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GAP-MCPC-004: MCP Server Management UI and Connection Lifecycle reference

Manage MCP server connections with lifecycle control, health monitoring,

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GAP-MCPC-004: MCP Server Management UI and Connection Lifecycle

Field	Value
Category	mcp-channels
Priority	Medium
Effort	M
Status	Missing

Description

Manage MCP server connections with lifecycle control, health monitoring, approval workflows, and a management UI.

CC Implementation

CC has extensive MCP server management:

lifecycle (connect, disconnect, reconnect, health check)

MCPConnectionManager.tsx -- manages all MCP server connections with
MCPSettings.tsx -- settings UI for MCP servers
MCPListPanel.tsx -- list of connected servers with status
MCPToolListView.tsx -- browse tools from connected servers
MCPToolDetailView.tsx -- tool detail with parameter schema
MCPAgentServerMenu.tsx -- server menu for agent context
MCPRemoteServerMenu.tsx -- remote server configuration
MCPStdioServerMenu.tsx -- stdio transport configuration
MCPReconnect.tsx -- reconnection UI
MCPServerApprovalDialog.tsx -- approve new server connections
MCPServerMultiselectDialog.tsx -- select which servers to enable
McpParsingWarnings.tsx -- parsing error display
useMcpConnectivityStatus.tsx -- connection health hook

Current State

Babysitter's mcp:serve starts babysitter AS an MCP server. No MCP client connection management. No server lifecycle. No health monitoring. No management UI.

Target State

A mcp:connect command to add MCP server connections. Connection manager with:

Startup/shutdown lifecycle per server
Health monitoring with reconnection
Server approval workflow (first-connect requires approval)
Tool/resource browsing per connected server
Integration with embedded SDK dashboard for connection status

Dependencies

GAP-TOOLS-025 -- MCP client capability
GAP-MCPC-001 -- channel support

Key Files

Component	Path
Babysitter MCP module	`packages/sdk/src/mcp/`
CC MCP connection mgr	`src/services/mcp/MCPConnectionManager.tsx`
CC MCP config	`src/services/mcp/config.ts`
CC MCP components	`src/components/mcp/` (10 files)

Recommendation

Phase 3. Build on the MCP client from GAP-TOOLS-025. Add connection lifecycle management. UI can initially be CLI-based, then migrate to Ink components.