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Summary

  • Fixed MCP shutdown errors - Server now exits cleanly when Claude Code disconnects
  • Added comprehensive documentation - CLAUDE.md and detailed theory of operation

Changes

Shutdown Fixes

  • Refactored main loop with tokio::select! for clean signal handling
  • Service termination logged as debug (not error) to prevent spurious errors on normal disconnect
  • Added explicit connection_manager.close_all() cleanup on exit

New Documentation

CLAUDE.md - Quick reference for Claude Code with build commands and architecture overview

SERIAL_MCP_SERVER_THEORY_OF_OPERATION.md - Comprehensive technical docs including:

  • Architecture diagrams (Mermaid)
  • Connection lifecycle state machine
  • Data flow for read/write operations
  • Thread safety patterns
  • Error handling hierarchy
  • Configuration system
  • Platform-specific behavior
  • Performance characteristics

Test Plan

  • Build completes successfully (cargo build --release)
  • Server starts and responds to MCP tool calls
  • Server exits cleanly when Claude Code disconnects (no error messages)
  • All Mermaid diagrams render correctly (tested with v11.12.2)

Notes

All Mermaid diagrams use proper quoting for special characters (#, /, <>) to ensure compatibility with modern Mermaid versions.


🤖 Generated with Claude Code

Contributed by: @murr2k

This commit addresses MCP server shutdown errors and adds extensive
documentation for the project.

## Shutdown Fixes (src/main.rs)

- Refactored main loop to use tokio::select! for clean signal handling
- Service termination now logged as debug instead of error, preventing
  spurious error messages when Claude Code disconnects normally
- Added explicit connection cleanup via connection_manager.close_all()
- Proper logging of closed connection count during shutdown

## Connection Manager Improvements (src/serial/mod.rs)

- Added close_all() method for graceful bulk connection cleanup
- Improved connection lifecycle management
- Enhanced parameter validation for serial configuration

## Handler Updates (src/tools/serial_handler.rs)

- Exposed connection_manager() accessor for shutdown cleanup
- Enables main.rs to properly clean up resources on exit

## New Documentation

### CLAUDE.md
- Build and run commands for development
- Architecture overview with component descriptions
- Key patterns (tool macros, connection IDs, data encoding)
- Data flow summary

### SERIAL_MCP_SERVER_THEORY_OF_OPERATION.md
Comprehensive technical documentation including:
- System overview with architecture diagrams
- MCP protocol integration details
- Connection lifecycle state machine
- Data flow for read/write operations
- Thread safety and synchronization primitives
- Session management architecture
- Error handling hierarchy and recovery strategies
- Configuration system documentation
- Tool parameter schemas
- Platform-specific behavior (Windows/Linux/macOS)
- Performance characteristics
- Example MCP JSON-RPC messages

All Mermaid diagrams use proper quoting for special characters
to ensure compatibility with Mermaid v11.12.2+.

Contributed-by: Murray Kopit <github@linknode.com> (github.com/murr2k)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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