From 0bc765544e98292e773f04295a83a262344ea1e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ahujasid <ahujasid@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 18:09:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "removed description from server"

This reverts commit a2a28b949cac6a9e8b9c5f8d9066df3d1ad7a315.
---
 pyproject.toml            |  2 +-
 src/blender_mcp/server.py | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e36266e..35a8d52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "blender-mcp"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2"
 description = "Blender integration through the Model Context Protocol"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/blender_mcp/server.py b/src/blender_mcp/server.py
index 52b85c1..cac5014 100644
--- a/src/blender_mcp/server.py
+++ b/src/blender_mcp/server.py
@@ -163,10 +163,21 @@ class BlenderConnection:
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def server_lifespan(server: FastMCP) -> AsyncIterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """Manage server startup and shutdown lifecycle"""
+    # We don't need to create a connection here since we're using the global connection
+    # for resources and tools
+    
     try:
         # Just log that we're starting up
         logger.info("BlenderMCP server starting up")
-        logger.info("Server will connect to Blender when tools are used")
+        
+        # Try to connect to Blender on startup to verify it's available
+        try:
+            # This will initialize the global connection if needed
+            blender = get_blender_connection()
+            logger.info("Successfully connected to Blender on startup")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Could not connect to Blender on startup: {str(e)}")
+            logger.warning("Make sure the Blender addon is running before using Blender resources or tools")
         
         # Return an empty context - we're using the global connection
         yield {}