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AGENTS.md

nt-mcp-server AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from Mzzj114/nt-mcp-server. It costs 1,750 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for an MCP server that lets AI agents read, write, and monitor FRC NetworkTables, a robot data system, while working with a local RobotPy simulator.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing, testing, or debugging the server, its recording tool, or integrations with an MCP client such as opencode.
Why use it?
They explain how the server is structured, how to run it, and which NT4 details can cause debugging problems.

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Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: mentions AGENTS.md; mentions OpenCode.

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Grade A, and why

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

AGENTS.md · 66 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 66 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md

MCP server exposing FRC NetworkTables (NT4) to AI agents. Reads/writes/monitors a robot's network tables; primary target is a local RobotPy sim (python -m robotpy sim on 127.0.0.1:5810).

Run

uv run nt-mcp-server          # stdio MCP server (equiv: python -m nt_mcp_server)
uv run nt-recorder --prefixes /SmartDashboard/ --output-dir recordings   # standalone CLI, not an MCP tool

Server runs on stdio — MCP clients (opencode) launch it via opencode.jsonc (uv run nt-mcp-server). It connects to 127.0.0.1:5810 by default. Live NT is optional; offline tools work without any connection.

Architecture

Package nt_mcp_server/ (4 modules, strict layering — each lower layer knows nothing about the one above):

  • __init__.py — FastMCP mcp instance + all 16 tool definitions. Imports no ntcore. Tools delegate to the module-level manager = NTManager(). Sync tools (nt_write_topics, nt_disconnect, etc.) are plain functions; read tools are async.
  • nt_manager.py — NTManager: pure NT4 client lifecycle + reads/writes/subscribe streams. No MCP/FastMCP imports. Lazy default instance via ntcore.NetworkTableInstance.getDefault().
  • nt_recorder.py — two unrelated pieces: the nt-recorder CLI (argparse main), and the synchronous offline NDJSON reader API (list_recordings, get_history, subscribe_offline, …; get_history/subscribe_offline take return_meta=True to add rows/total_rows/truncated) used by the offline MCP tools.
  • nt_types.py — value normalization (to_jsonable), homogeneous-list classification, summaries. Pure, no connection state.

16 tools = 13 live + 3 offline (nt_list_recordings, nt_get_recording_info, nt_query_recording). The live tools include a nonblocking nt_start_recording / nt_stop_recording pair for human-controlled test windows. Every live tool response carries a top-level connected flag; disconnected reads return {"connected": false, "error": ...} instead.

Read the full file on GitHub · 66 lines

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  4. 1mo ago First seen · 45 lines · 982 tokens per session scan A 0e172ac1e5cf

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nt-mcp-server AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Mzzj114/nt-mcp-server (1 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 1,750 tokens to every session, about $0.0070 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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