diff --git a/packages/dbmole-mcp/src/server.ts b/packages/dbmole-mcp/src/server.ts
index 1b47eb4..1aa8410 100644
--- a/packages/dbmole-mcp/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/dbmole-mcp/src/server.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js'
+import pkg from '../package.json' with { type: 'json' }
 import type { DbRegistry } from './config/registry.js'
 import type { DbManager } from './db/manager.js'
 import { registerConnectionTools } from './tools/connections.js'
 import { registerQueryTools } from './tools/query.js'
 import { registerSchemaTools } from './tools/schema.js'
 
-export const SERVER_VERSION = '0.1.0'
+export const SERVER_VERSION = pkg.version
 
 export const createServer = (registry: DbRegistry, manager: DbManager): McpServer => {
     const server = new McpServer({ name: 'dbmole-mcp', version: SERVER_VERSION })
diff --git a/packages/dbmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts b/packages/dbmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts
index 8a719cb..2a4a432 100644
--- a/packages/dbmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dbmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import pkg from '../../package.json' with { type: 'json' }
 import { createRegistry } from '../../src/config/registry.js'
-import { createServer } from '../../src/server.js'
+import { createServer, SERVER_VERSION } from '../../src/server.js'
 import { connectClient, fakeManager } from './helpers.js'
 
 describe('createServer', () => {
@@ -17,6 +18,25 @@ describe('createServer', () => {
         rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
     })
 
+    it('reports the package version over MCP', () => {
+        expect(SERVER_VERSION).toBe(pkg.version)
+    })
+
+    it('publishes a typed inputSchema for add_connection, not an empty object', async () => {
+        const registry = createRegistry({ storePath: join(dir, 'connections.json'), env: {} })
+        const server = createServer(registry, fakeManager())
+        const client = await connectClient(server)
+        const { tools } = await client.listTools()
+        const add = tools.find((tool) => tool.name === 'add_connection')
+        const schema = add?.inputSchema
+        expect(Object.keys(schema?.properties ?? {})).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining(['name', 'host', 'port', 'user', 'password', 'type', 'database'])
+        )
+        expect(schema?.required ?? []).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(['name', 'host', 'type']))
+        expect(schema?.additionalProperties).toBe(false)
+        await client.close()
+    })
+
     it('registers all nine tools', async () => {
         const registry = createRegistry({ storePath: join(dir, 'connections.json'), env: {} })
         const server = createServer(registry, fakeManager())
diff --git a/packages/esmole-mcp/src/server.ts b/packages/esmole-mcp/src/server.ts
index 8686407..6b0ee88 100644
--- a/packages/esmole-mcp/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/esmole-mcp/src/server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { registerConnectionTools } from '@dbmole/core'
 import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js'
 import * as z from 'zod'
+import pkg from '../package.json' with { type: 'json' }
 import type { EsBackend } from './es/backend.js'
 import { ping } from './esBackend.js'
 import { esFormatError } from './esError.js'
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from './schema.js'
 import { registerEsTools } from './tools/index.js'
 
-export const SERVER_VERSION = '0.1.1'
+export const SERVER_VERSION = pkg.version
 
 const patchSchema = z
     .object({
diff --git a/packages/esmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts b/packages/esmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts
index 94085ba..a549af2 100644
--- a/packages/esmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/esmole-mcp/test/unit/server.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js'
 import { InMemoryTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/inMemory.js'
 import type { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import pkg from '../../package.json' with { type: 'json' }
 import { createManager } from '../../src/manager.js'
 import { createRegistry } from '../../src/registry.js'
 import { createServer, SERVER_VERSION } from '../../src/server.js'
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ describe('createServer', () => {
         rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
     })
 
-    it('exports SERVER_VERSION', () => {
-        expect(SERVER_VERSION).toBe('0.1.1')
+    it('reports the package version over MCP', () => {
+        expect(SERVER_VERSION).toBe(pkg.version)
     })
 
     it('registers exactly the ten tools and names the server esmole-mcp', async () => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 43124cc..48edd62 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
         "target": "ES2022",
         "module": "NodeNext",
         "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+        "resolveJsonModule": true,
         "strict": true,
         "skipLibCheck": true,
         "esModuleInterop": true,