Fix: coerce numeric-string durations before Motion API calls - #16
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MCP transports that strip the ['string','number'] union type deliver duration as a string (e.g. "120"), which Motion's API rejects with a 400. Normalize at every duration site: numeric strings become integers, NONE/REMINDER pass through case-insensitively, anything else fails fast with a clear message instead of a Motion 400. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughChangesThe PR adds shared duration validation and normalization. Task and recurring-task create and update handlers use it before API requests. Duration normalization
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to The duration normalization still allows invalid numeric values such as zero, negatives, and fractions to reach the API, where requests can be rejected. Merge should wait for numeric validation to be added. Possibly related issues
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In `@src/types/duration.ts`:
- Line 11: Update normalizeDuration’s numeric-value branch to accept only
finite, positive integers, matching the validation applied to numeric strings;
reject 0, negative, fractional, and non-finite numbers before any API call. Add
regression coverage for 0, -1, and 1.5.
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src/tools/recurringTask.tssrc/tools/task.tssrc/types/duration.ts
| value: string | number | undefined | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Reject invalid numeric durations before returning them.
At Line 11, normalizeDuration returns every JavaScript number unchanged. The task and recurring-task schemas accept negative, zero, and fractional numbers, so these values bypass local validation and can reach the Motion API.
Apply the same finite, integer, and positive checks used for numeric strings. Add regression tests for 0, -1, and 1.5.
Per the PR objective and the provided duration contract, invalid durations must fail before the API call.
Proposed fix
- if (typeof value === 'number') return value;
+ if (typeof value === 'number') {
+ if (Number.isFinite(value) && Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0) {
+ return value;
+ }
+ throw new Error(
+ `Invalid duration "${value}": use "NONE", "REMINDER", or minutes as a positive integer`
+ );
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| if (typeof value === 'number') return value; | |
| if (typeof value === 'number') { | |
| if (Number.isFinite(value) && Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0) { | |
| return value; | |
| } | |
| throw new Error( | |
| `Invalid duration "${value}": use "NONE", "REMINDER", or minutes as a positive integer` | |
| ); | |
| } |
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In `@src/types/duration.ts` at line 11, Update normalizeDuration’s numeric-value
branch to accept only finite, positive integers, matching the validation applied
to numeric strings; reject 0, negative, fractional, and non-finite numbers
before any API call. Add regression coverage for 0, -1, and 1.5.
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Problem
Motion's API accepts
durationonly as a positive integer or the literal strings"NONE"/"REMINDER". The tool schemas declaredurationastype: ['string','number'], but some MCP clients (Claude Code among them) strip that union when relaying tool definitions, so the value arrives as an untyped string (e.g."120"). The Zod schema (z.union([z.string(), z.number()])) accepts it and forwards it verbatim, and Motion rejects it:This makes
durationunusable onmotion_create_task,motion_update_task, and both recurring-task tools from affected clients — every task lands with the 30-minute default.Fix
Adds a
normalizeDurationhelper (src/types/duration.ts) applied at all four duration sites afterschema.parse:"120") → integers (120)NONE/REMINDERpass through, case-insensitiveVerification
Ran the built server over stdio JSON-RPC and replayed the failing input against the live Motion API:
motion_update_taskwithduration: "120"→ previously 400, now succeeds; task returns"duration": 120duration: "abc"→ clear local error (Invalid duration "abc": use "NONE", "REMINDER", or minutes as a positive integer), no API call made🤖 Generated with Claude Code