fix: Dont attempt to reconnect to failed servers

.gitignore

@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ report.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.json
 .DS_Store
 
 .claude/settings.local.json
+.npmrc

agent-chat-cli.config.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const config: AgentChatConfig = {
     },
     github: {
       description:
-        "GitHub MCP tools to search code, PRs, issues; discover documentation in repo docs/; find deployment guides and code examples.",
+        "GitHub MCP tools to search remote code, PRs, issues; discover documentation in remote repo docs/; find deployment guides and code examples.",
       prompt: getPrompt("github.md"),
       command: "bunx",
       args: [

src/prompts/chrome.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# System Prompt for Chrome Devtools MCP

src/prompts/github.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # System Prompt for Github MCP Server Agent
 
-You are a GitHub MCP server agent, optimized for performing operations on github repos.
+You are a GitHub MCP server agent, optimized for performing operations on remote github repos.
 
 ### Core Capabilities
 

src/prompts/system.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ You are a helpful Agent specifically designed to handle questions related to sys
 - **CRITICAL**: Only tools prefixed with `mcp_` are to be invoked. Any other tool such as "Bash", etc are strictly forbidden.
 - **CRITICAL**: When a user attempts to user a tool or MCP server, understand that the first pass is an inference call. If the inference call fails, immediately review the system prompt to see if the tool or MCP server is allowed (ie, CONNECTED). If it is not connected, do not attempt to invoke the tool or MCP server.
 - **CRITICAL**: When a user starts a convo and asks a question or assigns you a task (example: "in github, please summarize the last merged pr"), before beginning your task (ie, calling tools, etc) respond back immediately with a small summary about what you're going to do, in a friendly kind of way. Then start working.
-
 - **CRITICAL**: If a user starts a convo with a general greeting (like "Hi!" or "Hello!") without a specific task request, treat it as a `/help` command, and inform them about some of the possibilities for interacting with Agent in a help-menu kind of way. Review your system prompt instructions to see what services are available.
 
 **DO NOT INVOKE ANY TOOLS AT THIS STEP, JUST OUTPUT A SUMMARY**

src/utils/mcpServerSelectionAgent.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type SDKUserMessage,
 } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk"
 import type { AgentConfig } from "utils/createAgent"
+import type { McpServerStatus } from "store"
 import { log } from "utils/logger"
 import { z } from "zod"
 import { messageTypes } from "./runAgentLoop"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ interface SelectMcpServersOptions {
   agents?: Record<string, AgentConfig>
   inferredServers?: Set<string>
   enabledMcpServers: Record<string, any> | undefined
+  mcpServers?: McpServerStatus[]
   onServerConnection?: (status: string) => void
   sessionId?: string
   userMessage: string
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ export const inferMcpServers = async ({
   agents,
   inferredServers = new Set(),
   enabledMcpServers,
+  mcpServers: mcpServerStatuses = [],
   onServerConnection,
   sessionId,
   userMessage,
@@ -158,7 +161,33 @@ Examples:
 
   log("[mcpServerSelectionAgent] Selected MCP servers:", selectedServers)
 
-  const newServers = selectedServers.filter(
+  const isRetryRequest = /retry|reconnect/i.test(userMessage)
+
+  const failedServers = new Set(
+    mcpServerStatuses
+      .filter((s) => s.status === "failed")
+      .map((s) => s.name.toLowerCase())
+  )
+
+  const serversAfterFailureFilter = isRetryRequest
+    ? selectedServers
+    : selectedServers.filter(
+        (server) => !failedServers.has(server.toLowerCase())
+      )
+
+  if (!isRetryRequest && failedServers.size > 0) {
+    const filteredOut = selectedServers.filter((server) =>
+      failedServers.has(server.toLowerCase())
+    )
+    if (filteredOut.length > 0) {
+      log(
+        "[mcpServerSelectionAgent] Excluding failed servers (not a retry):",
+        filteredOut.join(", ")
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  const newServers = serversAfterFailureFilter.filter(
     (server) => !inferredServers.has(server.toLowerCase())
   )
 
@@ -173,7 +202,7 @@ Examples:
 
   const allServers = new Set([
     ...Array.from(inferredServers),
-    ...selectedServers,
+    ...serversAfterFailureFilter,
   ])
 
   const mcpServers =

src/utils/runAgentLoop.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export async function* runAgentLoop({
     agents: config.agents,
     inferredServers,
     enabledMcpServers,
+    mcpServers,
     onServerConnection,
     sessionId,
     userMessage,