Add clip_write_midi and clip_insert_file tools; fix ping()

- clip_write_midi: generates a type-0 MIDI file from note dicts
  (note, start_beat, duration_beats, velocity, channel) and inserts
  it into a clip slot via /track/N/clip/N/insertFile. No new deps —
  MIDI serialisation uses struct + stdlib only.
- clip_insert_file: raw wrapper for inserting any .mid or .bwclip.
- Both tools accept track/clip params (1-indexed) to target a specific
  slot; omitting them falls back to /clip/insertFile (cursor clip).
- Fix ping(): old impl returned False when state cache was already
  fully populated. Now waits on /update which Bitwig always emits
  in response to /refresh.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/bitwig_mcp/osc_client.py

@@ -113,15 +113,22 @@ class OSCClient:
         time.sleep(BITWIG_REFRESH_WAIT)
 
     def ping(self) -> bool:
-        """Send /refresh and return True if any state is received within timeout."""
+        """Send /refresh and return True if Bitwig responds within timeout."""
-        count_before = len(self.get_all_state())
+        event = threading.Event()
-        self.cmd("/refresh")
+        with self._waiters_lock:
-        deadline = time.monotonic() + BITWIG_TIMEOUT
+            self._waiters.setdefault("/update", []).append(event)
-        while time.monotonic() < deadline:
+        try:
-            if len(self.get_all_state()) > count_before:
+            self.cmd("/refresh")
-                return True
+            return event.wait(BITWIG_TIMEOUT)
-            time.sleep(0.05)
+        finally:
-        return False
+            with self._waiters_lock:
+                waiters = self._waiters.get("/update", [])
+                try:
+                    waiters.remove(event)
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass
+                if not waiters:
+                    self._waiters.pop("/update", None)
 
     def get_state_dict(self, prefix: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Return all state entries whose address starts with prefix."""

src/bitwig_mcp/tools/clip.py

@@ -1,10 +1,51 @@
 """MCP tools for Bitwig Studio cursor clip controls via DrivenByMoss OSC."""
 
+import struct
+import tempfile
 from typing import Any
 
 from bitwig_mcp.osc_client import get_client
 
 
+def _encode_varlen(value: int) -> bytes:
+    result = [value & 0x7F]
+    value >>= 7
+    while value:
+        result.append((value & 0x7F) | 0x80)
+        value >>= 7
+    result.reverse()
+    return bytes(result)
+
+
+def _build_midi(notes: list[dict], ticks_per_beat: int = 960) -> bytes:
+    events = []
+    for n in notes:
+        ch = int(n.get("channel", 0)) & 0x0F
+        note = int(n["note"]) & 0x7F
+        vel = int(n.get("velocity", 100)) & 0x7F
+        start = round(float(n["start_beat"]) * ticks_per_beat)
+        end = round((float(n["start_beat"]) + float(n["duration_beats"])) * ticks_per_beat)
+        events.append((start, 0x90 | ch, note, vel))
+        events.append((end, 0x80 | ch, note, 0))
+
+    events.sort(key=lambda e: e[0])
+
+    track_data = bytearray()
+    # 120 BPM = 500000 µs/beat
+    track_data += _encode_varlen(0) + bytes([0xFF, 0x51, 0x03, 0x07, 0xA1, 0x20])
+
+    current_tick = 0
+    for tick, status, d1, d2 in events:
+        track_data += _encode_varlen(tick - current_tick) + bytes([status, d1, d2])
+        current_tick = tick
+
+    track_data += _encode_varlen(0) + bytes([0xFF, 0x2F, 0x00])
+
+    header = b"MThd" + struct.pack(">I", 6) + struct.pack(">HHH", 0, 1, ticks_per_beat)
+    track = b"MTrk" + struct.pack(">I", len(track_data)) + bytes(track_data)
+    return header + track
+
+
 def _v(state: tuple | None, default: Any = None) -> Any:
     return state[0] if state else default
 
@@ -105,3 +146,43 @@ def register(mcp) -> None:
             "color": _v(c.get_state("/clip/color")),
             "pinned": _v(c.get_state("/clip/pinned")),
         }
+
+    @mcp.tool()
+    def clip_insert_file(path: str, track: int = 0, clip: int = 0) -> dict:
+        """Insert a file (MIDI .mid or .bwclip) into a clip slot.
+        path: absolute path to the file on disk.
+        track/clip: 1-indexed slot address. Omit both to target the cursor clip (requires a slot selected in the UI).
+        """
+        if track and clip:
+            address = f"/track/{track}/clip/{clip}/insertFile"
+        else:
+            address = "/clip/insertFile"
+        get_client().cmd(address, path)
+        return {"sent": address, "path": path}
+
+    @mcp.tool()
+    def clip_write_midi(notes: list[dict], track: int = 0, clip: int = 0, length_beats: float = 4.0) -> dict:
+        """Generate a MIDI file from note data and insert it into a clip slot.
+
+        Each note dict requires: note (int 0-127), start_beat (float), duration_beats (float).
+        Optional per note: velocity (int 1-127, default 100), channel (int 0-15, default 0).
+        track/clip: 1-indexed slot address. Omit both to target the cursor clip (requires a slot selected in Bitwig).
+
+        Example — kick on every beat of a 4/4 bar into track 1 slot 1:
+          clip_write_midi(track=1, clip=1, notes=[
+            {"note": 36, "start_beat": 0.0, "duration_beats": 0.25},
+            {"note": 36, "start_beat": 1.0, "duration_beats": 0.25},
+            {"note": 36, "start_beat": 2.0, "duration_beats": 0.25},
+            {"note": 36, "start_beat": 3.0, "duration_beats": 0.25},
+          ])
+        """
+        midi_bytes = _build_midi(notes)
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".mid", delete=False) as f:
+            f.write(midi_bytes)
+            path = f.name
+        if track and clip:
+            address = f"/track/{track}/clip/{clip}/insertFile"
+        else:
+            address = "/clip/insertFile"
+        get_client().cmd(address, path)
+        return {"sent": address, "path": path, "notes_written": len(notes)}