Tool Discovery Failure Causing MCP Server Crash in Local Development Environment

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 28, 2025 by paulbettner Closed Nov 30, 2025

Bug Description
In the latest version of Claude Code, MCP servers I have developed locally - that used to work just fine with Claude Code - are now failing to find tools. And whenever this happens, it completely breaks Claude Code (ctrl-C required to terminate the process.)

ReferenceError: Tool not found for mcp__expert__list_topics
at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:855
at Object.useMemo (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:91:25822)
at M59.useMemo (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:52:18366)
at Rg (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:706)
at fV6 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:1768)
at sB (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:91:19349)
at N_ (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:42517)
at Q6 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:38085)
at ZO (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:38013)
at FV (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:37867)

ERROR Tool not found for mcp__expert__list_topics
file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:855

  • (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:855)
  • Object.useMemo (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:91:25822)
  • M59.useMemo (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:52:18366)
  • Rg (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:706)
  • fV6 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1726:1768)
  • sB (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:91:19349)
  • N_ (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:42517)
  • Q6 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:38085)
  • ZO (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:38013)
  • FV (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:37867)

Environment Info

  • Platform: macos
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 0.2.86
  • Feedback ID: 126824f5-def8-4027-8914-20fc8023b548

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