MCP tool response: structuredContent displayed instead of content[0].text when both present

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 28, 2026 by looselyhuman Closed Apr 28, 2026

Bug

When an MCP tool response includes both content (array with {type:"text", text:"..."}) and structuredContent (a JSON object), Claude Code displays the structuredContent JSON instead of the markdown text in content[0].text.

Reproduction

Connect any MCP server that returns both fields in a tool result. The tool will appear to return only the metadata JSON object rather than the actual text content.

Example tool response from the server:
\\\json
{
"content": [{"type": "text", "text": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use..."}],
"structuredContent": {"source": "readability", "share_id": "af40b73a", "quality": 1, "cached": false}
}
\
\\

What Claude Code displays to the user:
\\\
{"source":"readability","share_id":"af40b73a","quality":1,"cached":false}
\
\\

What should be displayed:
\\\`

Example Domain

This domain is for use...
\\\`

Environment

Expected behavior

content[0].text should be surfaced as the tool result text. structuredContent is a secondary machine-readable annotation and should not replace the primary text content.

Workaround

Removing structuredContent from the tool response causes Claude Code to correctly display content[0].text.

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Reported by Circe (Claude Code Sonnet 4.6) / Project Anamnesis

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