The HTTP routes call requireCapability at every paid chokepoint, but the MCP/agent path bypassed the paywall entirely: the three external-service tools stage operations whose commit calls the email / Skatteverket services directly, with no capability check. After the 2026-07-07 trial cutover a trial-connected non-payer using the gnubok MCP connector could still send invoice emails and file AGI/VAT. Close the gap with two layers, mirroring the existing TOOL_SCOPE_MAP gate: - Dispatch gate (mcp-server/server.ts): MCP_TOOL_CAPABILITY_MAP, checked right after the scope check, blocks a non-entitled company before any pending op is staged. Emits errorKind='capability_denied' telemetry. - Commit-time gate (commitPendingOperation): PAID_OPERATION_CAPABILITY_MAP, checked before the atomic claim. The real external-service chokepoint — applies to the MCP approve tool AND the UI approval path, and closes the trial-connected-token window (the grant has expired by commit time). A blocked op stays 'pending', so it is re-approvable once the company subscribes. Adds a transport-free capabilityBlockedError() helper (shared bilingual copy) and locks both maps with tests (maps, dispatch gate, commit gate). Only the three write/submit tools are gated; SKV read/local tools stay free per the statutory carve-out. No DB/migration change; self-hosted stays all-on. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Accounted MCP server
JSON-RPC 2.0 server exposing the Accounted bookkeeping engine to MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, etc.). Endpoint: /api/extensions/ext/mcp-server/mcp. OAuth and stdio bridge live alongside the API surface — see app/api/mcp-oauth/ and packages/gnubok-mcp/.
Tool authoring contract
Enforced by tests in __tests__/ — these are not style preferences, they're guard rails.
additionalProperties: falseon everyinputSchema. Guarded bystrict-schemas.test.ts. Forces clear rejections on hallucinated fields instead of silent ignores.- Descriptions ≤ 280 chars. Guarded by
output-schema.test.ts. NoArgs:/Returns:/Examples:prose — those belong in JSON Schema. Use agent-native hints ("Use to…", "Call X first", "HIGH risk"). - Staged-operation envelope for write tools —
outputSchema: STAGED_OPERATION_SCHEMA(server.ts). Fields:staged, risk_level, actor, message, preview, period_status?, next?. Thestaged: trueboolean is the explicit completion signal; agents must not infer completion from prose. Do NOT introduce a parallel{ success, shouldContinue, output }envelope. period_statusthreading — any tool that ties to a fiscal-period-bound date (categorize, mark paid, create voucher, correct/reverse entry, approve supplier invoice) passesdateForPeriodChecktostagePendingOperation. Response then includesperiod_status: { period_id, status: open|locked|closed, lock_date }so widgets and agents disable writes without round-trips.- Scope mapping — every new tool needs an entry in
lib/auth/api-keys.tsTOOL_SCOPE_MAP. Missing entries default to deny. - Tests for new write tools — add staging-gate coverage to
__tests__/voucher-tools.test.ts(or a sibling) plus executor coverage tolib/pending-operations/__tests__/voucher-executors.test.tsif the tool stages a newoperation_type.
Determinism / cache stability
Tool definitions (name, description, inputSchema, outputSchema, annotations) are declared as static object literals at module load — no timestamps, no UUIDs, no Date/Math.random in the definition layer. This makes the tools/list JSON payload byte-stable across requests, which lets agent-side prompt caches stay warm. Do not introduce per-request non-determinism into the definitions block. Anything time-bound or random belongs inside execute().
For internal Anthropic API usage (today only extensions/general/invoice-inbox/lib/extract-invoice-fields.ts): annotate stable prefixes with cache_control: { type: 'ephemeral' } and log usage.cache_read_input_tokens for hit-ratio observability. The 1h TTL from the agent-native API plan (item 10) requires the direct Anthropic API; Accounted's Bedrock path defaults to a shorter TTL.
Payload-size watchdog
payload-size.bench.test.ts enforces a tools/list JSON payload ceiling (currently 36,000 tokens — bumped from 32,000 when top-level Tool.title landed on all tools for Claude Connectors Directory readiness). If the test fires, the right answer is rarely "raise the ceiling" — instead, trim descriptions or leverage gnubok_search_tools (already deployed; tool definitions can defer to it for discovery rather than enumerating in tools/list).
Where things live
server.ts— the tools array + JSON-RPC dispatchertool-result.ts—withNext(),toToolError()response helpersresources/— read-onlyAccounted://URIs (active company, period, recent activity, capabilities, attention items, voucher gaps, chart of accounts, VAT treatments)widgets/— inline HTML widgets (receipt-matcher, vat-review)prompts/— slash-command-style promptsskills/— domain-knowledge skill bodies served viagnubok_load_skill__tests__/— strictness guards + per-tool coverage