MCP Optimizer server url not visible in ToolHive UI

[tgrunnagle]

Unlike 'regular' MCP servers, the URL for the Optimizer is not visible in the ToolHive UI. This would be useful for people using the server outside of a client like Claude (e.g., with a custom agent).

[therealnb]

I'm not sure about this - it is visible by the time it has gone through an ingress. It is easier to add fragments downstream than take them away.

[tgrunnagle]

@therealnb Not sure I've described the issue properly - "visible" as in "the url can be viewed in the UI". For normal MCP servers, you can expand the server info and copy the URL to use elsewhere. I didn't see a way to do that for mcp optimizer. So it's easy to configure it with e.g. claude code or another client, but if you need the URL+port for something manual, you'd have to use thv cli.

[mitjakukovec]

The optimizer URL is visible when you execute the ToolHive command to list the active MCP servers.

$ thv list

NAME                   PACKAGE                                   STATUS  URL                        PORT  GROUP
toolhive-mcp-optimizer ghcr.io/stackloklabs/mcp-optimizer:0.2.0. running http://127.0.0.1:39846/mcp 39846 __mcp-optimizer__

[therealnb]

I see, @tgrunnagle . Yes, the optimizer used by the UI is hidden. I think I would make it visible in the UI, but I could see this argued either way. It is a question for @jtenniswood really.

I don't think it matters too much - there is a workaround (use cli) and we will likely move this function into another component at some point. It was convenient to make it an MCP to decouple it during test and development.