From cd1b043b1e55cee9db5f230893a1c7e9c938a5cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:42:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added improved error messaging on MCP server
 initialization

---
 src/mcp/mod.rs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mcp/mod.rs b/src/mcp/mod.rs
index 3600107..150bcec 100644
--- a/src/mcp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mcp/mod.rs
@@ -433,8 +433,12 @@ async fn spawn_stdio_mcp_server(
         let log_file = OpenOptions::new()
             .create(true)
             .append(true)
-            .open(log_path)?;
-        let (transport, _) = TokioChildProcess::builder(cmd).stderr(log_file).spawn()?;
+            .open(log_path)
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open MCP log file at '{}'", log_path.display()))?;
+        let (transport, _) = TokioChildProcess::builder(cmd)
+            .stderr(log_file)
+            .spawn()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to spawn MCP server: {command}"))?;
         transport
     } else {
         TokioChildProcess::new(cmd)?