the MCP schema. AI

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Mudassir Khan ·

    How to test MCP servers in TypeScript before they break in production

    <p>Your MCP server works on your laptop. The tool calls return the right shapes, the client connects cleanly, the session behaves. Then you deploy it and a client reconnects after a network hiccup and the session state is gone. Or you scale to two instances and half the requests …