fix(mcp): bold labels instead of ATX headings in tool results (#778) (#951)

MCP tool results used Markdown ATX headings (##/###/####) for section
headers — the status summary, each search hit, every file section in an
exploration — which Markdown-rendering clients (e.g. the Claude Code
VSCode extension) blow up to H1–H4 font size, filling the transcript with
oversized lines (worst on search/explore, where the noise scales with
result count). Swap them all for bold labels, which render at body size
while keeping the same structure. CLI/TTY output (ContextBuilder) is
unchanged — the issue notes it's fine.

The format is parse-coupled, so kept in sync:
- The explore truncation boundary and the offload chunker
  (reasoning/reasoner.ts) both key off the per-file header, now a unique
  `**`-prefixed marker emitted via a shared fileSectionHeader() helper.
- Updated the offload strip regexes and switched the opt-in report-style
  prompt off ATX headings (same client, same rendering issue).
- Updated test helpers (sectionFor, sourcedFiles, the callers
  section-boundary scan) that scanned the old markers.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Colby Mchenry
2026-06-22 12:06:35 -05:00
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent ace8d8a0d0
commit 3e1547bbe1
15 changed files with 106 additions and 81 deletions
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ import * as os from 'os';
import CodeGraph from '../src/index';
import { ToolHandler } from '../src/mcp/tools';
/** Paths that explore rendered as full-body `#### <path> —` source sections. */
/** Paths that explore rendered as full-body ``**`<path>`** —`` source sections.
* Headers are bold labels, not ATX headings (issue #778). */
function sourcedFiles(text: string): string[] {
const out: string[] = [];
for (const line of text.split('\n')) {
const m = line.match(/^#### (.+?) —/);
const m = line.match(/^\*\*`(.+?)`\*\* —/);
if (m) out.push(m[1].trim());
}
return out;