rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch · error · ProtocolViolation

result must be an object

Error message

result must be an object

What it means

Error "result must be an object" thrown in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch.

Source

Thrown at phases/13-tools-and-protocols/31-mcp-conformance-versioning-and-operations/code/main.py:239

            )
    if protocol_version != MODERN_VERSION:
        raise ProtocolViolation(f"unsupported protocol version: {protocol_version}", -32022)


def allowed_result_types(capabilities: set[str]) -> set[str]:
    allowed = set(CORE_RESULT_TYPES)
    for capability in capabilities:
        allowed.update(EXTENSION_RESULT_TYPES.get(capability, set()))
    return allowed


def validate_result(
    result: dict[str, Any],
    era: str,
    capabilities: set[str] | None = None,
) -> dict[str, Any]:
    if not isinstance(result, dict):
        raise ProtocolViolation("result must be an object")
    preserved = dict(result)
    result_type = result.get("resultType")
    if era == "legacy":
        if result_type is None:
            return {"semanticType": "complete", "wire": preserved, "inferred": True}
    elif era == "modern":
        if result_type is None:
            raise ProtocolViolation("modern result is missing resultType")
    else:
        raise ValueError(f"unknown era: {era}")

    allowed = allowed_result_types(capabilities or set())
    if result_type not in allowed:
        raise ProtocolViolation(f"unknown or unadvertised resultType: {result_type}")
    return {"semanticType": result_type, "wire": preserved, "inferred": False}


def validate_method_result(method: str, result: dict[str, Any]) -> None:

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phases/13-tools-and-protocols/31-mcp-conformance-versioning-and-operations/code/main.py:239 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch@39ea8a1c6d (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/56a4210ae284f5c1. Report an issue: GitHub.