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Workspace Status

workspace-status · Query · Server · Workspaces

Reports the selected workspace lifecycle and cross-instance state. Treat a workspace that is or may be in use elsewhere as query-only, use it only when necessary, and expect results to become stale.

Availability: Built in and published by default.

Generated from Roslyn Workbench MCP 0.1.0-beta.294 (0.1.0-beta.294).

Behaviour annotations

Annotation Value
destructiveHint false
idempotentHint true
openWorldHint false
readOnlyHint true
title "Workspace Status"

Request

Property Type Required Description
detail string enum ("Minimal", "Standard", "Full") No Amount of workspace status detail to return.
workspace object | null No Provide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.

Response

Success response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (true) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
data object | null Yes Tool-specific result payload.
snapshot object No Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available.

Error response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (false) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
error object Yes Structured error details when the invocation failed.
continuation oneOf No Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing.

Continuations and required actions

A non-success response may include a structured continuation at the following schema location. Follow its tool call or user-action instruction instead of guessing how to retry:

  • $/oneOf/1/properties/continuation
Complete input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "detail": {
      "description": "Amount of workspace status detail to return.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Minimal",
        "Standard",
        "Full"
      ]
    },
    "workspace": {
      "description": "Provide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.",
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "workspaceId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "alias": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "Absolute workspace path.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Complete output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "data"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": true,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "data": {
          "type": [
            "object",
            "null"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "state": {
              "description": "The workspace lifecycle state.",
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "Ready",
                "TransactionActive",
                "TransactionConflicted",
                "WorkspaceOutOfDate"
              ]
            },
            "workspace": {
              "description": "The loaded workspace identity, when present.",
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "workspaceId": {
                  "description": "The stable server-generated workspace identifier.",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "uuid"
                },
                "alias": {
                  "description": "The optional caller-friendly alias.",
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "workspaceEpoch": {
                  "description": "The workspace epoch for the loaded baseline.",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "loadedPath": {
                  "description": "The absolute path of the loaded workspace.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "workspaceRoot": {
                  "description": "The absolute repository or workspace root used for coordination and transaction boundaries.",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "loadedPath",
                "workspaceRoot"
              ]
            },
            "projectCount": {
              "description": "The loaded project count, when present.",
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "documentCount": {
              "description": "The loaded document count, when present.",
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "loadDiagnostics": {
              "description": "Project load and advisory workspace-status diagnostics.",
              "type": [
                "array",
                "null"
              ],
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "description": "The diagnostic identifier.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "severity": {
                    "description": "The diagnostic severity.",
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "Hidden",
                      "Info",
                      "Warning",
                      "Error"
                    ]
                  },
                  "message": {
                    "description": "The diagnostic message.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "location": {
                    "description": "The optional source location of the diagnostic.",
                    "type": [
                      "object",
                      "null"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "document": {
                        "description": "The resolved document.",
                        "type": [
                          "object",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "documentId": {
                            "description": "The document identifier.",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "path": {
                            "description": "The normalized document path.",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "projectId": {
                            "description": "The owning project identifier.",
                            "type": "string"
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "documentId",
                          "path",
                          "projectId"
                        ]
                      },
                      "span": {
                        "description": "The resolved text span.",
                        "type": [
                          "object",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "start": {
                            "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                            "type": "integer",
                            "minimum": 0,
                            "maximum": 2147483647
                          },
                          "length": {
                            "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                            "type": "integer",
                            "minimum": 0,
                            "maximum": 2147483647
                          }
                        }
                      },
                      "line": {
                        "description": "The one-based line number.",
                        "type": "integer"
                      },
                      "column": {
                        "description": "The one-based column number.",
                        "type": "integer"
                      },
                      "snapshot": {
                        "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "workspaceId": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "format": "uuid"
                          },
                          "workspaceEpoch": {
                            "type": "integer"
                          },
                          "snapshotId": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "format": "uuid"
                          },
                          "transactionRevision": {
                            "type": [
                              "integer",
                              "null"
                            ]
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "workspaceId",
                          "workspaceEpoch",
                          "snapshotId",
                          "transactionRevision"
                        ]
                      },
                      "selector": {
                        "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
                        "type": [
                          "object",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "span": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "document": {
                                "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId.",
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                  "project": {
                                    "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
                                    "type": [
                                      "object",
                                      "null"
                                    ],
                                    "properties": {
                                      "projectId": {
                                        "type": [
                                          "string",
                                          "null"
                                        ]
                                      },
                                      "name": {
                                        "type": [
                                          "string",
                                          "null"
                                        ]
                                      },
                                      "path": {
                                        "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                        "type": [
                                          "string",
                                          "null"
                                        ]
                                      },
                                      "targetFramework": {
                                        "type": [
                                          "string",
                                          "null"
                                        ]
                                      }
                                    }
                                  },
                                  "path": {
                                    "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "documentId": {
                                    "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  }
                                }
                              },
                              "range": {
                                "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                  "start": {
                                    "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                                    "type": "integer",
                                    "minimum": 0,
                                    "maximum": 2147483647
                                  },
                                  "length": {
                                    "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                                    "type": "integer",
                                    "minimum": 0,
                                    "maximum": 2147483647
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            },
                            "required": [
                              "document",
                              "range"
                            ]
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "span"
                        ]
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "snapshot"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id",
                  "message"
                ]
              }
            },
            "transaction": {
              "description": "The active transaction info, when present.",
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "revision": {
                  "description": "Current staged transaction revision.",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "revisionCount": {
                  "description": "Number of revisions retained in transaction history.",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "maxRevisions": {
                  "description": "Maximum number of revisions the transaction can retain.",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "remainingRevisions": {
                  "description": "Number of additional revisions that can be staged.",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "canMutate": {
                  "description": "Whether mutation tools may stage another change.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "canUndo": {
                  "description": "Whether transaction history can move to the preceding revision.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "canRedo": {
                  "description": "Whether transaction history can move to the following revision.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "canCommit": {
                  "description": "Whether the staged transaction can be committed to disk.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "canRollback": {
                  "description": "Whether the complete staged transaction can be discarded.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                }
              }
            },
            "reloadRequired": {
              "description": "Whether the workspace requires reload.",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "externalChange": {
              "description": "The first detected external Workspace input change, when present.",
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "detectionSource": {
                  "description": "The mechanism that detected the change.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "errorCode": {
                  "description": "The stable error classification when change detection itself failed.",
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "kind": {
                  "description": "The detected change kind.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "path": {
                  "description": "The affected path, when the detection mechanism identified one.",
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "previousPath": {
                  "description": "The previous path for a rename, when present.",
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "detectionSource",
                "kind"
              ]
            },
            "instances": {
              "description": "Other live Roslyn Workbench MCP instances using this workspace.",
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "instanceId": {
                    "description": "Identifier of the other Roslyn Workbench server instance.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "loadedPath": {
                    "description": "Absolute solution or project path loaded by the other instance.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "workspaceRoot": {
                    "description": "Absolute coordination and transaction root used by the other instance.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "workspaceState": {
                    "description": "Workspace lifecycle state reported by the other instance.",
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "Ready",
                      "TransactionActive",
                      "TransactionConflicted",
                      "WorkspaceOutOfDate"
                    ]
                  },
                  "transactionRevision": {
                    "description": "Staged transaction revision in the other instance, when a transaction is active.",
                    "type": [
                      "integer",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "commitId": {
                    "description": "Durable commit identifier reported by the other instance, when a commit is active.",
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "commitPhase": {
                    "description": "Advisory durable commit phase reported by the other instance, when a commit is active.",
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "instanceId",
                  "loadedPath",
                  "workspaceRoot"
                ]
              }
            },
            "errorReportingConsent": {
              "description": "The process-local error-reporting approval applying to this Workspace and epoch.",
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "description": "Tool-specific result payload."
        },
        "snapshot": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "workspaceId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "workspaceEpoch": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "snapshotId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "transactionRevision": {
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "workspaceId",
            "workspaceEpoch",
            "snapshotId",
            "transactionRevision"
          ],
          "description": "Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available."
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "error"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "description": "Stable machine-readable error code.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "description": "Human-readable explanation of the failure.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "correlationId": {
              "description": "Correlation identifier for matching the failure to server-side diagnostics, when available.",
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed."
        },
        "continuation": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "tool",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "CallTool",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "tool": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Tool to call before continuing the original request.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "tools",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ChooseTool",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "tools": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "description": "Allowed tool choices from which the agent must select one.",
                  "minItems": 1,
                  "uniqueItems": true,
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Name of a tool the agent may choose.",
                    "minLength": 1
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "RetryRequest",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ReviseRequest",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ResolveExternally",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "description": "Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing."
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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