From 95152a12ee709548c5e7a030dc78332effa5cb05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Shears <t@travisshears.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 18:06:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] reduce duplication with mcp-res

---
 src/cli/mcp.clj | 42 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/mcp.clj b/src/cli/mcp.clj
index 5b420fa..8b3a13e 100644
--- a/src/cli/mcp.clj
+++ b/src/cli/mcp.clj
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
                                       :description "Array of tags for categorizing the snippet"}}
                   :required ["title" "slug" "markdown" "tags"]}}])
 
+;; interact with backend api
 (defn fetch-snippets []
   (let [res (http/get (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippets?limit=2000"))]
     (json/parse-string (:body res) true)))
@@ -48,39 +49,28 @@
               :body (pr-str {:title title :slug slug :markdown markdown :tags tags})}))
 
 ;; Tool implementations
-(defn list-snippets-impl []
+(defn mcp-res [fn args]
   (try
-    (let [snippets (fetch-snippets)]
+    (let [fn-res (apply fn args)]
       {:content [{:type "text"
-                  :text (json/encode {:success true
-                                      :snippets (map #(select-keys % [:id :title :slug :tags]) snippets)})}]})
+                  :text (json/encode (assoc fn-res :success true))}]})
     (catch Exception e
       {:content [{:type "text"
                   :text (json/encode {:success false
                                       :error (.getMessage e)})}]})))
 
+(defn list-snippets-impl []
+  (let [snippets (fetch-snippets)]
+    {:snippets (map #(select-keys % [:id :title :slug :tags]) snippets)}))
+
 (defn get-snippet-impl [id]
-  (try
-    (let [snippet (fetch-snippet id)]
-      {:content [{:type "text"
-                  :text (json/encode {:success true
-                                      :snippet snippet})}]})
-    (catch Exception e
-      {:content [{:type "text"
-                  :text (json/encode {:success false
-                                      :error (.getMessage e)})}]})))
+  (let [snippet (fetch-snippet id)]
+    {:snippet snippet}))
 
 (defn create-snippet-impl [{:keys [title slug markdown tags]}]
-  (try
-    (let [response (create-snippet {:title title :slug slug :markdown markdown :tags tags})]
-      {:content [{:type "text"
-                  :text (json/encode {:success true
-                                      :message "Snippet created successfully"
-                                      :status (:status response)})}]})
-    (catch Exception e
-      {:content [{:type "text"
-                  :text (json/encode {:success false
-                                      :error (.getMessage e)})}]})))
+  (let [response (create-snippet {:title title :slug slug :markdown markdown :tags tags})]
+    {:message "Snippet created successfully"
+     :status (:status response)}))
 
 ;; Handle tools/list request
 (defn handle-tools-list [id]
@@ -93,9 +83,9 @@
   {:jsonrpc "2.0"
    :id id
    :result (case tool-name
-             "list_snippets" (list-snippets-impl)
-             "get_snippet" (get-snippet-impl (:id tool-input))
-             "create_snippet" (create-snippet-impl tool-input)
+             "list_snippets" (mcp-res list-snippets-impl [])
+             "get_snippet" (mcp-res get-snippet-impl [(:id tool-input)])
+             "create_snippet" (mcp-res create-snippet-impl [tool-input])
              {:error (str "Unknown tool: " tool-name)})})
 
 ;; Handle initialize request