Odel Module SDK

Fork of the Model Context Protocol TypeScript SDK with Odel-specific extensions for the Odel Platform

SDK for building Odel modules - full MCP protocol implementation with additional utilities for context management, error handling, and input validation.

• Overview
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Odel Extensions
  • Context
  • Error Handling
  • Validators
  • Response Schemas
• MCP Core Concepts
• Documentation
• License

Overview

This SDK provides:

• Full MCP protocol implementation (tools, resources, prompts)
• Odel context management (user info, secrets, request tracking)
• Standardized error handling with error codes
• Common validators for inputs (email, URL, API keys, etc.)
• Response schema helpers for consistent API responses

Installation

npm install @odel/module-sdk zod

This SDK has a required peer dependency on zod for schema validation.

Quick Start

import { McpServer } from '@odel/module-sdk/server';
import { z } from 'zod';
import { extractToolContext, getRequiredSecret, ModuleError, SuccessResponseSchema, validators } from '@odel/module-sdk/odel';

// Define your response schema
const SendEmailResponseSchema = SuccessResponseSchema(
    z.object({
        messageId: z.string(),
        sentAt: z.string()
    })
);

// Create your MCP server
const server = new McpServer({
    name: 'email-module',
    version: '1.0.0'
});

// Register a tool
server.tool(
    'send-email',
    'Send an email',
    {
        to: validators.email(),
        subject: validators.nonEmptyString(),
        body: z.string()
    },
    async (args, extra) => {
        // Extract Odel context (userId, secrets, etc.)
        const ctx = extractToolContext(extra.requestBody, process.env);

        // Get required secrets
        const apiKey = getRequiredSecret(ctx, 'RESEND_API_KEY');

        try {
            // Your implementation here
            const result = await sendEmail(apiKey, args);

            return {
                content: [
                    {
                        type: 'text',
                        text: JSON.stringify({
                            success: true,
                            messageId: result.id,
                            sentAt: new Date().toISOString()
                        })
                    }
                ]
            };
        } catch (error) {
            throw ModuleError.apiError('Failed to send email', {
                originalError: error.message
            });
        }
    }
);

Odel Extensions

All Odel-specific utilities are available from @odel/module-sdk/odel:

import {
    // Context
    extractContext,
    createToolContext,
    extractToolContext,
    getRequiredSecret,
    getOptionalSecret,
    DEFAULT_MODULE_CONTEXT,

    // Types
    type ModuleContext,
    type ToolContext,
    type RequestBodyWithContext,

    // Errors
    ModuleError,
    ErrorCode,

    // Validators
    validators,

    // Schemas
    SuccessResponseSchema,
    SimpleSuccessSchema,
    type SuccessResponse,
    type ErrorResponse
} from '@odel/module-sdk/odel';

Context

The Odel platform injects context into every module request, including user information and decrypted secrets.

ModuleContext

interface ModuleContext {
    userId: string; // Hashed user ID (privacy-preserving)
    conversationId?: string; // Optional conversation ID
    displayName?: string; // User's display name
    timestamp: number; // Request timestamp
    requestId: string; // Unique request identifier
    secrets: Record<string, string>; // Decrypted user secrets
}

ToolContext

For Cloudflare Workers, ToolContext<Env> extends ModuleContext with typed environment bindings:

interface ToolContext<Env> extends ModuleContext {
    env: Env; // Cloudflare Worker bindings
}

Context Functions

// Extract context from JSON-RPC request body
const moduleContext = extractContext(requestBody);

// Create tool context with env bindings
const toolContext = createToolContext(moduleContext, env);

// Or do both in one step
const toolContext = extractToolContext(requestBody, env);

// Access secrets safely
const apiKey = getRequiredSecret(ctx, 'API_KEY'); // Throws if missing
const webhook = getOptionalSecret(ctx, 'WEBHOOK_URL'); // Returns undefined if missing

Error Handling

Standardized error codes and a ModuleError class for consistent error responses.

Error Codes

Factory Methods

// Validation errors
ModuleError.validationError('Invalid email format', { field: 'email' });
ModuleError.missingField('subject');

// Auth errors
ModuleError.missingSecret('RESEND_API_KEY');
ModuleError.invalidSecret('API_KEY', 'must start with sk-');

// API errors
ModuleError.apiError('Service unavailable', { statusCode: 503 });
ModuleError.networkError('Connection refused');
ModuleError.timeout('API call', 30000);
ModuleError.notFound('User', 'user_123');

// Rate limiting
ModuleError.rateLimitError(60); // retryAfter in seconds
ModuleError.quotaExceeded('API calls');

// Internal
ModuleError.internalError('Unexpected state');
ModuleError.notImplemented('bulk export');
ModuleError.configurationError('Missing database binding');

JSON Serialization

const error = ModuleError.apiError('Service unavailable', { statusCode: 503 });
console.log(error.toJSON());
// {
//   success: false,
//   error: 'Service unavailable',
//   code: 3001,
//   metadata: { statusCode: 503 }
// }

Validators

Pre-built Zod schemas for common input validation:

import { validators } from '@odel/module-sdk/odel';
import { z } from 'zod';

const inputSchema = z.object({
    // Email validation
    email: validators.email(),
    recipients: validators.emailList(), // Array or comma-separated string

    // URL validation
    website: validators.url(), // http or https
    webhook: validators.httpsUrl(), // https only

    // API keys
    apiKey: validators.apiKey(), // Min 10 chars
    openaiKey: validators.apiKey('sk-'), // With prefix

    // Strings
    name: validators.nonEmptyString(),
    bio: validators.trimmedString(), // Auto-trims, rejects empty
    title: validators.boundedString(1, 100), // Length constraints
    nickname: validators.optionalString(), // Empty string → undefined

    // Numbers
    count: validators.positiveInt(), // > 0, integer
    offset: validators.nonNegativeInt(), // >= 0, integer
    port: validators.port(), // 1-65535

    // Other
    id: validators.uuid(),
    createdAt: validators.isoDate(), // ISO 8601 datetime
    status: validators.enumFrom(['draft', 'published', 'archived'] as const),
    config: validators.json<{ enabled: boolean }>() // Parse JSON string
});

Response Schemas

Standardized success/error response pattern:

import { SuccessResponseSchema, SimpleSuccessSchema } from '@odel/module-sdk/odel';
import { z } from 'zod';

// Define a response schema with data fields
const EmailResponseSchema = SuccessResponseSchema(
    z.object({
        messageId: z.string(),
        sentAt: z.string()
    })
);

// Type inference
type EmailResponse = z.infer<typeof EmailResponseSchema>;
// = { success: true; messageId: string; sentAt: string }
// | { success: false; error: string }

// Usage with type narrowing
function handleResponse(response: EmailResponse) {
    if (response.success) {
        console.log(`Sent: ${response.messageId}`);
    } else {
        console.error(`Failed: ${response.error}`);
    }
}

// Simple success/error without data
const result = SimpleSuccessSchema.parse({ success: true });

MCP Core Concepts

This SDK includes the full MCP TypeScript SDK. Key concepts:

Servers and Transports

• Streamable HTTP for remote servers (recommended)
• HTTP + SSE for backwards compatibility
• stdio for local integrations

Tools, Resources, Prompts

• Tools: Let LLMs take actions (computation, API calls, side effects)
• Resources: Expose read-only data to clients
• Prompts: Reusable templates for consistent model interactions

Capabilities

• Sampling: Server tools can request LLM completions from clients
• Elicitation: Request structured input via forms or secure browser flows
• Tasks: Long-running operations with polling/resumption

For detailed MCP documentation, see:

• docs/server.md - Building MCP servers
• docs/client.md - Using the MCP client
• docs/capabilities.md - Advanced capabilities

Documentation

• Model Context Protocol documentation
• MCP Specification
• Odel Developer Portal

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License—see the LICENSE file for details.

Based on the Model Context Protocol TypeScript SDK.