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feat(mcp): add AI/ML API as an opt-in built-in server - #1187
It exposes the AI/ML API server's Toolbox, model discovery, media generation, chat, embeddings and balance tools through Zero's existing MCP integration.
The server ships disabled because tool runs and generations can be billed to the user's AI/ML API balance.
Enable it with:
zero mcp enable aimlapi
Disable it with:
zero mcp disable aimlapi
What changed
Seeds the disabled server alongside the existing Exa default.
Persists "disabled": false when enabling a built-in server that ships off. Adding a server under the aimlapi default name also enables it.
Prevents project configuration from lifting the default disable.
Reports the untouched, disabled default as a passing zero doctor check, with instructions for enabling it.
Applies AI/ML API authentication and attribution at all three MCP header-application points, covering HTTP and SSE requests.
Adds setup and security documentation.
Credentials and attribution
The key is resolved for every request from the aimlapi provider profile, including its credential-store entry, or from AIMLAPI_API_KEY when no aimlapi profile exists. Switching to a proxy profile withholds the automatic credential on the next request.
Automatic authentication applies only to requests whose own URL uses HTTPS, the exact hostname mcp.aimlapi.com, the default port and no userinfo, regardless of the configured server name.
Zero does not inject the provider key when an Authorization header is already present, the server uses OAuth, or project configuration has touched the server. Invalid single-token credentials, including key pools, are withheld.
The automatically resolved key is kept out of server configuration, OAuth-binding identity and list output.
Matching requests also carry X-AIMLAPI-Source: agent/zero and X-AIMLAPI-Partner-ID. A 401 response includes setup guidance; users can alternatively configure OAuth and run zero mcp oauth login aimlapi.
Impact
The server appears in zero mcp list but remains disabled until explicitly enabled. Existing Exa behavior is preserved. No runtime dependencies are added.
Validation
Focused command:
go test ./internal/aimlapi ./internal/config ./internal/mcp ./internal/cli ./internal/zerocommands -run 'AIMLAPI|Attribution|TestNewBackendDoctorReportPassesShippedDefaults' -count=1 -race
Go 1.26.10 on macOS arm64: formatting, go vet ./..., release build and smoke checks passed.
Focused integration tests passed with the race detector (command above).
Tested a clean local merge with upstream main at 7c55a09. No integration source changes were needed. The published branch remains at its original head; uploading the local merge was unavailable through the current Git credentials/API connection.
Full go test ./... completed with failures in agent, cli, config, sandbox, tools and tui; some runs also failed npmwrapper tests. These include path/permission assertions and subprocess timeouts in this environment. Four agent permission tests were reproduced unchanged on clean upstream 7c55a09. The full suite is not claimed green; remaining failures need CI or a clean development environment.
govulncheck on this branch: no vulnerabilities found. Advisory static analysis reported four findings in existing upstream code in installtest, proxydial and web_fetch.go, outside the new integration code.
No paid live Toolbox calls, media generation or browser OAuth were exercised. Other platforms remain for CI.
Tests cover default configuration, CLI enable/add persistence, project trust boundaries, HTTP/SSE headers, exact-host matching, credential refresh after provider changes, manual-auth and OAuth precedence, credential isolation and doctor output.
Related work
One of three independently selectable AI/ML API integrations for Zero: Toolbox web search, Toolbox page fetching and an opt-in MCP server. Each branch includes the same shared attribution and service-key foundation. Remaining branches will be updated after the first PR lands.
Added the AI/ML API MCP server as an optional integration; it remains off until enabled with zero mcp enable aimlapi.
Eligible requests can use a key from your provider profile or AIMLAPI_API_KEY. Attribution headers are sent only to supported service URLs, and keys aren’t saved in server configuration.
Authentication errors now include setup guidance, including OAuth sign-in options when applicable.
Backend checks identify the built-in server as off by default and show how to enable it.
Documentation
Updated setup and security guides with enablement, configuration, and credential-handling details.
…vices
Adds the pieces the Toolbox and MCP integrations share:
- internal/aimlapi: X-AIMLAPI-Source (agent/zero), the fixed Toolbox and
MCP URLs, and an exact-hostname check (https, default port, no
userinfo) for api/tools/mcp.aimlapi.com before the key or attribution
headers are attached. The partner id still comes from ResolvePartnerID.
- internal/config: AIMLAPIServiceKey picks the key from the aimlapi
profile (or AIMLAPI_API_KEY without one), reading the credential
store, and withholds it when any aimlapi-keyed profile points at a
proxy base URL or AIMLAPI_INFERENCE_URL is overridden. Keys that are
not a single token are refused.
Seeds `aimlapi` (https://mcp.aimlapi.com/mcp, streamable HTTP) next to
Exa as a built-in MCP server that ships disabled: its tool runs and
generations are billed to the user's AI/ML API balance. The disable is
marked as explicitly set, so a project config cannot lift it; the user
turns it on with `zero mcp enable aimlapi`, which now writes
`"disabled": false` for a default that ships off (and `zero mcp add
aimlapi` does the same). `zero doctor` reports the untouched default as
a pass rather than a warning.
The MCP client attaches the AI/ML API key and the X-AIMLAPI-Source /
X-AIMLAPI-Partner-ID headers in one place (internal/mcp/aimlapi.go),
called from the three header-application points. Both apply only to a
request whose own URL is exactly https://mcp.aimlapi.com on the default
port, whatever the server is named. The key is resolved for every
request through config.LoadAIMLAPIServiceKey, so switching the aimlapi
provider to a proxy, or a key that is not a single token, means no
Authorization header on the next request. It is never put in config,
the server identity used for OAuth token binding, list output or errors.
A user Authorization header, `"auth": "oauth"`, or a project-touched
server goes without it. A 401 from that host explains how to add a key
or sign in with `zero mcp oauth login`.
The PR adds an opt-in AI/ML API MCP server. It resolves eligible service keys from provider configuration or the environment, applies authentication and attribution to matching requests, and updates CLI behavior, diagnostics, tests, and documentation.
Changes
AI/ML API MCP integration
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Service endpoints and attribution policy internal/aimlapi/*, internal/config/mcp_defaults.go, internal/config/mcp_defaults_test.go
Adds AI/ML API service URL constants and attribution rules for exact HTTPS service hosts. Seeds aimlapi as a disabled built-in MCP server.
Service-key resolution and validation internal/config/aimlapi_service_key.go, internal/config/aimlapi_service_key_test.go
Resolves the key from an eligible provider profile or AIMLAPI_API_KEY. Rejects noncanonical proxy configurations and keys containing multiple tokens or control characters.
MCP request authentication and attribution internal/mcp/aimlapi.go, internal/mcp/network_client.go, internal/mcp/aimlapi_test.go
Applies attribution to matching requests and adds a bearer key only when the request has no Authorization header, uses no OAuth, and has no project configuration. Adds scoped guidance for matching HTTP 401 responses and tests HTTP and SSE behavior.
CLI enablement writes disabled: false for the shipped disabled server. Backend checks pass for untouched disabled defaults. Documentation describes the default, enablement, and request rules.
sequenceDiagram
participant MCPClient
participant NetworkClient
participant AIMLAPIRequestHeaders
participant LoadAIMLAPIServiceKey
participant AIMLAPIMCPEndpoint
MCPClient->>NetworkClient: Send HTTP or SSE request
NetworkClient->>AIMLAPIRequestHeaders: Apply request headers
AIMLAPIRequestHeaders->>LoadAIMLAPIServiceKey: Resolve key for eligible request
LoadAIMLAPIServiceKey-->>AIMLAPIRequestHeaders: Return key or resolution error
AIMLAPIRequestHeaders->>NetworkClient: Set attribution and eligible bearer headers
NetworkClient->>AIMLAPIMCPEndpoint: Send request
AIMLAPIMCPEndpoint-->>NetworkClient: Return response
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Possibly related PRs
Twigpine/zero#1185: Adds the same attribution helpers and service-key resolution functions used by this PR.
Twigpine/zero#1186: Adds the same attribution helpers and service-key resolution functions, so the shared symbols need coordination.
Twigpine/zero#1010: Changes enablement behavior for built-in MCP servers that ship disabled, which overlaps with this PR’s CLI persistence changes.
Suggested reviewers: kevincodex1
Merge Risk: Low · up to 9e179
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Cover an edited, still-disabled aimlapi entry in the shipped-defaults test.
The shipped-defaults test checks only the untouched aimlapi default. The disabled-entry check at backend_doctor.go:85-108 is generic, and the existing exa case already covers an edited, disabled default. A regression that treats aimlapi differently would still pass the suite. This is a coverage gap, not a current defect. The proposed fixture changes the URL, so the entry no longer matches the shipped default and must warn.
🧪 Suggested test addition
assertBackendDoctorCheck(t, report, "backend.mcp.disabled", "aimlapi", BackendDoctorStatusPass, "zero mcp enable aimlapi")
++ // A user-edited aimlapi entry that stays disabled is user-configured and must warn.+ edited := config.DefaultMCPServers()["aimlapi"]+ edited.URL = "https://mcp.aimlapi.com/mcp?edited=1"+ report = NewBackendDoctorReport(BackendDoctorInput{MCP: config.MCPConfig{Servers: map[string]config.MCPServerConfig{"aimlapi": edited}}})+ assertBackendDoctorCheck(t, report, "backend.mcp.disabled", "aimlapi", BackendDoctorStatusWarn, "zero mcp enable aimlapi")
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Review comment at @internal/zerocommands/backend_doctor_test.go around lines 133
- 142:
Add coverage in the shipped-defaults test for an edited but still-disabled
aimlapi entry: copy its default configuration, change its URL so it no longer
matches the shipped default, and assert that the backend.mcp.disabled check
reports BackendDoctorStatusWarn. Keep the existing assertion for the untouched
default.
Assert the Authorization header on SSE POST requests.
Assert the Authorization header on SSE POST requests.
The SSE tools test checks Authorization only on the GET stream request. Its POST /messages handler reads the message and dispatches on the method, without checking headers. Removing applyPostHeaders(request) from post therefore passes this test. The configured headers on SSE POSTs have no coverage.
Add the check to the POST branch, before the method switch:
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Review comment at @internal/mcp/aimlapi_test.go around lines 344 - 355:
Add an Authorization header assertion to the SSE POST `/messages` handler in the
tools test, before its method switch, verifying the configured bearer value.
Keep the existing GET stream assertion and avoid relying on the separate
`applyPostHeaders` test as coverage for SSE POST requests.
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Minor · Document the variable that supplies a profile's aimlapi key. · EXTENDING.md:277
docs/EXTENDING.md:277 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Document the variable that supplies a profile's aimlapi key.
The text says a profile's stored key is used, and that AIMLAPI_API_KEY applies only when no profile exists. A canonical aimlapi profile reads the variable named by its apiKeyEnv before it reads the credential store. That variable defaults to AIMLAPI_API_KEY. A user with a stored key and a non-empty AIMLAPI_API_KEY can send billable requests under the environment key's account.
Suggested fix
`Authorization: Bearer <key>`. The key comes from the aimlapi.com provider
-profile (`zero providers setup aimlapi`, including a key held in the-credential store), or from `AIMLAPI_API_KEY` when there is no such profile. It+profile (`zero providers setup aimlapi`). An inline key in the profile wins.+Otherwise, if the variable named by the profile's `apiKeyEnv` is set, its value+is used. `apiKeyEnv` defaults to `AIMLAPI_API_KEY`. If that variable is not set,+the key held in the credential store is used. Without an aimlapi profile, Zero+uses `AIMLAPI_API_KEY`. It
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Review comment at @docs/EXTENDING.md at line 277:
Update the aimlapi key-source description to document profile precedence: an
inline profile key is used first, then the environment variable named by
apiKeyEnv (defaulting to AIMLAPI_API_KEY), then the credential-store key; when
no aimlapi profile exists, AIMLAPI_API_KEY is used.
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Review comments at @docs/EXTENDING.md:
- Line 277: Update the aimlapi key-source description to document profile
precedence: an inline profile key is used first, then the environment variable
named by apiKeyEnv (defaulting to AIMLAPI_API_KEY), then the credential-store
key; when no aimlapi profile exists, AIMLAPI_API_KEY is used.
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Findings were not drift — root cause was incomplete operator copy for MCP key resolution (plus a misleading bundled proxy clause in 401 hints). Fixes are on Twigpine/zero branch feat/aimlapi-toolbox-mcp at 71fedc51 (merge of current main + doc/test/hint updates). This PR’s head fork (aimlapi/zero) could not be pushed from the automation account; please fast-forward or cherry-pick that branch onto this PR.
What changed
docs/EXTENDING.md + SECURITY.md + AIMLAPIServiceKey godoc — document real precedence: inline profile key → apiKeyEnv (default AIMLAPI_API_KEY) → credential store; env-only when no aimlapi profile; explicit note that env can bill MCP before a stored key.
internal/mcp/aimlapi.go — 401 hint no longer implies failure is proxy-only; points to built-in-servers doc for withhold rules (project/OAuth/manual Authorization already oauth-only).
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Summary
Adds aimlapi as a built-in MCP server at https://mcp.aimlapi.com/mcp, using streamable HTTP.
It exposes the AI/ML API server's Toolbox, model discovery, media generation, chat, embeddings and balance tools through Zero's existing MCP integration.
The server ships disabled because tool runs and generations can be billed to the user's AI/ML API balance.
Enable it with:
Disable it with:
What changed
Credentials and attribution
The key is resolved for every request from the aimlapi provider profile, including its credential-store entry, or from AIMLAPI_API_KEY when no aimlapi profile exists. Switching to a proxy profile withholds the automatic credential on the next request.
Automatic authentication applies only to requests whose own URL uses HTTPS, the exact hostname mcp.aimlapi.com, the default port and no userinfo, regardless of the configured server name.
Zero does not inject the provider key when an Authorization header is already present, the server uses OAuth, or project configuration has touched the server. Invalid single-token credentials, including key pools, are withheld.
The automatically resolved key is kept out of server configuration, OAuth-binding identity and list output.
Matching requests also carry X-AIMLAPI-Source: agent/zero and X-AIMLAPI-Partner-ID. A 401 response includes setup guidance; users can alternatively configure OAuth and run zero mcp oauth login aimlapi.
Impact
The server appears in zero mcp list but remains disabled until explicitly enabled. Existing Exa behavior is preserved. No runtime dependencies are added.
Validation
Focused command:
Tests cover default configuration, CLI enable/add persistence, project trust boundaries, HTTP/SSE headers, exact-host matching, credential refresh after provider changes, manual-auth and OAuth precedence, credential isolation and doctor output.
Related work
One of three independently selectable AI/ML API integrations for Zero: Toolbox web search, Toolbox page fetching and an opt-in MCP server. Each branch includes the same shared attribution and service-key foundation. Remaining branches will be updated after the first PR lands.
Summary by CodeRabbit
zero mcp enable aimlapi.AIMLAPI_API_KEY. Attribution headers are sent only to supported service URLs, and keys aren’t saved in server configuration.