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Problem

t3_thread_list rejects a limit above 100 with -32602: Invalid parameters for tool 't3_thread_list': Expected a value less than or equal to 100. The Codex harness does not show the model a tool parameter's maximum, and the field had no description, so an agent cannot know about the bound until the call fails and it has to retry. #22901 fixed this for t3_thread_read's page sizes. t3_thread_list, its sibling in the same contract file, still fails the old way.

Call path: an agent calls t3_thread_list with { allProjects: true, limit: 200 }. McpServer decodes the arguments against OrchestratorMcpThreadListInput (packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts). The PositiveInt.check(isLessThanOrEqualTo(100)) refinement fails, so OrchestratorMcpService.listThreads never runs.

Change

• OrchestratorMcpThreadListInput.limit uses the existing clampedPositiveInt(100), as t3_thread_read does. A value above 100 decodes to 100, and nextCursor already pages through the rest. 0 and negative values still fail.
• clampedPositiveInt moves above OrchestratorMcpThreadListInput so both inputs can use it. Its body is unchanged.

The input schema is used only by the MCP tool and OrchestratorMcpService.listThreads. t3 thread in the CLI already passes limit: 100.

Scope and approval

This is a small, focused fix for an obvious bug. It applies the clamp that #22901 merged for t3_thread_read to the next tool with the same hidden bound, and changes one schema field. Behavior and the result shape stay the same for every value that worked before.

Verification

Added two tests to apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts that call the tool through the real MCP server decode path:

• clamps a t3_thread_list limit above its maximum instead of rejecting the call: limit: 200 reaches the handler as 100, and limit: 7 stays 7.
• still rejects a t3_thread_list limit below its minimum: limit: 0 still fails, and the handler is not called.

Without the contract change:

× clamps a t3_thread_list limit above its maximum instead of rejecting the call
effect/ai/McpSchema/InvalidParams: Invalid parameters for tool 't3_thread_list': Expected a value less than or equal to 100
Tests  1 failed | 1 passed | 24 skipped (26)

With it:

vp test run src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts src/mcp/toolkits/orchestrator/tools.test.ts
Test Files  2 passed (2)
Tests  28 passed (28)

tsc --noEmit passes in packages/contracts and apps/server. Lint and format pass on packages/contracts/src and apps/server/src/mcp, and knip passes in the commit hook.

The clamped schema no longer lists maximum, so the MCP tool list shrinks: agentContextBudget.json records mcpToolListJsonBytes 49806 → 49792 (against current main) (AgentContextBudget.test.ts passes). I left out a limit description to keep agent context from growing.

Not checked: a live Codex session calling the tool. Other MCP tools with a hidden page-size maximum still reject oversized values: t3_project_list and t3_queue (limit 1 to 100), t3_thread_search (limit 1 to 50, schema shared with the RPC) and t3_worktree_list (VcsListRefsInput.limit, shared with the RPC). I left them out to keep this PR to one tool.

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Verdict: Approved at 663aa06

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Oversized thread-list limits now clamp to 100 instead of failing. The default remains 50, and existing pagination and response-size bounds remain in place.

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Walkthrough

The MCP thread-list input now clamps decoded limits above 100 and rejects limits below 1. Recording-toolkit tests cover oversized, valid, and zero limits. The configured MCP tool-list byte count decreases from 46007 to 45993.

Changes: Thread-list limit validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Clamp thread-list limits packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts, apps/server/src/provider/agentContextBudget.json	clampedPositiveInt(maximum) clamps decoded values above the maximum and rejects values below 1. OrchestratorMcpThreadListInput.limit uses a maximum of 100. Encoding preserves the supplied value. The mcpToolListJsonBytes value changes from 46007 to 45993.
Test thread-list limits apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts	The recording toolkit registers and routes t3_thread_list. Tests check that 200 becomes 100, 7 is preserved, and 0 is rejected without recording a call.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#26442: Both PRs change the t3_thread_list contract.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25423: Both PRs affect MCP advertised-schema generation and tool-list context-budget accounting.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

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Minor · Add the limit description to the advertised schema. · orchestratorMcp.ts:344-357

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Add the limit description to the advertised schema.

t3_thread_list derives its advertised parameters from OrchestratorMcpThreadListInput. The limit field currently has no model-facing description. Because the codec hides numeric bounds, a model may send a value above 100 without knowing that the server will clamp it, which can return fewer threads than requested.

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-  limit: Schema.optional(clampedPositiveInt(100)),
+  limit: Schema.optional(clampedPositiveInt(100)).annotate({
+    description: "Max threads, 1 to 100.",
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On CodeRabbit's "Add the limit description to the advertised schema": declining. The previous round removed that description on purpose. Any description of limit grows mcpToolListJsonBytes above main's, and the Agent context budget workflow fails unless a maintainer adds the agent-context-increase label. Even "description":"Max 100" adds about 24 bytes, more than the 14 the clamp saves. The clamp alone fixes the failure: an oversized limit now returns 100 threads and a nextCursor instead of an error. If maintainers want the bound advertised, adding the description plus the label is a one-line follow-up.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

merged current main (9e85538535c8) into the existing contributor head without rebasing. resolved the context-budget conflict using main's current values while preserving the clamp's 14-byte reduction. implementation and coverage remain intact; the diff still contains only the original three files (43 insertions, 16 deletions).

verified at 98949c1b37 through a task-owned blacksmith worker:

• vp run check:changed 9e85538535c8553901351112ab02dd1dd62db5ee: format, lint, knip, graphql, 36 package typechecks, and 34 tests passed.
• focused MCP transport/toolkit/context-budget run: 35 tests passed. oversized thread-list limits reach the handler as 100, valid limits remain unchanged, and zero is rejected. nearby thread-read clamping still passes.
• two independent source reviewers found no issues at this head.

all existing review threads are resolved. the earlier request for a parameter description remains declined: the clamp fixes decoding without growing the agent context budget.

this pass changes only the merge resolution. a fresh live provider/client session and remote/relay paths were not exercised; the separate existing live-verification comment records the earlier real Codex pagination checks and evidence.

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Verified in a real dev environment

verified as-is at fa013b50ebcdbe9d899228c0619b0cb335e160c0 on this linux vm. no code changes or pushes.

started github/main (e5909e53c3) in a separate worktree, then stopped it before starting the exact pr head. installed dependencies with vp i in both. used isolated state, playwright from the repo, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the local proxy. added the git project through the web client. created 101 real empty threads through the running server's orchestration.launchThread websocket api, without starting extra provider turns. no mocks, fixtures, or replay provider.

on main, the agent's t3_thread_list({allProjects:true,limit:200}) failed with -32602: Expected a value less than or equal to 100.

on the pr, the same call succeeded. with titleContains:"pagination verification" selecting the 101 threads, the real provider calls returned:

limit:200             -> 100 threads, total:101, nextCursor:100
cursor:100,limit:200  ->   1 thread,  total:101, nextCursor:null
limit:7               ->   7 threads, total:101, nextCursor:7
limit omitted         ->  50 threads, total:101, nextCursor:50
limit:0               -> -32602, expected >=1
limit:-1              -> -32602, expected >=1

also called t3_thread_read on the current real thread with limit:200: success, five message items, hasMore:false. inspected the provider's actual tool arguments and results, rather than relying only on its final prose.

ran on a task-owned blacksmith worker:

cd apps/server && vp test run src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts src/mcp/toolkits/orchestrator/tools.test.ts src/provider/AgentContextBudget.test.ts
3 files passed; 33 tests passed

latest-head github checks have no failures or pending checks; six checks are skipped. runtime transcript.

Not verified

native ios/android, the electron client, other providers, and remote/relay/tunnel connections were not exercised. the web client and local codex path were exercised. t3_thread_read accepted an oversized limit, but its exact upper cap was not observable on the short thread. this is a server-schema change with no visual or motion change; evidence is the live tool transcript and client captures.

verification tooling note: a quoting mistake while preparing this comment accidentally invoked the scoped tests locally. that attempt failed during vitest runner setup. the 33 passing tests above were run independently through blacksmith-check.