improved mcp reliability

cmd/sidekick-tui/main.go

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func initialModel() model {
   cfg, err := sidekick.LoadConfig("config.toml")
   var agent *sidekick.Sidekick
   var pool map[string]*sidekick.Sidekick
+  mcpStats := "No MCP servers configured"
 
   if err != nil {
     ac := sidekick.AgentConfig{ID: "tui", Role: sidekick.RoleSpecialist, MaxIterations: 5}
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ func initialModel() model {
     tmpl, _ := sidekick.LoadPrompts("prompts.toml")
 
     sidekick.InitMCPServers(cfg.MCPServers)
+    extTools := sidekick.LoadExternalTools(context.Background())
+    mcpStats = fmt.Sprintf("Connected to %d MCP servers (%d tools loaded)", len(cfg.MCPServers), len(extTools))
+
     pool = make(map[string]*sidekick.Sidekick)
     for id, aCfg := range cfg.Agents {
       if tmpl != nil && tmpl.Lookup(id) != nil {
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ func initialModel() model {
         }
       }
       mCfg := cfg.Models[aCfg.ModelID]
-      pool[id] = sidekick.NewSidekick(aCfg, mCfg, nil)
+      pool[id] = sidekick.NewSidekick(aCfg, mCfg, extTools)
     }
     entryAgent := "coordinator"
     if _, ok := pool[entryAgent]; !ok {
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ func initialModel() model {
     agent:    agent,
     pool:     pool,
     history: []sidekick.Message{
-      {Role: sidekick.MessageRoleSystem, Content: banner + "\n\nSidekick initialized. Type a message below."},
+      {Role: sidekick.MessageRoleSystem, Content: banner + "\n\nSidekick initialized. " + mcpStats + "\nType a message below."},
     },
   }
 }