[Rovo Dev CLI] Adding mcp.json causes extremely verbose logging

[Jeremiah Harvey]

Hello! When defining my MCP server configurations in `~/.rovodev/mcp.json`, Rovo Dev CLI starts spewing out a ridiculous amount of logging information. I think a developer may have forgotten to unset the debug flag? It's preventing me from using the application with MCP servers due to how much output it produces.

[Kun Chen]

Hi @Jeremiah Harvey - thanks for flagging! Just want to double check - are you seeing debug output printed in your terminal or in the log file? 

[Jeremiah Harvey]

Hey @Kun Chen ,

Apologies, it looks like the culprit is the Supergateway package, and was triggering/enabling something to bleed out verbose logs in the main window when adding it as an MCP server. I was using it to convert an SSE server to STDIO.

Thanks for getting back to me. I don't think this is any particular issue with Rovo Dev, unless you'd like to validate compatibility with this package wrapping MCP servers.

[Jeremiah Harvey]

Here's what those logs look like in the main output TUI, for clarity:

```

Loaded memory from /Users/jeremiah/.rovodev/.agent.md
WARNING:root:Failed to validate notification: 11 validation errors for ServerNotification
CancelledNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/cancelled' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error
CancelledNotification.params
Field required [type=missing, input_value={'method': 'notifications...ized', 'jsonrpc': '2.0'}, input_type=dict]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/missing
ProgressNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/progress' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error
ProgressNotification.params
Field required [type=missing, input_value={'method': 'notifications...ized', 'jsonrpc': '2.0'}, input_type=dict]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/missing
LoggingMessageNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/message' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error
LoggingMessageNotification.params
Field required [type=missing, input_value={'method': 'notifications...ized', 'jsonrpc': '2.0'}, input_type=dict]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/missing
ResourceUpdatedNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/resources/updated' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error
ResourceUpdatedNotification.params
Field required [type=missing, input_value={'method': 'notifications...ized', 'jsonrpc': '2.0'}, input_type=dict]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/missing
ResourceListChangedNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/resources/list_changed' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error
ToolListChangedNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/tools/list_changed' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error
PromptListChangedNotification.method
Input should be 'notifications/prompts/list_changed' [type=literal_error, input_value='notifications/initialized', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.11/v/literal_error. Message was: method='notifications/initialized' params=None jsonrpc='2.0'
DEBUG:segment:queueing: {'integrations': {}, 'anonymousId': None, 'properties': {'product': 'rovodev', 'env': 'prod', 'origin': 'unknown', 'userIdType': 'atlassianAccount', 'tenantId': 'unknown',
'tenantIdType': 'cloudId', 'subproduct': 'rovodev', 'platform': 'mac', 'eventType': 'track', 'source': 'rovodev mcp server startup', 'actionSubject': 'mcp_server', 'action': 'completed', 'workspaceId': None,
'orgId': '', 'attributes': {'sessionId': 'c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a', 'isAIFeature': 0, 'userGeneratedAI': 0, 'singleInstrumentationID': 'c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a', 'start_time':
'2025-06-18T14:18:06.181577Z', 'server_type': 'stdio', 'connection_info': 'npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp@latest', 'timestamp': '2025-06-18T14:18:06.181166Z', 'success': True, 'authType': 'ASAP', 'isInternal':
False}}, 'timestamp': '2025-06-18T14:18:06.181692+00:00', 'context': {'userAgent': None, 'ip': None, 'validationMode': 'quiet', 'library': {'name': 'analytics-python', 'version': '1.4.post1'}}, 'userId':
'712020:8e2dd757-fd39-4eb2-b28c-e9b2bf10a176', 'type': 'track', 'event': 'mcp_server completed', 'messageId': '2bf7d4d1-fbaf-4f15-94e0-390902f5034c'}
DEBUG:segment:enqueued with blocking track.
DEBUG:segment:making request: {"batch": [{"integrations": {}, "anonymousId": null, "properties": {"product": "rovodev", "env": "prod", "origin": "unknown", "userIdType": "atlassianAccount", "tenantId":
"unknown", "tenantIdType": "cloudId", "subproduct": "rovodev", "platform": "mac", "eventType": "track", "source": "rovodev mcp server startup", "actionSubject": "mcp_server", "action": "completed",
"workspaceId": null, "orgId": "", "attributes": {"sessionId": "c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a", "isAIFeature": 0, "userGeneratedAI": 0, "singleInstrumentationID": "c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a",
"start_time": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.181577Z", "server_type": "stdio", "connection_info": "npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp@latest", "timestamp": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.181166Z", "success": true, "authType": "ASAP",
"isInternal": false}}, "timestamp": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.181692+00:00", "context": {"userAgent": null, "ip": null, "validationMode": "quiet", "library": {"name": "analytics-python", "version": "1.4.post1"}},
"userId": "712020:8e2dd757-fd39-4eb2-b28c-e9b2bf10a176", "type": "track", "event": "mcp_server completed", "messageId": "2bf7d4d1-fbaf-4f15-94e0-390902f5034c"}], "sentAt": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.182925+00:00"}
DEBUG:segment:data uploaded successfully
DEBUG:segment:successfully flushed about 0 items.
DEBUG:segment:queueing: {'integrations': {}, 'anonymousId': None, 'properties': {'product': 'rovodev', 'env': 'prod', 'origin': 'unknown', 'userIdType': 'atlassianAccount', 'tenantId': 'unknown',
'tenantIdType': 'cloudId', 'subproduct': 'rovodev', 'platform': 'mac', 'eventType': 'track', 'source': 'rovodev mcp server startup', 'actionSubject': 'mcp_server', 'action': 'completed', 'workspaceId': None,
'orgId': '', 'attributes': {'sessionId': 'c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a', 'isAIFeature': 0, 'userGeneratedAI': 0, 'singleInstrumentationID': 'c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a', 'start_time':
'2025-06-18T14:18:06.333969Z', 'server_type': 'stdio', 'connection_info': 'node /Users/jeremiah/Documents/GitHub/mcp-reasoner/dist/index.js', 'timestamp': '2025-06-18T14:18:06.333528Z', 'success': True,
'authType': 'ASAP', 'isInternal': False}}, 'timestamp': '2025-06-18T14:18:06.334078+00:00', 'context': {'userAgent': None, 'ip': None, 'validationMode': 'quiet', 'library': {'name': 'analytics-python',
'version': '1.4.post1'}}, 'userId': '712020:8e2dd757-fd39-4eb2-b28c-e9b2bf10a176', 'type': 'track', 'event': 'mcp_server completed', 'messageId': '7330a2fe-0d72-477d-91ed-8c17b58c472d'}
DEBUG:segment:enqueued with blocking track.
DEBUG:segment:making request: {"batch": [{"integrations": {}, "anonymousId": null, "properties": {"product": "rovodev", "env": "prod", "origin": "unknown", "userIdType": "atlassianAccount", "tenantId":
"unknown", "tenantIdType": "cloudId", "subproduct": "rovodev", "platform": "mac", "eventType": "track", "source": "rovodev mcp server startup", "actionSubject": "mcp_server", "action": "completed",
"workspaceId": null, "orgId": "", "attributes": {"sessionId": "c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a", "isAIFeature": 0, "userGeneratedAI": 0, "singleInstrumentationID": "c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a",
"start_time": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.333969Z", "server_type": "stdio", "connection_info": "node /Users/jeremiah/Documents/GitHub/mcp-reasoner/dist/index.js", "timestamp": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.333528Z",
"success": true, "authType": "ASAP", "isInternal": false}}, "timestamp": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.334078+00:00", "context": {"userAgent": null, "ip": null, "validationMode": "quiet", "library": {"name":
"analytics-python", "version": "1.4.post1"}}, "userId": "712020:8e2dd757-fd39-4eb2-b28c-e9b2bf10a176", "type": "track", "event": "mcp_server completed", "messageId": "7330a2fe-0d72-477d-91ed-8c17b58c472d"}],
"sentAt": "2025-06-18T14:18:06.335536+00:00"}
DEBUG:segment:data uploaded successfully
DEBUG:segment:successfully flushed about 0 items.
DEBUG:segment:queueing: {'integrations': {}, 'anonymousId': None, 'properties': {'product': 'rovodev', 'env': 'prod', 'origin': 'unknown', 'userIdType': 'atlassianAccount', 'tenantId': 'unknown',
'tenantIdType': 'cloudId', 'subproduct': 'rovodev', 'platform': 'mac', 'eventType': 'track', 'source': 'rovodev mcp server startup', 'actionSubject': 'mcp_server', 'action': 'completed', 'workspaceId': None,
'orgId': '', 'attributes': {'sessionId': 'c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a', 'isAIFeature': 0, 'userGeneratedAI': 0, 'singleInstrumentationID': 'c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a', 'start_time':
'2025-06-18T14:18:07.255933Z', 'server_type': 'http', 'connection_info': 'https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/native/mcp', 'timestamp': '2025-06-18T14:18:07.255513Z', 'success': True, 'authType': 'ASAP',
'isInternal': False}}, 'timestamp': '2025-06-18T14:18:07.256113+00:00', 'context': {'userAgent': None, 'ip': None, 'validationMode': 'quiet', 'library': {'name': 'analytics-python', 'version': '1.4.post1'}},
'userId': '712020:8e2dd757-fd39-4eb2-b28c-e9b2bf10a176', 'type': 'track', 'event': 'mcp_server completed', 'messageId': 'c5fa9210-b045-4bab-b12f-5d62f70798dd'}
DEBUG:segment:enqueued with blocking track.
DEBUG:segment:making request: {"batch": [{"integrations": {}, "anonymousId": null, "properties": {"product": "rovodev", "env": "prod", "origin": "unknown", "userIdType": "atlassianAccount", "tenantId":
"unknown", "tenantIdType": "cloudId", "subproduct": "rovodev", "platform": "mac", "eventType": "track", "source": "rovodev mcp server startup", "actionSubject": "mcp_server", "action": "completed",
"workspaceId": null, "orgId": "", "attributes": {"sessionId": "c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a", "isAIFeature": 0, "userGeneratedAI": 0, "singleInstrumentationID": "c5516627-c8a3-4bf1-b3dd-2a64bb7c576a",
"start_time": "2025-06-18T14:18:07.255933Z", "server_type": "http", "connection_info": "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/native/mcp", "timestamp": "2025-06-18T14:18:07.255513Z", "success": true, "authType":
"ASAP", "isInternal": false}}, "timestamp": "2025-06-18T14:18:07.256113+00:00", "context": {"userAgent": null, "ip": null, "validationMode": "quiet", "library": {"name": "analytics-python", "version":
"1.4.post1"}}, "userId": "712020:8e2dd757-fd39-4eb2-b28c-e9b2bf10a176", "type": "track", "event": "mcp_server completed", "messageId": "c5fa9210-b045-4bab-b12f-5d62f70798dd"}], "sentAt":
"2025-06-18T14:18:07.259023+00:00"}
DEBUG:segment:data uploaded successfully
DEBUG:segment:successfully flushed about 0 items.

```

[Steve Harman]

Is there a guide / link to instructions for adding MCP servers into Rovo Dev CLI? 

I tried asking....Rovo Dev and (a) it said it couldn't be done and (b) it seemed to think that it was Claude ?!?

[Jeremiah Harvey]

You can open the MCP config by running `acli rovodev mcp`. It's a standard MCP config file structure, like this:
```

{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "xxx"
}
},
"context7": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@upstash/context7-mcp@latest"
]
},
"think": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cgize/mcp-think-tool"
]
}
}
}

```

[Steve Harman]

Thanks @Jeremiah Harvey - great stuff.

Perhaps someone should mention it to Rovo Dev / "Claude".  :-)