Moved plugin assembly execution to prepare-package phase to ensure
the extension zip artifact is created before the package phase.
Added maven-resources-plugin execution (copy-plugin-zip) to the
package phase to copy the generated extension zip into a reliable
'target/staging' directory.
Updated complete-package.xml assembly descriptor to use a fileSet
referencing 'target/staging' instead of relying on dependencySets
or potentially unstable property expansion for artifact inclusion.
This resolves the issue where the complete package artifact was
missing the Ghidra extension zip.
Updated complete-package.xml to use correct properties
(${git.commit.id.abbrev}-${maven.build.timestamp}) for including the
Ghidra extension zip artifact, resolving the incomplete package issue
in GHA builds.
Refactored Java plugin to use helper methods for consistent JSON success/error responses. Fixed NullPointerException in listVariables. Updated Python tests (HTTP and MCP) to use helper assertions validating the standard response structure.
Standardizes communication between the Python bridge and Java plugin,
resolves test logic errors, and improves error handling to ensure
MCP bridge tests pass reliably.
Key changes:
- Standardized HTTP methods: Use GET for read operations and POST for all modification operations across the bridge and plugin.
- Fixed JSON parsing in Java plugin using Gson and added missing imports.
- Corrected error handling in Java plugin's `get_function` to return `success: false` when a function is not found.
- Updated Python bridge's `safe_get` to correctly propagate nested failure responses from the plugin.
- Fixed test client logic (`test_mcp_client.py`) to correctly extract function name/address from `list_functions` results.
- Added logging to `test_mcp_client.py` for easier debugging of mutating operations.
- Modified bridge_mcp_hydra.py to auto-discover GhydraMCP plugin instances on ports 8192-8299
- Added periodic background thread to maintain discovered instances list
- Added project and binary file information to instance reporting
- Added JSON-based info endpoint in GhydraMCP plugin
- Added json-simple dependency to support JSON responses
- Add examples of how to interact with the MCP server
- Explain what the release artifacts are
- Add a note where the running instances can be seen in Ghidra
- Create a complete package containing both plugin and bridge script
- Update GitHub Actions workflow to use Maven-generated artifacts
- Add Maven profiles to selectively build plugin-only or complete-package
- Improve Maven configuration with UTF-8 encoding and dependency cleanup
- Fix Maven warnings for system paths and unused dependencies
- Upgrade Java version to 21 for compatibility with latest Ghidra
- Update README with enhanced build instructions
[PEP 723](https://peps.python.org/pep-0723/) lets single-file python scripts contain references to their required Python packages inline. This adds that for the MCP bridge. You can now run it with e.g. `uv run bridge_mcp_ghidra.py` and it will automatically install the required packages in a dedicated environment if needed.
