GliderTrace tool reference
Technical reference for agents and client integrators. GliderTrace 1.0.0 uses compact JSON with result fields beside success. Check count certainty, capture coverage, and source identity separately. Choose a task
Status
trace_status- Reports workspace roots, runner policies, session settings, and optional diagnostics capabilities.
trace_add_workspace- Adds a trusted workspace root when runtime workspace changes are enabled.
trace_remove_workspace- Removes a workspace root that was registered at runtime via trace_add_workspace. Admin-configured --workspace roots cannot be removed.
Run, Test & Sessions
trace_run- Runs a command under the workspace, captures stdout/stderr evidence, and stores a GliderTrace runtime session.
trace_build- Builds a .NET project or solution and stores diagnostics with a sensitive MSBuild binary log.
trace_restore- Restores .NET packages and stores warnings, failures, and project outcomes.
trace_pipeline- Runs restore, build, and test as one ordered GliderTrace session. It stops at the first stage that fails. The verdict names that stage, its first cause, and the Glider symbolKey the cause maps to.
trace_run_tests- Runs .NET tests and stores failures, output, and available TRX artifacts.
trace_start- Starts a long-running command under the workspace and stores an active GliderTrace runtime session.
trace_stop- Stops an active trace_start session, terminates the launched process, and finalizes stored evidence.
Analyze Evidence
trace_correlate_code- Maps stored GliderTrace stack-frame evidence to Glider-compatible C# symbol references.
trace_exceptions- Groups exception evidence for a GliderTrace session by type, message, and first stack frame.
trace_counters- Summarizes collected dotnet-counters CSV artifacts for a GliderTrace session.
trace_hotspots- Summarizes CPU sample hotspots from collected runtime.nettrace artifacts for a GliderTrace session.
Inspect, Compare & Export
trace_get_session- Returns GliderTrace session metadata, compact summary, artifact references, and optional top findings.
trace_query_events- Queries normalized GliderTrace evidence events by session, kind, text, severity, and cursor.
trace_compare_sessions- Compares two stored GliderTrace sessions and highlights fixed, new, and persisting evidence.
trace_export- Exports a compact GliderTrace agent summary or zip artifact reference for a session.
trace_list_sessions- Lists stored GliderTrace sessions from the local session index, with filters for mode, status, label, and start time.
trace_pin_session- Pins or unpins a stored GliderTrace session. Retention never deletes a pinned session.
Capture Sensitive Dumps
trace_capture_dump- Captures an explicit sensitive process dump artifact from an already-running local CoreCLR process.
trace_capture_gcdump- Captures an explicit sensitive GC dump artifact from an already-running local CoreCLR process.
Import, Attach & Capture
trace_import_otlp- Imports bounded OpenTelemetry JSON or NDJSON evidence from a workspace file into a GliderTrace session.
trace_import_artifacts- Imports existing workspace or artifact-root TRX, MSBuild binlog, log, counters, nettrace, ETL, dump, or GC dump files into a GliderTrace session.
trace_list_processes- Lists local Windows processes, or diagnostics-published processes on other hosts. Inspect each target before capture.
From GliderTrace 1.0.0: expanded Windows inventory, target identities, and process capabilities.
trace_attach- Collects a bounded EventPipe nettrace from CoreCLR, or an ETW profile from a verified Windows Framework IIS worker.
Feedback
send_feedback- Sends feedback and product facts as a public GitHub issue. First search open and closed issues in glidermcp/glidermcp for your exact problem using abstract, public terms. Confirm each duplicate concerns GliderTrace. Update to the latest product version. Restart the server. Retry the affected operation. If a duplicate exists, use the existing issue. Call send_feedback only if the problem persists after the update and no duplicate exists.