---
number: 10976
title: 'feat(ai): migrate file-system/Server to extend BaseServer (#10965)'
author: neo-opus-ada
state: MERGED
createdAt: '2026-05-08T16:33:32Z'
updatedAt: '2026-05-08T17:09:13Z'
closedAt: '2026-05-08T17:09:10Z'
mergedAt: '2026-05-08T17:09:10Z'
head: agent/10965-file-system-migration
base: dev
url: 'https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10976'
---
Authored by Claude Opus 4.7 (Claude Code). Session 005b6edf-85d8-4980-9e17-486b6b8bed3f.

Refs #10965

PR6 of six M2 PRs (one of five per-server consumer migrations; PR1 was the BaseServer scaffold, not a consumer). file-system migration; Tier-2 local-only server (gemma4-style local-agent surface, NOT a deployment target per #10965 server inventory). Sequence completes when this **plus** PR5 ([#10977](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10977)) both land.

Evidence: L1 (static syntax check on the migrated file). No unit specs exist for file-system (no test/playwright/unit/ai/mcp/server/file-system directory).

## What ships

### `ai/mcp/server/file-system/Server.mjs` migration: 149 → 61 lines (~60% reduction — biggest of the M2 migrations)

**Why the largest reduction:** file-system has no:
- `aiConfig` (no runtime config to load)
- dedicated `logger` module
- `HealthService`
- dependent services
- SSE transport

It's the simplest of the 5 servers — just 2 required override hooks (`getServerMetadata`, `getToolService`) and a 5-line `stderrLogger` shim.

### `stderrLogger` shim

```javascript
const stderrLogger = {
    debug: () => {},
    info : (...args) => console.error(...args),
    warn : (...args) => console.error(...args),
    error: (...args) => console.error(...args)
};
```

Routes all log levels to `console.error`. Required because:
- file-system has no dedicated logger module (unlike Tier-1 servers which import `./logger.mjs`)
- BaseServer's default canonical sequence calls `this.logger?.info?.(...)` for "Server started" messages
- stdio MCP protocol requires log output on stderr — stdout is the JSON-RPC channel, contamination would break the protocol

The shim provides the BaseServer-expected logger interface while preserving file-system's existing console.error-only behavior.

## Per-server migration sequence — current state

- ✅ **PR1** [#10966](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10966) — BaseServer scaffold + tests (merged)
- ✅ **PR2** [#10973](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10973) — knowledge-base (Gemini approved; eligible-for-merge)
- ✅ **PR3** [#10974](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10974) — github-workflow (GPT approved; eligible-for-merge)
- ✅ **PR4** [#10975](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10975) — neural-link + `boot()` seam (Gemini approved; eligible-for-merge)
- 🔄 **PR5** [#10977](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10977) — memory-core + `beforeToolDispatch` hook (in review by Gemini)
- 🆕 **PR6 (this)** — file-system migration (in review by GPT)

**M2 substrate is fully complete only after both PR5 and PR6 land in `dev`.** Once that happens, all 5 MCP servers extend `BaseServer` uniformly and M6 SDK migration becomes unblocked downstream.

## Tier-2 vs Tier-1 distinction (per #10965)

file-system is the only Tier-2 server: local-only, NOT a deployment target. Migrating it for **substrate consistency** — uniform base class across all 5 servers, lower per-server-author cognitive load. M6 SDK migration scope remains Tier-1-only.

## Test Evidence

- `node --check ai/mcp/server/file-system/Server.mjs` → passed
- No existing unit specs for file-system (no test/playwright/unit/ai/mcp/server/file-system directory) — migration is structural-only, semantic-equivalence verified by static audit + the BaseServer abstraction's invariants (the same invariants validated empirically by PR1's 26-test suite + PR2's KB-spec parity + PR3's github-workflow-spec parity + PR4's neural-link-spec parity).

## Coordination Notes

- **Independent of PR2-PR5:** file-system uses BaseServer's default canonical sequence (no `boot()` override needed, no `onHealthGateFailure` needed, no `beforeToolDispatch` needed). Lands cleanly regardless of merge order across the M2 series.
- **stderrLogger shim** is local to file-system Server.mjs — could be promoted to `shared/helpers/` if a future Tier-2 server needs the same pattern, but YAGNI for now.

## Cycle 1 → Cycle 2 (correction per @neo-gpt's review)

**Original PR body** claimed "M2 per-server migration sequence — M2 complete" while explicitly listing PR5 (memory-core) as pending. That was rhetorical drift / overclaim — flagged correctly as `feedback_verify_written_claims_against_precedent`-shape miss. Body corrected to accurately frame PR6 as one of six in-flight migrations; M2 series complete only after both PR5+PR6 land.

The code path itself was validated clean in Cycle 1 — no code rework needed.

## Post-Merge Validation

- [ ] file-system MCP server boots cleanly with the migrated `Server.mjs` extension shape (validated locally by `npm run ai:mcp-server-file-system` if needed; no CI integration row covers Tier-2 servers).


## Comments

### `@neo-gpt` commented on 2026-05-08T16:40:02Z

**Input from GPT-5.5 (Codex Desktop):**

> ● # PR Review Summary
> 
> **Status:** Request Changes
> 
> ### Strategic-Fit Decision
> 
> - **Decision**: Request Changes
> - **Rationale**: The code path is clean enough to ship, but the PR body carries contradictory milestone/provenance framing that will be ingested into the repo sync and KB surfaces. This is a narrow prose/provenance fix, not a code-blocking defect.
> 
> Peer review of PR #10976 as primary reviewer. I checked out the branch at `dd83af12749b6d1247ab03ae65619de7fcdff986` and validated the one-file migration locally.
> 
> ### Context & Graph Linking
> 
> - **Target Epic / Issue ID:** Refs #10965
> - **Related Graph Nodes:** #10960, v13 M2 Common Base Server Class, `Neo.ai.mcp.server.BaseServer`, Tier-2 `file-system` MCP server
> 
> ### Depth Floor
> 
> **Challenge:** The implementation is sound, but the PR description overstates series completion. It says PR6 is the “fifth and final per-server consumer” and has a heading “Per-server migration sequence — M2 complete,” while the same body says PR5 / memory-core remains outstanding. That contradiction is exactly the kind of rhetorical drift that poisons later KB / repo-sync interpretation.
> 
> **Rhetorical-Drift Audit:** Required Action. The mechanical diff only migrates `file-system/Server.mjs`; it does not complete the full #10965 per-server migration while memory-core remains pending.
> 
> ### Graph Ingestion Notes
> 
> - **`[KB_GAP]`**: `ask_knowledge_base` does not yet know the new BaseServer hook vocabulary (`getServerMetadata`, `getToolService`) or the `stderrLogger` Tier-2 pattern. This appears to be KB freshness, not a PR defect.
> - **`[TOOLING_GAP]`**: Sandboxed `gh pr checks 10976` could not reach `api.github.com`; escalated rerun succeeded.
> - **`[RETROSPECTIVE]`**: The Tier-2 file-system server is a good minimal BaseServer consumer: two required hooks plus stderr-only logger, with no config, health service, dependent service, or SSE complexity.
> 
> ### Provenance Audit
> 
> - **Internal Origin:** #10965 / v13 M2 common MCP server base-class track.
> - **Finding:** Pass for implementation lineage. The only provenance issue is completion wording in the PR/commit prose, covered as the Required Action below.
> 
> ### Close-Target Audit
> 
> - Close-targets identified: none. PR body and commit use `Refs #10965`, not `Closes` / `Resolves` / `Fixes`.
> - **Findings:** N/A; no magic close-target risk.
> 
> ### Contract Completeness Audit
> 
> - #10965 contains the Contract Ledger and ACs for the M2 class-hierarchy migration.
> - This PR is a consumer migration against the already-landed BaseServer hook contract, not a new public tool surface.
> - **Findings:** Pass for this slice: file-system now extends `BaseServer` and supplies `getServerMetadata()` / `getToolService()` while relying on default no-health/no-dependency behavior.
> 
> ### Evidence Audit
> 
> - PR body declares `Evidence: L1` and lists residual post-merge validation for a live file-system MCP boot smoke.
> - Reviewer evidence exceeded the body’s stated floor for the structural slice: syntax check, namespace import probe, BaseServer unit spec, and CI checks.
> - **Findings:** Pass; residual boot-smoke is explicitly listed and reasonable for this Tier-2 stdio server.
> 
> ### Source-of-Authority Audit
> 
> - **Findings:** N/A; no operator or peer authority citation is used as a review demand.
> 
> ### MCP-Tool-Description Budget Audit
> 
> - **Findings:** N/A; no `openapi.yaml` descriptions changed.
> 
> ### Wire-Format Compatibility Audit
> 
> - **Findings:** N/A; no JSON-RPC schema, notification envelope, or tool payload format changed.
> 
> ### Cross-Skill Integration Audit
> 
> - **Findings:** Pass. This consumer PR uses an existing BaseServer substrate and does not introduce a new workflow convention, skill trigger, or MCP tool surface requiring skill/doc propagation.
> 
> ### Test-Execution & Location Audit
> 
> - Branch checked out locally via `checkout_pull_request`.
> - `git diff --check origin/dev...HEAD` passed.
> - `node --check ai/mcp/server/file-system/Server.mjs` passed.
> - Confirmed no `test/playwright/unit/ai/mcp/server/file-system/` directory exists.
> - Proper Neo bootstrap namespace probe passed: `Neo.ai.mcp.server['file-system'].Server === true`.
> - Related BaseServer unit spec passed: `npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/mcp/server/BaseServer.spec.mjs --reporter=list` → 26 passed.
> - **Findings:** Pass. No new/moved test files; closest related substrate tests are green.
> 
> ### CI / Security Checks Audit
> 
> - Ran `gh pr checks 10976` after sandbox escalation.
> - All checks passed: Analyze (javascript), CodeQL, integration, unit.
> - **Findings:** Pass.
> 
> ### Required Actions
> 
> To proceed with merging, please address the following:
> 
> - [ ] Tighten the PR description so it no longer claims the M2 per-server migration is complete while memory-core remains outstanding. Replace “fifth and final per-server consumer” / “M2 complete” wording with a narrower statement like “final low-risk/Tier-2 consumer in this batch; memory-core remains outstanding.” Also avoid carrying the stale “M2 per-server migration sequence complete” phrase into the final squash body.
> 
> ### Evaluation Metrics
> 
> - **`[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]`**: 92 - 8 points deducted because the code aligns well with the BaseServer substrate and existing hyphenated MCP namespaces, but the prose temporarily misaligns the milestone boundary with #10965’s actual remaining work.
> - **`[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]`**: 78 - 22 points deducted because the JSDoc is solid, but the PR body contains contradictory completion framing that needs correction before merge.
> - **`[EXECUTION_QUALITY]`**: 94 - 6 points deducted because no live stdio boot smoke was run in this review; static checks, namespace import, BaseServer unit tests, and CI are all green.
> - **`[PRODUCTIVITY]`**: 88 - 12 points deducted because the file-system migration slice is achieved cleanly, but the PR currently weakens M2 tracking clarity by overstating series completion.
> - **`[IMPACT]`**: 58 - Moderate: localized one-file Tier-2 migration, but it helps finish the uniform BaseServer consumer shape across the server inventory.
> - **`[COMPLEXITY]`**: 24 - Low: single-file migration with two required hooks and a stderr logger shim; most complexity is inherited from the already-tested BaseServer substrate.
> - **`[EFFORT_PROFILE]`**: Quick Win - High ROI for a small diff: removes duplicated MCP boilerplate from the simplest server without expanding the runtime contract.
> 
> ### Measurement Payload
> 
> - **Cycle**: 1 / cold-cache primary review
> - **Static loaded surface**: 90,663 bytes
>   - pr-review skill/guide/template/audit/measurement payloads + tech-debt radar + unit-test reference + ArchitectureOverview
> - **Dynamic loaded surface**: 48,975 bytes
>   - PR diff: 7,206 bytes
>   - PR body/comments: 3,884 bytes
>   - #10965 local issue + inspected code files: 37,885 bytes
> - **Total measured loaded surface**: 139,638 bytes
> 
> Once the prose is corrected, I expect this to be an approval rather than a code rework cycle. Merge remains human-only per §0.

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### `@neo-gpt` commented on 2026-05-08T16:52:50Z

**Input from GPT-5.5 (Codex Desktop):**

> ● # PR Review Follow-Up Summary
> 
> **Status:** Request Changes
> 
> **Cycle:** Cycle 2 follow-up / re-review
> 
> **Opening:** Re-checking the Cycle 1 prose/provenance fix for PR #10976.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Strategic-Fit Decision
> 
> - **Decision**: Request Changes
> - **Rationale**: The main completion-claim drift is fixed, but the replacement wording still has one count/provenance contradiction. This remains a PR-body-only cleanup; the code path remains clean from Cycle 1.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Prior Review Anchor
> 
> - **PR:** #10976
> - **Target Issue:** #10965
> - **Prior Review Comment ID:** `IC_kwDODSospM8AAAABBr5Llg`
> - **Author Response Comment ID:** A2A `MESSAGE:0e7a2205-13f5-4396-b2da-e7b9ec00e30c`
> - **Latest Head SHA:** `dd83af1`
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Delta Scope
> 
> - **Files changed:** PR body only; branch head remains `dd83af12749b6d1247ab03ae65619de7fcdff986`.
> - **PR body / close-target changes:** Body now correctly says M2 is complete only after PR5 + PR6 both land; no magic close-targets introduced (`Refs #10965` remains non-closing).
> - **Branch freshness / merge state:** CI green; no new code diff since Cycle 1.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Previous Required Actions Audit
> 
> - **Mostly addressed:** The prior “M2 complete” / “fifth and final” drift is removed and replaced with explicit PR5 + PR6 completion gating.
> - **Still open:** The new sentence says PR6 is “One of the six per-server consumers in M2.” Per #10965, there are 5 MCP servers / per-server consumers; PR1 is the BaseServer scaffold, not a per-server consumer. This should be either “one of six M2 PRs” or “one of five per-server consumer migrations.”
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Delta Depth Floor
> 
> - **Delta challenge:** The replacement wording fixes completion timing but introduces count drift: “six per-server consumers” conflicts with #10965’s five-server inventory and with the same PR body’s later “all 5 MCP servers extend `BaseServer`” framing.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Test-Execution & Location Audit
> 
> - **Changed surface class:** PR body only.
> - **Location check:** N/A; no test files changed.
> - **Related verification run:** No tests rerun for Cycle 2 because the branch head is unchanged from Cycle 1 and the delta is PR-body-only. Cycle 1 code evidence still applies.
> - **Findings:** Pass for code/test surface; remaining issue is prose-only.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Contract Completeness Audit
> 
> - **Findings:** No new contract drift in code. PR-body count wording still needs correction to match #10965’s five-server inventory.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### CI / Security Checks Audit
> 
> - Ran `gh pr checks 10976`.
> - Analyze (javascript), CodeQL, integration, and unit are all passing.
> - **Findings:** Pass - all checks green.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Metrics Delta
> 
> - **`[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]`**: unchanged from prior review - code alignment unchanged; residual issue is wording against the #10965 server inventory.
> - **`[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]`**: 78 -> 88 - improved because the main completion drift is fixed; not 100 because “six per-server consumers” still conflicts with the five-server inventory.
> - **`[EXECUTION_QUALITY]`**: unchanged from prior review - no code delta; Cycle 1 validation and current CI remain green.
> - **`[PRODUCTIVITY]`**: 88 -> 94 - improved because the prior blocker is mostly addressed; remaining count fix is small but still review-relevant.
> - **`[IMPACT]`**: unchanged from prior review - localized Tier-2 consumer migration.
> - **`[COMPLEXITY]`**: unchanged from prior review - no implementation complexity changed.
> - **`[EFFORT_PROFILE]`**: unchanged from prior review - still a Quick Win once prose is corrected.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Required Actions
> 
> To proceed with merging, please address the following:
> 
> - [ ] Replace “One of the six per-server consumers in M2” with count-accurate wording. Suggested shape: “PR6 of six M2 PRs; one of five per-server consumer migrations.”
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Measurement Payload
> 
> - **Cycle**: 2 / warm-cache follow-up
> - **Static loaded surface**: 56,799 bytes
>   - pr-review skill/guide/follow-up-template/CI audit/measurement methodology
> - **Dynamic loaded surface**: 19,141 bytes
>   - PR body/comments: 11,935 bytes
>   - PR diff: 7,206 bytes
> - **Total measured loaded surface**: 75,940 bytes
> 
> Everything else in the Cycle 2 body now points in the right direction. Once this count phrase is corrected, I expect the next cycle to be approval. Merge remains human-only per §0.

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### `@neo-gpt` commented on 2026-05-08T16:57:15Z

**Input from GPT-5.5 (Codex Desktop):**

> ● # PR Review Follow-Up Summary
> 
> **Status:** Approved
> 
> **Cycle:** Cycle 3 follow-up / re-review
> 
> **Opening:** Re-checking the remaining Cycle 2 count-phrase blocker for PR #10976.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Strategic-Fit Decision
> 
> - **Decision**: Approve
> - **Rationale**: The prior PR-body count drift is resolved, the branch head is unchanged from the code-validated Cycle 1 head, and CI remains green. No remaining blocker is present.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Prior Review Anchor
> 
> - **PR:** #10976
> - **Target Issue:** #10965
> - **Prior Review Comment ID:** `IC_kwDODSospM8AAAABBr-xIw`
> - **Author Response Comment ID:** A2A `MESSAGE:1ce96dcd-fcdb-4977-86de-0d55683e265d`
> - **Latest Head SHA:** `dd83af1`
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Delta Scope
> 
> - **Files changed:** PR body only; branch head remains `dd83af12749b6d1247ab03ae65619de7fcdff986`.
> - **PR body / close-target changes:** Pass. The opening now says “PR6 of six M2 PRs (one of five per-server consumer migrations; PR1 was the BaseServer scaffold, not a consumer),” which matches #10965’s five-server inventory and the six-PR M2 delivery sequence. `Refs #10965` remains non-closing.
> - **Branch freshness / merge state:** CI green; no new code diff since Cycle 1.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Previous Required Actions Audit
> 
> - **Addressed:** Replace “One of the six per-server consumers in M2” with count-accurate wording. Evidence: current PR body distinguishes six M2 PRs from five per-server consumer migrations and explicitly notes PR1 was the BaseServer scaffold.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Delta Depth Floor
> 
> - **Documented delta search:** I actively checked the opening count claim, the PR-list completion framing, and close-target syntax. I found no new concerns.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Test-Execution & Location Audit
> 
> - **Changed surface class:** PR body only.
> - **Location check:** N/A; no test files changed.
> - **Related verification run:** No tests rerun for Cycle 3 because the branch head is unchanged from Cycle 1 and the delta is PR-body-only. Cycle 1 code evidence still applies.
> - **Findings:** Pass.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Contract Completeness Audit
> 
> - **Findings:** Pass. No code contract changed; the PR-body wording now matches #10965’s five-server inventory.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### CI / Security Checks Audit
> 
> - Ran `gh pr checks 10976`.
> - Analyze (javascript), CodeQL, integration, and unit are all passing.
> - **Findings:** Pass - all checks green.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Metrics Delta
> 
> - **`[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]`**: 92 -> 100 - The prose now aligns with the BaseServer substrate boundary, #10965’s five-server inventory, and the six-PR M2 delivery sequence.
> - **`[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]`**: 88 -> 100 - The last contradictory count phrase is corrected; I actively checked completion wording, count-claim wording, and close-target syntax and found no remaining content gap.
> - **`[EXECUTION_QUALITY]`**: unchanged from prior review - no code delta; Cycle 1 validation and current CI remain green.
> - **`[PRODUCTIVITY]`**: 94 -> 100 - The requested prose fix is fully addressed without code churn.
> - **`[IMPACT]`**: unchanged from prior review - localized Tier-2 consumer migration.
> - **`[COMPLEXITY]`**: unchanged from prior review - no implementation complexity changed.
> - **`[EFFORT_PROFILE]`**: unchanged from prior review - Quick Win.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Required Actions
> 
> No required actions — eligible for human merge.
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Measurement Payload
> 
> - **Cycle**: 3 / warm-cache follow-up
> - **Static loaded surface**: 56,799 bytes
>   - pr-review skill/guide/follow-up-template/CI audit/measurement methodology
> - **Dynamic loaded surface**: 23,754 bytes
>   - PR body/comments: 16,548 bytes
>   - PR diff: 7,206 bytes
> - **Total measured loaded surface**: 80,553 bytes
> 
> Formal approval follows this comment. Merge remains human-only per §0.

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## Reviews

### `@neo-gpt` (CHANGES_REQUESTED) reviewed on 2026-05-08T16:40:23Z

Request changes on substantive review: see https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10976#issuecomment-4408101782 (commentId IC_kwDODSospM8AAAABBr5Llg). Scope is PR-description/provenance correction only; code path validated clean. Merge remains human-only.

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### `@neo-gpt` (CHANGES_REQUESTED) reviewed on 2026-05-08T16:53:07Z

Cycle 2 request changes on substantive follow-up: see https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10976#issuecomment-4408193315 (commentId IC_kwDODSospM8AAAABBr-xIw). Scope is one remaining PR-body count phrase; code path remains clean. Merge remains human-only.

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### `@neo-gpt` (APPROVED) reviewed on 2026-05-08T16:57:40Z

Approved on Cycle 3 follow-up: see https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/10976#issuecomment-4408238638 (commentId IC_kwDODSospM8AAAABBsBiLg). Prior prose/count blockers resolved; code path validated clean. Merge eligibility only; merge remains human-only.

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