feat(router): add omit_tool_name_prefix config for MCP tool names

router-tests/mcp_test.go

@@ -161,6 +161,71 @@ func TestMCP(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			})
 
+			t.Run("List user Operations / Tool names omit prefix when StripToolNamePrefix is enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testenv.Run(t, &testenv.Config{
+					MCP: config.MCPConfiguration{
+						Enabled:             true,
+						StripToolNamePrefix: true,
+					},
+				}, func(t *testing.T, xEnv *testenv.Environment) {
+
+					toolsRequest := mcp.ListToolsRequest{}
+					resp, err := xEnv.MCPClient.ListTools(xEnv.Context, toolsRequest)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					require.NotNil(t, resp)
+
+					var foundMyEmployees, foundUpdateMood bool
+					var foundPrefixedMyEmployees, foundPrefixedUpdateMood bool
+
+					for _, tool := range resp.Tools {
+						switch tool.Name {
+						case "my_employees":
+							foundMyEmployees = true
+						case "update_mood":
+							foundUpdateMood = true
+						case "execute_operation_my_employees":
+							foundPrefixedMyEmployees = true
+						case "execute_operation_update_mood":
+							foundPrefixedUpdateMood = true
+						}
+					}
+
+					require.True(t, foundMyEmployees, "Tool 'my_employees' should be registered when StripToolNamePrefix is true")
+					require.True(t, foundUpdateMood, "Tool 'update_mood' should be registered when StripToolNamePrefix is true")
+
+					require.False(t, foundPrefixedMyEmployees, "Tool 'execute_operation_my_employees' should NOT be registered when StripToolNamePrefix is true")
+					require.False(t, foundPrefixedUpdateMood, "Tool 'execute_operation_update_mood' should NOT be registered when StripToolNamePrefix is true")
+				})
+			})
+
+			t.Run("Execute operation using short tool name when StripToolNamePrefix is enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testenv.Run(t, &testenv.Config{
+					MCP: config.MCPConfiguration{
+						Enabled:             true,
+						StripToolNamePrefix: true,
+					},
+				}, func(t *testing.T, xEnv *testenv.Environment) {
+
+					req := mcp.CallToolRequest{}
+					req.Params.Name = "my_employees"
+					req.Params.Arguments = map[string]interface{}{
+						"criteria": map[string]interface{}{},
+					}
+
+					resp, err := xEnv.MCPClient.CallTool(xEnv.Context, req)
+					assert.NoError(t, err)
+					assert.NotNil(t, resp)
+
+					assert.Len(t, resp.Content, 1)
+
+					content, ok := resp.Content[0].(mcp.TextContent)
+					assert.True(t, ok)
+
+					assert.Equal(t, content.Type, "text")
+					assert.Contains(t, content.Text, "findEmployees")
+				})
+			})
+
 			t.Run("List user Operations / Static operations of type mutation aren't exposed when excludeMutations is set", func(t *testing.T) {
 				testenv.Run(t, &testenv.Config{
 					MCP: config.MCPConfiguration{

router/core/router.go

@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ func (r *Router) bootstrap(ctx context.Context) error {
 			mcpserver.WithExcludeMutations(r.mcp.ExcludeMutations),
 			mcpserver.WithEnableArbitraryOperations(r.mcp.EnableArbitraryOperations),
 			mcpserver.WithExposeSchema(r.mcp.ExposeSchema),
+			mcpserver.WithStripToolNamePrefix(r.mcp.StripToolNamePrefix),
 			mcpserver.WithStateless(r.mcp.Session.Stateless),
 		}
 

router/pkg/config/config.go

@@ -360,25 +360,25 @@ func (r *ResponseHeaderRule) GetMatching() string {
 }
 
 type EngineDebugConfiguration struct {
-	PrintOperationTransformations                bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_OPERATION_TRANSFORMATIONS" yaml:"print_operation_transformations"`
-	PrintOperationEnableASTRefs                  bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_OPERATION_ENABLE_AST_REFS" yaml:"print_operation_enable_ast_refs"`
-	PrintPlanningPaths                           bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_PLANNING_PATHS" yaml:"print_planning_paths"`
-	PrintQueryPlans                              bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_QUERY_PLANS" yaml:"print_query_plans"`
-	PrintIntermediateQueryPlans                  bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_INTERMEDIATE_QUERY_PLANS" yaml:"print_intermediate_query_plans"`
-	PrintNodeSuggestions                         bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_NODE_SUGGESTIONS" yaml:"print_node_suggestions"`
-	ConfigurationVisitor                         bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION_VISITOR" yaml:"configuration_visitor"`
-	PlanningVisitor                              bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PLANNING_VISITOR" yaml:"planning_visitor"`
-	DatasourceVisitor                            bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_DATASOURCE_VISITOR" yaml:"datasource_visitor"`
-	ReportWebSocketConnections                   bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_REPORT_WEBSOCKET_CONNECTIONS" yaml:"report_websocket_connections"`
-	ReportMemoryUsage                            bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_REPORT_MEMORY_USAGE" yaml:"report_memory_usage"`
-	EnableResolverDebugging                      bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESOLVER_DEBUGGING" yaml:"enable_resolver_debugging"`
+	PrintOperationTransformations bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_OPERATION_TRANSFORMATIONS" yaml:"print_operation_transformations"`
+	PrintOperationEnableASTRefs   bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_OPERATION_ENABLE_AST_REFS" yaml:"print_operation_enable_ast_refs"`
+	PrintPlanningPaths            bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_PLANNING_PATHS" yaml:"print_planning_paths"`
+	PrintQueryPlans               bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_QUERY_PLANS" yaml:"print_query_plans"`
+	PrintIntermediateQueryPlans   bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_INTERMEDIATE_QUERY_PLANS" yaml:"print_intermediate_query_plans"`
+	PrintNodeSuggestions          bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PRINT_NODE_SUGGESTIONS" yaml:"print_node_suggestions"`
+	ConfigurationVisitor          bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION_VISITOR" yaml:"configuration_visitor"`
+	PlanningVisitor               bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_PLANNING_VISITOR" yaml:"planning_visitor"`
+	DatasourceVisitor             bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_DATASOURCE_VISITOR" yaml:"datasource_visitor"`
+	ReportWebSocketConnections    bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_REPORT_WEBSOCKET_CONNECTIONS" yaml:"report_websocket_connections"`
+	ReportMemoryUsage             bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_REPORT_MEMORY_USAGE" yaml:"report_memory_usage"`
+	EnableResolverDebugging       bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESOLVER_DEBUGGING" yaml:"enable_resolver_debugging"`
 	// EnablePersistedOperationsCacheResponseHeader is deprecated, use EnableCacheResponseHeaders instead.
 	EnablePersistedOperationsCacheResponseHeader bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_PERSISTED_OPERATIONS_CACHE_RESPONSE_HEADER" yaml:"enable_persisted_operations_cache_response_header"`
 	// EnableNormalizationCacheResponseHeader is deprecated, use EnableCacheResponseHeaders instead.
-	EnableNormalizationCacheResponseHeader       bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_NORMALIZATION_CACHE_RESPONSE_HEADER" yaml:"enable_normalization_cache_response_header"`
-	EnableCacheResponseHeaders                   bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_CACHE_RESPONSE_HEADERS" yaml:"enable_cache_response_headers"`
-	AlwaysIncludeQueryPlan                       bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ALWAYS_INCLUDE_QUERY_PLAN" yaml:"always_include_query_plan"`
-	AlwaysSkipLoader                             bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ALWAYS_SKIP_LOADER" yaml:"always_skip_loader"`
+	EnableNormalizationCacheResponseHeader bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_NORMALIZATION_CACHE_RESPONSE_HEADER" yaml:"enable_normalization_cache_response_header"`
+	EnableCacheResponseHeaders             bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ENABLE_CACHE_RESPONSE_HEADERS" yaml:"enable_cache_response_headers"`
+	AlwaysIncludeQueryPlan                 bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ALWAYS_INCLUDE_QUERY_PLAN" yaml:"always_include_query_plan"`
+	AlwaysSkipLoader                       bool `envDefault:"false" env:"ENGINE_DEBUG_ALWAYS_SKIP_LOADER" yaml:"always_skip_loader"`
 }
 
 type EngineExecutionConfiguration struct {
@@ -997,7 +997,10 @@ type MCPConfiguration struct {
 	ExcludeMutations          bool             `yaml:"exclude_mutations" envDefault:"false" env:"MCP_EXCLUDE_MUTATIONS"`
 	EnableArbitraryOperations bool             `yaml:"enable_arbitrary_operations" envDefault:"false" env:"MCP_ENABLE_ARBITRARY_OPERATIONS"`
 	ExposeSchema              bool             `yaml:"expose_schema" envDefault:"false" env:"MCP_EXPOSE_SCHEMA"`
-	RouterURL                 string           `yaml:"router_url,omitempty" env:"MCP_ROUTER_URL"`
+	// StripToolNamePrefix removes the "execute_operation_" prefix from MCP tool names.
+	// When enabled, GetUser becomes get_user. When disabled (default), GetUser becomes execute_operation_get_user.
+	StripToolNamePrefix bool   `yaml:"strip_tool_name_prefix" envDefault:"false" env:"MCP_STRIP_TOOL_NAME_PREFIX"`
+	RouterURL           string `yaml:"router_url,omitempty" env:"MCP_ROUTER_URL"`
 }
 
 type MCPSessionConfig struct {

router/pkg/config/config.schema.json

@@ -2131,6 +2131,11 @@
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false,
           "description": "Expose the full GraphQL schema through MCP. When enabled, AI models can request the complete schema of your API."
+        },
+        "strip_tool_name_prefix": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "When enabled, MCP tool names generated from GraphQL operations omit the 'execute_operation_' prefix. For example, the GraphQL operation 'GetUser' results in a tool named 'get_user' instead of 'execute_operation_get_user'. This produces cleaner tool names for AI models."
         }
       }
     },

router/pkg/config/fixtures/full.yaml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ mcp:
   expose_schema: false
   enable_arbitrary_operations: false
   exclude_mutations: false
+  strip_tool_name_prefix: false
   graph_name: cosmo
   router_url: https://cosmo-router.wundergraph.com
   server:
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ telemetry:
       schema_usage:
         enabled: true
         include_operation_sha: true
-        sample_rate: 1.0  # Supports any rate: 1.0, 0.8, 0.5, 0.1, 0.01, etc.
+        sample_rate: 1.0 # Supports any rate: 1.0, 0.8, 0.5, 0.1, 0.01, etc.
 
 cache_control_policy:
   enabled: true

router/pkg/config/testdata/config_defaults.json

@@ -80,19 +80,9 @@
   },
   "CORS": {
     "Enabled": true,
-    "AllowOrigins": [
-      "*"
-    ],
-    "AllowMethods": [
-      "HEAD",
-      "GET",
-      "POST"
-    ],
-    "AllowHeaders": [
-      "Origin",
-      "Content-Length",
-      "Content-Type"
-    ],
+    "AllowOrigins": ["*"],
+    "AllowMethods": ["HEAD", "GET", "POST"],
+    "AllowHeaders": ["Origin", "Content-Length", "Content-Type"],
     "AllowCredentials": true,
     "MaxAge": 300000000000
   },
@@ -137,6 +127,7 @@
     "ExcludeMutations": false,
     "EnableArbitraryOperations": false,
     "ExposeSchema": false,
+    "StripToolNamePrefix": false,
     "RouterURL": ""
   },
   "DemoMode": false,
@@ -213,9 +204,7 @@
     },
     "Router": {
       "Fields": null,
-      "IgnoreQueryParamsList": [
-        "variables"
-      ]
+      "IgnoreQueryParamsList": ["variables"]
     },
     "Subgraphs": {
       "Enabled": false,
@@ -408,15 +397,11 @@
     },
     "ForwardUpgradeHeaders": {
       "Enabled": true,
-      "AllowList": [
-        "Authorization"
-      ]
+      "AllowList": ["Authorization"]
     },
     "ForwardUpgradeQueryParams": {
       "Enabled": true,
-      "AllowList": [
-        "Authorization"
-      ]
+      "AllowList": ["Authorization"]
     },
     "ForwardInitialPayload": true,
     "Authentication": {
@@ -450,9 +435,7 @@
     "AttachServiceName": true,
     "DefaultExtensionCode": "DOWNSTREAM_SERVICE_ERROR",
     "AllowAllExtensionFields": false,
-    "AllowedExtensionFields": [
-      "code"
-    ],
+    "AllowedExtensionFields": ["code"],
     "AllowedFields": null
   },
   "StorageProviders": {
@@ -556,4 +539,4 @@
       "Maximum": 10000000000
     }
   }
-}
+}