# MCP tools with name conflicts aren't routed correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [May 13, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168 "2025-05-13T05:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monday-sun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/monday-sun/32/41501_2.png) [@monday-sun](https://forum.cursor.com/u/monday-sun)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/1 "2025-05-13T05:38:29Z")
When two MCP servers have tools of the same name, the tool call routes to whichever MCP is first in the list. For example, I’m using a GitHub MCP and the Linear MCP. Both have a list\_issues tool. When the agent calls `mcp_linear_list_issues` we get an error “Missing required parameter ‘owner’ for tool list\_issues” because the _GitHub_ `mcp_github_list_issues` requires an owner. When the order of MCPs is reversed, the GitHub tool always end up calling the Linear MCP. From debug, the agent also ended up with this assessment: "Certainly. I am using the mcp\_github\_list\_issues tool to list the issues for the pandallel/foundry repository. Let me try calling it again now. Called MCP toollist\_issues It appears the mcp\_github\_list\_issues tool is incorrectly returning Linear issues again, despite being the designated tool for GitHub. This indicates a persistent misconfiguration or routing issue with the tool itself. Unfortunately, I cannot force it to retrieve the correct GitHub issues under these circumstances." This is my MCP config { “mcpServers”: { “github”: { “command”: “docker”, “args”: [ “run”, “-i”, “–rm”, “-e”, “GITHUB\_PERSONAL\_ACCESS\_TOKEN”, “[Package github-mcp-server · GitHub](http://ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server)” ], “env”: { “GITHUB\_PERSONAL\_ACCESS\_TOKEN”: “” } }, “linear”: { “command”: “npx”, “args”: [“-y”, “mcp-remote”, “[https://mcp.linear.app/sse](https://mcp.linear.app/sse)”] } } } System: MacOs 15.4.1 (24E263) Cursor Version: 0.49.6 ---
**Author:** ![rbeauchamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/rbeauchamp/32/23451_2.png) [@rbeauchamp](https://forum.cursor.com/u/rbeauchamp)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/2 "2025-05-14T18:33:03Z")
Yep, I am seeing the same issue with the same setup ---
**Author:** ![henrique](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/henrique/32/35384_2.png) [@henrique](https://forum.cursor.com/u/henrique)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/3 "2025-05-20T11:18:54Z")
Same issue but with Jira and GitHub. Had to turn off Jira for it to work. ![Screenshot 2025-05-20 at 13.18.31](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/e/7eec84402933d8277bf29b9c46768efed8b4d232.png) ---
**Author:** ![camball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/camball/32/64333_2.png) [@camball](https://forum.cursor.com/u/camball)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/4 "2025-06-17T20:52:01Z")
Bumping, +1 ---
**Author:** ![griffithsbs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/griffithsbs/32/49791_2.png) [@griffithsbs](https://forum.cursor.com/u/griffithsbs)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/5 "2025-06-18T21:27:42Z")
I’ve just released a little package that solves this problem by allowing you to give each server a name and then namespacing the tools it exposes so as to avoid conflicts: [mcpipe - npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcpipe) For the GitHub/Jira example, if you replace `npx -y jira-mcp` with `npx mcpipe --name jira npx -y jira-mcp` and replace `npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github` with `npx mcpipe --name github npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github`, then: - Jira’s `create_issue` tool will be exposed to cursor with the name `jira_create_issue` - GitHub’s `create_issue` will be exposed with the name `github_create_issue` … and the agent can route requests to the appropriate tool without conflicts. ---
**Author:** ![camball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/camball/32/64333_2.png) [@camball](https://forum.cursor.com/u/camball)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/6 "2025-06-23T20:42:05Z")
This solved my problem—thanks! Also found out that Cursor allows disabling tools individually by clicking on them, which may solve the problem for others. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-tools-with-name-conflicts-arent-routed-correctly/91168/7 "2025-07-23T20:43:04Z")
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