Context

FrontMcpContext provides per-request state that flows through the entire async execution chain. It enables distributed tracing, timing, request-scoped data storage, context-aware fetch, and transport access.

Overview

Every HTTP request to your FrontMCP server creates a FrontMcpContext that:

Propagates through all stages, tools, resources, and prompts via AsyncLocalStorage
Provides W3C Trace Context for distributed tracing
Stores authentication information after verification
Tracks timing marks for performance monitoring
Provides request-scoped key-value storage
Offers context-aware fetch with auto-injection
Enables transport access for elicit requests

Accessing Context

From Tools/Resources/Prompts

Use the context getter for convenient access:

import { Tool } from '@frontmcp/sdk';
import { z } from '@frontmcp/sdk';

@Tool({ name: 'my-tool', inputSchema: { query: z.string() } })
class MyTool {
  async execute({ query }) {
    const ctx = this.context;
    // or: const ctx = this.get(FRONTMCP_CONTEXT);

    console.log(`Request ${ctx.requestId} from session ${ctx.sessionId}`);
    return `Processed: ${query}`;
  }
}

Safe Access

Use tryGetContext() when context may not be available (e.g., during initialization or in non-HTTP flows):

const ctx = this.tryGetContext();
if (ctx) {
  console.log(ctx.requestId);
} else {
  console.log('No context available');
}

From CONTEXT-Scoped Providers

CONTEXT-scoped providers can receive FrontMcpContext via factory injection:

import { ProviderScope, FRONTMCP_CONTEXT, FrontMcpContext } from '@frontmcp/sdk';

const requestLoggerProvider = {
  provide: 'RequestLogger',
  scope: ProviderScope.CONTEXT,
  useFactory: (ctx: FrontMcpContext) => ({
    log: (msg: string) => console.log(`[${ctx.requestId}] ${msg}`),
  }),
  inject: [FRONTMCP_CONTEXT],
};

Context-Aware Fetch

FrontMcpContext provides a fetch() method that automatically injects headers:

const ctx = this.context;

// Automatically injects:
// - Authorization: Bearer <token> (if authInfo.token is available)
// - traceparent: <W3C trace context>
// - x-request-id: <request ID>
// - Custom x-frontmcp-* headers from request metadata
const response = await ctx.fetch('https://api.example.com/data');

Configuration

Configure fetch behavior via context config:

// In FrontMcpContextArgs
{
  config: {
    autoInjectAuthHeaders: true,       // Default: true
    autoInjectTracingHeaders: true,    // Default: true
    requestTimeout: 30000,             // Default: 30000ms
  }
}

Custom Headers

Additional headers can be passed and will be merged:

const response = await ctx.fetch('https://api.example.com/data', {
  headers: {
    'X-Custom-Header': 'value',
  },
});

Transport Access (Elicit)

Access the transport for interactive prompts:

const ctx = this.context;

if (ctx.transport?.supportsElicit) {
  const result = await ctx.transport.elicit('Please confirm your action', schema);

  switch (result.action) {
    case 'accept':
      console.log('User accepted:', result.content);
      break;
    case 'decline':
      console.log('User declined');
      break;
    case 'cancel':
      console.log('User cancelled');
      break;
  }
}

Distributed Tracing

FrontMcpContext automatically parses W3C Trace Context headers for distributed tracing compatibility.

Supported Headers

Header	Description
`traceparent`	W3C standard: `{version}-{trace-id}-{parent-id}-{flags}`
`tracestate`	Vendor-specific trace data
`x-frontmcp-trace-id`	Fallback for non-W3C clients

Using Trace Context

const ctx = this.context;

// Access trace identifiers
const { traceId, parentId, traceFlags, traceState } = ctx.traceContext;

console.log(`Trace: ${traceId}, Parent: ${parentId}, Flags: ${traceFlags}`);

// Use ctx.fetch() for automatic trace propagation
const response = await ctx.fetch('https://api.example.com/data');

Integration with Observability Tools

FrontMCP’s trace context is compatible with:

OpenTelemetry
Datadog APM
AWS X-Ray
Jaeger
Zipkin

Timing & Performance

Track execution timing with marks for performance monitoring:

const ctx = this.context;

// Mark stages
ctx.mark('validation-start');
await this.validateInput();
ctx.mark('validation-end');

ctx.mark('db-query-start');
await this.queryDatabase();
ctx.mark('db-query-end');

// Measure elapsed time
console.log(`Validation: ${ctx.elapsed('validation-start', 'validation-end')}ms`);
console.log(`DB Query: ${ctx.elapsed('db-query-start', 'db-query-end')}ms`);
console.log(`Total: ${ctx.elapsed()}ms`); // From request start to now

Performance Logging

// Log all timing marks at the end of request
const marks = ctx.getMarks();
for (const [name, timestamp] of marks) {
  console.log(`${name}: ${timestamp - ctx.timestamp}ms from start`);
}

Context-Scoped Storage

Store and retrieve data that lives only for the duration of the request:

const ctx = this.context;

// Store data
ctx.set('correlation-id', crypto.randomUUID());
ctx.set('feature-flags', { newUI: true, betaFeatures: false });

// Retrieve data (later in the same request)
const correlationId = ctx.get<string>('correlation-id');
const flags = ctx.get<{ newUI: boolean }>('feature-flags');

// Check existence
if (ctx.has('correlation-id')) {
  // ...
}

// Delete data
ctx.delete('feature-flags');

Request Metadata

Access HTTP request metadata:

const ctx = this.context;
const { metadata } = ctx;

console.log(`User-Agent: ${metadata.userAgent}`);
console.log(`Client IP: ${metadata.clientIp}`);
console.log(`Content-Type: ${metadata.contentType}`);
console.log(`Accept: ${metadata.accept}`);

// Custom x-frontmcp-* headers
console.log(`Custom headers:`, metadata.customHeaders);

Authentication

Access authentication information via the context:

const ctx = this.context;
const { authInfo } = ctx;

// JWT token
if (authInfo.token) {
  console.log(`Token present, expires: ${authInfo.expiresAt}`);
}

// User information
if (authInfo.user) {
  console.log(`User: ${authInfo.user.email}`);
  console.log(`Tenant: ${authInfo.user.tenantId}`);
}

// Session information
console.log(`Session: ${authInfo.sessionId}`);

authInfo is Partial<AuthInfo> because authentication information is progressively populated during the request lifecycle. Fields are fully populated after the authorization stage completes.

Logging

Get a child logger with context attached:

const ctx = this.context;
const logger = ctx.getLogger(this.logger);

// Logger includes requestId and traceId prefix
logger.info('Processing request'); // [abc12345:def67890] Processing request

// Get summary for structured logging
const logContext = ctx.toLogContext();
// {
//   requestId: 'abc12345-...',
//   traceId: 'def67890...',
//   sessionIdHash: 'a1b2c3d4e5f6', // Hashed for privacy
//   scopeId: 'main',
//   flowName: 'tools/call',
//   elapsed: 123,
// }

API Reference

FrontMcpContext Class

Property	Type	Description
`requestId`	`string`	Unique request identifier (UUID v4)
`traceContext`	`TraceContext`	W3C Trace Context data
`sessionId`	`string`	MCP session identifier
`authInfo`	`Partial<AuthInfo>`	Authentication information
`scopeId`	`string`	Current scope identifier
`timestamp`	`number`	Request start timestamp (ms since epoch)
`metadata`	`RequestMetadata`	HTTP request metadata
`config`	`FrontMcpContextConfig`	Context configuration
`transport`	`TransportAccessor \| undefined`	Transport for elicit requests
`flow`	`FlowBaseRef \| undefined`	Current flow reference
`scope`	`ScopeRef \| undefined`	Current scope reference
`sessionMetadata`	`SessionIdPayload \| undefined`	Session metadata (protocol, platform)

Method	Signature	Description
`mark`	`mark(name: string): void`	Record a timing mark
`elapsed`	`elapsed(from?: string, to?: string): number`	Get elapsed time in ms
`getMarks`	`getMarks(): ReadonlyMap<string, number>`	Get all timing marks
`set`	`set<T>(key: string \| symbol, value: T): void`	Store context-scoped data
`get`	`get<T>(key: string \| symbol): T \| undefined`	Retrieve context-scoped data
`has`	`has(key: string \| symbol): boolean`	Check if key exists
`delete`	`delete(key: string \| symbol): boolean`	Delete a key
`getLogger`	`getLogger(parent: FrontMcpLogger): FrontMcpLogger`	Get child logger with context
`toLogContext`	`toLogContext(): Record<string, unknown>`	Get summary for logging
`fetch`	`fetch(input: RequestInfo \| URL, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response>`	Context-aware fetch
`updateAuthInfo`	`updateAuthInfo(authInfo: Partial<AuthInfo>): void`	Update auth info (internal)
`updateSessionMetadata`	`updateSessionMetadata(metadata: SessionIdPayload): void`	Update session metadata (internal)

TraceContext Interface

Property	Type	Description
`traceId`	`string`	32-character hex trace identifier
`parentId`	`string \| undefined`	16-character hex parent span ID
`traceFlags`	`number`	Trace flags (e.g., 1 for sampled)
`traceState`	`string \| undefined`	Vendor-specific trace state
`raw`	`string`	Raw traceparent header value

RequestMetadata Interface

Property	Type	Description
`userAgent`	`string \| undefined`	User-Agent header
`contentType`	`string \| undefined`	Content-Type header
`accept`	`string \| undefined`	Accept header
`clientIp`	`string \| undefined`	Client IP address
`customHeaders`	`Record<string, string>`	Headers matching `x-frontmcp-*`

TransportAccessor Interface

Property/Method	Type	Description
`supportsElicit`	`boolean`	Whether transport supports elicit
`elicit`	`<T>(message: string, schema: T): Promise<ElicitResult>`	Send elicit request

Key Features

Unified Context: All request-scoped data in one place
Better Tracing: Access trace IDs alongside auth info
Context-Aware Fetch: Auto-inject headers in outgoing requests
Transport Access: Use elicit directly from context
Timing Integration: Correlate auth with performance metrics
Future-Proof: New features will be added to FrontMcpContext

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Overview

Accessing Context

From Tools/Resources/Prompts

Safe Access

From CONTEXT-Scoped Providers

Context-Aware Fetch

Configuration

Custom Headers

Transport Access (Elicit)

Distributed Tracing

Supported Headers

Using Trace Context

Integration with Observability Tools

Timing & Performance

Performance Logging

Context-Scoped Storage

Request Metadata

Authentication

Logging

API Reference

FrontMcpContext Class

TraceContext Interface

RequestMetadata Interface

TransportAccessor Interface

Key Features

​Overview

​Accessing Context

​From Tools/Resources/Prompts

​Safe Access

​From CONTEXT-Scoped Providers

​Context-Aware Fetch

​Configuration

​Custom Headers

​Transport Access (Elicit)

​Distributed Tracing

​Supported Headers

​Using Trace Context

​Integration with Observability Tools

​Timing & Performance

​Performance Logging

​Context-Scoped Storage

​Request Metadata

​Authentication

​Logging

​API Reference

​FrontMcpContext Class

​TraceContext Interface

​RequestMetadata Interface

​TransportAccessor Interface

​Key Features

Overview

Accessing Context

From Tools/Resources/Prompts

Safe Access

From CONTEXT-Scoped Providers

Context-Aware Fetch

Configuration

Custom Headers

Transport Access (Elicit)

Distributed Tracing

Supported Headers

Using Trace Context

Integration with Observability Tools

Timing & Performance

Performance Logging

Context-Scoped Storage

Request Metadata

Authentication

Logging

API Reference

FrontMcpContext Class

TraceContext Interface

RequestMetadata Interface

TransportAccessor Interface

Key Features