Investigate safeinputs MCP server failure in dev.md workflow#5899
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Investigate safeinputs MCP server failure in dev.md workflow
Dec 8, 2025
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The dev.md workflow run failed during log parsing because Claude attempted to connect to a
safeinputsMCP server that wasn't configured in the workflow's MCP server list.Analysis
Workflow Context:
Root Cause:
Claude's initialization includes
safeinputsin its MCP server list, but the compiled workflow (.github/workflows/dev.lock.yml) only configuresgithubandsafeoutputsservers. This causes the MCP server to fail during launch:{ "name": "safeinputs", "status": "failed" }The log parser detects this failure and fails the step with:
Key Finding:
The agent successfully completed its task (created a poem), but the workflow failed during post-execution log parsing due to MCP server failure detection. This suggests
safeinputsis being added to Claude's MCP server list even when not needed by the workflow configuration.Notes
This issue is unrelated to the rest-api-assign-agent PR changes. The failed workflow run was from the main branch's dev.md (poem creation), not the PR branch's dev.md (issue assignment with assign-to-agent safe output).
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