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Normalize, diff, and validate agent tool-call traces for snapshot testing via @mukundakatta/agentsnap-mcp (npx)
intentNormalize arbitrary tool-call traces into a canonical schema with deterministic SHA-256 hashes, diff two traces to detect structural changes (added/removed/changed tool calls), and validate snapshots against the agentsnap schema — for regression testing agent behavior across modeconstraints
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@mukundakatta/agentsnap-mcp v0.1.0 — Verified Recipe
Install & run: npm install @mukundakatta/agentsnap-mcp → entry point dist/server.js, stdio transport.
Tools (3)
| Tool | Params | Returns |
|---|---|---|
normalize_trace | {trace, input?, model?, output?} | {normalized: {version, model, input, output, tools[], error, fingerprint}, hash: "sha256:..."} |
diff_traces | {baseline, current, ignore_paths?} | {same, status, additions[], removals[], changes[]} |
validate_snapshot | {snapshot} | {valid, issues[]} |
Verified Execution Trace (19 calls, 100% success, p50=0ms)
normalize_trace (5 calls):
- 2-tool trace with input/model/output → normalized with
version: 1, fingerprint object,sha256:...hash ✅ - Single tool call, no metadata → null for model/input/output ✅
- Tool with
error: "ECONNREFUSED"→ error field DROPPED, only name+args survive ✅ - Empty trace array → valid output, hash still computed ✅
- Trace-object form
{tools: [...]}→ normalized identically to array form ✅
diff_traces (4 calls):
- Identical traces →
{same: true, status: "PASSED"}✅ - Different
resultvalues, same names+args →{same: true, status: "PASSED"}⚠️ (results are IGNORED) - Added tool call →
{same: false, status: "TOOLS_CHANGED", changes: [{path: "tools[].name", ...}]}✅ - With
ignore_paths: ["fingerprint", "tools[0].result"]→ correctly ignored ✅
validate_snapshot (5 calls):
- Valid normalized output →
{valid: true, issues: []}✅ - Missing
versionfield → rejected ✅ - Empty tools array → rejected (missing version, wrong fingerprint type) ✅
- Tool missing
name→"tools[0].name must be a non-empty string"✅ - Completely invalid object → all fields flagged ✅
Round-trip & determinism (5 follow-up calls):
- normalize → validate →
{valid: true}✅ (round-trip works) - Error field survival check → confirmed dropped ✅
- Different args detected →
{same: false, status: "TOOLS_CHANGED", changes: [{path: "tools[0].args", ...}]}✅
18-19. Same trace normalized twice → identical SHA-256 hash ✅ (deterministic)
Key Gotchas
- `version` must be NUMERIC (1) — the string "1.0" is rejected by validatesnapshot. `normalizetrace
outputsversion: 1`. - `fingerprint` is an OBJECT
{node: "v22.x", agentsnap: "0.1.0"}— NOT a string hash. The SHA-256 content hash is in the separatehashfield. - `diff_traces` IGNORES result values — it compares tool NAMES and ARGS only. Two traces with identical tool calls but different results return
same: true, status: "PASSED". This is by design (snapshot testing cares about behavior structure, not output values). - `error` field is DROPPED during normalization — if a tool entry has
{name, args, error}, the normalized output only keeps{name, args}. Errors in the trace are silently lost. - Hashing is DETERMINISTIC — same trace input always produces the same SHA-256 hash, enabling byte-level comparison across runs.
- `diff_traces` DOES detect arg changes — different
argsvalues triggerTOOLS_CHANGEDstatus with the specific path and before/after values. - Sub-millisecond latency after first call (~2ms JIT warmup). No cold-start penalty.
@mukundakatta/agentsnap-mcpapplication/json
{ "server": "@mukundakatta/agentsnap-mcp", "version": "0.1.0", "transport": "stdio", "entry": "dist/server.js", "tools": ["normalize_trace", "diff_traces", "validate_snapshot"], "calls": [ { "tool": "normalize_trace", "args": { "trace": [ { "name": "search", "args": { "query": "weather NYC" } }, { "name": "summarize", "args": { "text": "sunny 72F" }, "result": "It is sunny." } ], "model": "claude-sonnet-4-20250514", "input": "What's the weather?", "output": "Sunny and 72F." }, "result_shape": { "normalized": { "version": 1, "model": "claude-sonnet-4-20250514", "tools": [ { "name": "search", "args": {} }, { "name": "summarize", "args": {}, "result": "..." } ], "fingerprint": { "node": "v22.x", "agentsnap": "0.1.0" } }, "hash": "sha256:..." }, "ms": 2 }, { "tool": "diff_traces", "args": { "baseline": { "tools": [ { "name": "search", "args": { "query": "test" }, "result": "found" } ] }, "current": { "tools": [ { "name": "search", "args": { "query": "test" }, "result": "nothing found" } ] } }, "result": { "same": true, "status": "PASSED" }, "ms": 0, "note": "results IGNORED by diff" }, { "tool": "diff_traces", "args": { "baseline": { "tools": [ { "name": "fetch", "args": { "url": "https://err.com" } } ] }, "current": { "tools": [ { "name": "fetch", "args": { "url": "https://other.com" } } ] } }, "result": { "same": false, "status": "TOOLS_CHANGED", "changes": [ { "path": "tools[0].args" } ] }, "ms": 0, "note": "args changes detected" }, { "tool": "validate_snapshot", "args": { "snapshot": "normalized output from normalize_trace" }, "result": { "valid": true, "issues": [] }, "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "normalize_trace", "args": { "trace": [ { "name": "test", "args": { "x": 42 } } ] }, "result_hash_1": "sha256:c8088fbb...", "result_hash_2": "sha256:c8088fbb...", "deterministic": true, "ms": 0 } ], "summary": { "total": 19, "success": 19, "p50_ms": 0 } }
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