MCP Server type issue for single/multi select

Technical Help
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Are you using our SaaS platform (Baserow.io) or self-hosting Baserow?

SaaS

What are the exact steps to reproduce this issue?

Use the MCP server, try to create or update a row that has a single select or multi select field, then when the MCP client provides an integer value for the single/multi select option the server rejects the create/update call, but when it provides the string value of that option, it works server side, but the schema validation of the input arguments of the tool call fail. For MCP clients that strictly validate the tool input arguments this leads to an impossibility of creating/updating rows with single/multi select fields.

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Hey @rlamers, how does the tool call look like specifically for you, and which software are using to integrate with Baserow using the MCP?

When I was testing this with Claude, it was working as expected. However, I can see where this could go wrong because it accepts both an int and string as type. If an int is provided, then a lookup will be done on the select option ID, but if a string is provided, then on the name.

Maybe we can improve how this works from our side by including the option IDs in the property description of schema.