get_service_tools | SignalWire

Start a temporary MCP client, retrieve the list of available tools, then stop the client. Useful for discovering a service’s capabilities without maintaining a persistent session.

Parameters

service_name

strRequired

Name of the service to query.

Returns

list[dict[str, Any]] — List of tool definition dictionaries from the MCP server.

Example

1 from signalwire.mcp_gateway import MCPManager
2 
3 config = {
4     "services": {
5         "todo": {"command": ["python3", "todo_mcp.py"], "description": "Todo list", "enabled": True}
6     }
7 }
8 
9 manager = MCPManager(config)
10 tools = manager.get_service_tools("todo")
11 for tool in tools:
12     print(f"  {tool['name']}: {tool.get('description', '')}")