ruah conv

Convert API specs into agent-ready tool surfaces.

Feed it an OpenAPI spec, get MCP tool definitions, function-calling schemas, host-ready plugin bundles, or a full MCP server scaffold. One intermediate representation in the middle — every input parser normalizes to it, every output generator reads from it.

 Input Parsers              IR                    Output Generators
 ─────────────        ──────────────            ─────────────────────
 OpenAPI 3.x  ──┐                            ┌── MCP Tool Definitions ✓
 Swagger 2.0  ──┤                            ├── MCP Server (TS) ✓
 Postman v2.1 ──┼──→  Ruah Tool Schema  ───┼── MCP Server (Python) ✓
 GraphQL SDL  ──┤     (canonical IR)         ├── Function Calling (OpenAI) ✓
 HAR files    ──┘                            ├── Function Calling (Anthropic) ✓
                                             ├── Claude Code plugin bundle ✓
                                             ├── Codex plugin bundle ✓
                                             └── A2A service wrapper ✓

Now shipped: OpenAPI 3.x, Swagger 2.0, Postman v2.1, and GraphQL SDL inputs; MCP JSON defs; MCP TypeScript/Python scaffolds; OpenAI and Anthropic tool schemas; Claude Code and Codex plugin scaffolds; A2A wrapper scaffold; config-file support.

See It

# Parse a spec and see what's inside
npx @ruah-dev/conv inspect petstore.yaml

API Spec Summary
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Title:    Petstore API
  Version:  1.0.0
  Format:   openapi-3.0
  Base URL: https://api.petstore.example.com/v1

Auth Schemes (1)
  • apiKeyAuth: apiKey (X-API-Key)

Tools (4)
  • listPets    GET    /pets           (2 params)
  • createPet   POST   /pets           (0 params +body)  [moderate]
  • getPet      GET    /pets/{petId}   (1 params)
  • deletePet   DELETE /pets/{petId}   (1 params)         [destructive]

Types (3)
  Pet, NewPet, Error

# Generate MCP tool definitions
npx @ruah-dev/conv generate petstore.yaml --json

[
  {
    "name": "listPets",
    "description": "List all pets",
    "inputSchema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "limit": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100 },
        "offset": { "type": "integer" }
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "name": "createPet",
    "description": "Create a new pet",
    "inputSchema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": { "type": "string" },
        "tag": { "type": "string" }
      },
      "required": ["name"]
    }
  }
]

Use It

# Generate MCP tool definitions (JSON)
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --target mcp-tool-defs --json

# Generate OpenAI tool/function schemas
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --target openai-tools --json

# Generate a TypeScript MCP server scaffold
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --target mcp-ts-server --output ./generated-server

# Generate a Claude Code plugin bundle
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --target claude-code-plugin-ts --output ./generated-claude-plugin

# Generate a Codex plugin bundle
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --target codex-plugin-ts --output ./generated-codex-plugin

# Write output to a directory
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --output ./generated/

# Inspect a spec — see tools, types, auth at a glance
ruah conv inspect ./spec.yaml

# Validate a spec — check for issues before generating
ruah conv validate ./spec.yaml

# Full IR as JSON — for piping into other tools
ruah conv inspect ./spec.yaml --json

# List available output targets
ruah conv targets

Or use the standalone CLI directly:

npx @ruah-dev/conv generate ./spec.yaml --json

How It Works

1. Parse

The parser reads OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger 2.0, Postman v2.1 collections, and GraphQL SDL, then normalizes everything into the Ruah Tool Schema — the canonical intermediate representation.

ruah conv inspect ./spec.yaml --json | jq '.tools | length'
# 12

2. Validate

The IR is validated for completeness. Warnings are advisory — the IR is always usable, but you'll know what's missing.

ruah conv validate ./spec.yaml
# ✓ Spec is valid — 12 tools, 8 types, no warnings.

Warning	What it means
missing-description	Tool has no description — LLMs need this
missing-base-url	No server URL — tools will need a runtime base URL
duplicate-tool-name	Two operations produced the same name
unknown-type	Schema couldn't be parsed — treated as any
unresolved-ref	$ref target not found in components
no-operations	Spec has no paths — nothing to convert

3. Generate

The generator reads the IR and produces output for the target format.

Current targets:

• mcp-tool-defs — JSON array of MCP-compatible tool definitions
• mcp-ts-server — TypeScript MCP server scaffold with stdio entrypoint and HTTP starter
• mcp-python-server — FastMCP Python server scaffold
• openai-tools — OpenAI tool/function definitions
• anthropic-tools — Anthropic tool definitions
• claude-code-plugin-ts — Claude Code plugin scaffold with a generated TypeScript MCP server
• codex-plugin-ts — Codex plugin scaffold with a generated TypeScript MCP server
• a2a-wrapper — A2A-style service wrapper scaffold

Each tool gets:

• name — normalized from operationId (or synthesized from method + path)
• description — from the spec's summary or description
• inputSchema — JSON Schema combining path params, query params, and request body

Paginated operations are detected heuristically and annotated in generated descriptions. Current patterns: limit + offset, page-number/page-size, and cursor-style query params.

4. Naming Policy

Operations become tool names using this priority:

1. Use operationId if present → listPets
2. Fall back to method + path → getPetsPetId
3. Deduplicate with numeric suffix → listPets, listPets2

Normalization: get_user_by_id → getUserById, api.v2.list-pets → listPets

5. Risk Classification

Every tool gets a risk level based on HTTP method:

Method	Risk	Idempotent	Read-Only
GET, HEAD, OPTIONS	safe	Yes	Yes
POST	moderate	No	No
PUT	moderate	Yes	No
PATCH	moderate	No	No
DELETE	destructive	Yes	No

The IR: Ruah Tool Schema

The intermediate representation is the core of Convert. Everything normalizes to this, everything generates from this.

interface RuahToolSchema {
  meta: SchemaMeta;       // title, version, baseUrl, source format
  auth: AuthSchema[];     // apiKey, http/bearer, oauth2
  tools: Tool[];          // one per API operation
  types: Record<string, TypeDefinition>;  // named schemas
}

The IR is inspectable: ruah conv inspect ./spec.yaml --json dumps the full IR. Useful for debugging, validating, and piping into other tools.

Adding a new input format = one parser that produces IR. Adding a new output format = one generator that consumes IR. Never N×M.

Programmatic API

import { parse, validateIR, generate } from "@ruah-dev/conv";

// Parse a spec
const ir = parse("./petstore.yaml");

// Validate
const warnings = validateIR(ir);

// Generate MCP tool definitions
const result = generate("mcp-tool-defs", ir);
console.log(result.files[0].content);

CLI Reference

ruah conv generate <spec> [options]    Parse spec and generate output
  --target <id>                          Output target (default: mcp-tool-defs)
  --output <dir>                         Output directory (default: stdout)
  --name <value>                         Override generated server/service name
  --transport <mode>                     Generator transport hint
  --config <path>                        Load generation defaults from JSON
  --json                                 Output as JSON

ruah conv inspect <spec> [options]     Parse spec and display IR summary
  --json                                 Output full IR as JSON

ruah conv validate <spec> [options]    Parse spec and report warnings
  --json                                 Output warnings as JSON

ruah conv targets [options]            List available output targets
  --json                                 Output as JSON

  --help, -h                             Show help
  --version, -v                          Show version

Config File

Generator defaults can live in ruah.conv.json, .ruah-conv.json, or ruah.conv.config.json:

{
  "target": "mcp-ts-server",
  "output": "./generated/server",
  "name": "Billing MCP Server",
  "transport": "streamable-http"
}

Roadmap

v0.1 — Core pipeline

• OpenAPI 3.0 / 3.1 parser
• Ruah Tool Schema IR
• IR validation with warnings
• MCP tool definitions (JSON)
• CLI: generate, inspect, validate, targets
• Plug-and-play with ruah CLI

v0.2 — Expand

• Full MCP TypeScript server scaffold (stdio transport)
• Swagger 2.0 auto-upgrade
• Postman collection parser
• HTTP/SSE transport for MCP servers
• Pagination handling

v0.3 — Multi-target

• MCP Python server (FastMCP)
• Function calling schemas (OpenAI, Anthropic)
• GraphQL SDL parser
• A2A service wrapper
• Config file support
• Claude Code and Codex plugin bundle targets

Install

Stable release:

npm install -g @ruah-dev/cli
ruah conv generate ./spec.yaml --json

Standalone package:

npm install -g @ruah-dev/conv
ruah-conv generate ./spec.yaml --json

# or run without installing
npx @ruah-dev/conv generate ./spec.yaml --json

Requirements: Node.js 18+. Single runtime dependency: yaml.

Release Flow

Releases are tag-driven:

git push origin main
git push origin v0.3.0

Pushing a v* tag triggers the GitHub Actions release pipeline, which:

• runs typecheck, lint, and tests for the root package and packages/core
• publishes @ruah-dev/conv-core first
• waits for that version to appear on npm
• publishes @ruah-dev/conv
• creates the GitHub release automatically

Ecosystem

ruah       — top-level CLI router                    (@ruah-dev/cli)
conv       — standalone conv package + CLI wrapper   (@ruah-dev/conv)
conv-core  — conversion implementation               (@ruah-dev/conv-core)

Community

• Contributing
• Code of Conduct
• Security
• Changelog

License

MIT