Context
PR #110 (closes #70) added ghst/toolGroup and ghst/toolGroupTitle metadata in the _meta field of each tool. This was a forward-looking choice anticipating future MCP grouping standards.
However, this custom namespace isn't recognized by any current MCP client (including Claude Desktop), so all 91 tools still appear as a flat "Other tools" list in the client UI.
What clients actually use today
Claude Desktop renders tool groups based on the MCP standard annotations readOnlyHint and destructiveHint. As an example, the Airtable connector groups its tools into "Read-only tools" (12) and "Write/Delete tools" (9) automatically because each tool carries the appropriate annotation.
State of custom-category grouping in the MCP spec
So custom-category grouping (Posts / Pages / Stats / etc.) isn't supported by clients today and isn't in the spec — it might land via the toolgroups extension or a future SEP, but there's no ETA.
Suggestion
Complement the existing ghst/toolGroup metadata (keep it — it's good future-proofing) by adding the standard annotations.readOnlyHint and annotations.destructiveHint fields on each tool. This would give immediate visible grouping in Claude Desktop and other compliant clients, without removing any existing capability.
Examples:
ghost_post_list, ghost_post_get, ghost_stats_* → readOnlyHint: true
ghost_post_delete, ghost_member_delete → destructiveHint: true
ghost_post_create, ghost_post_update → neither hint (write but non-destructive)
Context
PR #110 (closes #70) added
ghst/toolGroupandghst/toolGroupTitlemetadata in the_metafield of each tool. This was a forward-looking choice anticipating future MCP grouping standards.However, this custom namespace isn't recognized by any current MCP client (including Claude Desktop), so all 91 tools still appear as a flat "Other tools" list in the client UI.
What clients actually use today
Claude Desktop renders tool groups based on the MCP standard annotations
readOnlyHintanddestructiveHint. As an example, the Airtable connector groups its tools into "Read-only tools" (12) and "Write/Delete tools" (9) automatically because each tool carries the appropriate annotation.State of custom-category grouping in the MCP spec
So custom-category grouping (Posts / Pages / Stats / etc.) isn't supported by clients today and isn't in the spec — it might land via the toolgroups extension or a future SEP, but there's no ETA.
Suggestion
Complement the existing
ghst/toolGroupmetadata (keep it — it's good future-proofing) by adding the standardannotations.readOnlyHintandannotations.destructiveHintfields on each tool. This would give immediate visible grouping in Claude Desktop and other compliant clients, without removing any existing capability.Examples:
ghost_post_list,ghost_post_get,ghost_stats_*→readOnlyHint: trueghost_post_delete,ghost_member_delete→destructiveHint: trueghost_post_create,ghost_post_update→ neither hint (write but non-destructive)