renamed clean schema to alternate schema

src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py

@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ class GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(LLMService):
         """
         return True
 
-    def needs_mcp_clean_schema(self) -> bool:
+    def needs_mcp_alternate_schema(self) -> bool:
-        """Check if this LLM service requires MCP schema cleaning.
+        """Check if this LLM service requires alternate MCP schema.
 
         Google/Gemini has stricter JSON schema validation and requires
         certain properties to be removed or modified for compatibility.

src/pipecat/services/google/llm.py

@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ class GoogleLLMService(LLMService):
         """
         return True
 
-    def needs_mcp_clean_schema(self) -> bool:
+    def needs_mcp_alternate_schema(self) -> bool:
-        """Check if this LLM service requires MCP schema cleaning.
+        """Check if this LLM service requires alternate MCP schema.
 
         Google/Gemini has stricter JSON schema validation and requires
         certain properties to be removed or modified for compatibility.

src/pipecat/services/llm_service.py

@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ class LLMService(AIService):
             return True
         return function_name in self._functions.keys()
 
-    def needs_mcp_clean_schema(self) -> bool:
+    def needs_mcp_alternate_schema(self) -> bool:
-        """Check if this LLM service requires MCP schema cleaning.
+        """Check if this LLM service requires alternate MCP schema.
 
         Some LLM services have stricter JSON schema validation and require
         certain properties to be removed or modified for compatibility.

src/pipecat/services/mcp_service.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class MCPClient(BaseObject):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self._server_params = server_params
         self._session = ClientSession
-        self._needs_schema_cleaning = False
+        self._needs_alternate_schema = False
 
         if isinstance(server_params, StdioServerParameters):
             self._client = stdio_client
@@ -79,47 +79,47 @@ class MCPClient(BaseObject):
         Returns:
             A ToolsSchema containing all successfully registered tools.
         """
-        # Check once if the LLM needs schema cleaning
+        # Check once if the LLM needs alternate strict schema
-        self._needs_schema_cleaning = llm and llm.needs_mcp_clean_schema()
+        self._needs_alternate_schema = llm and llm.needs_mcp_alternate_schema()
         tools_schema = await self._register_tools(llm)
         return tools_schema
 
-    def _clean_schema_for_strict_validation(self, schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def _get_alternate_schema_for_strict_validation(self, schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Clean a JSON schema to be compatible with LLMs that have strict validation.
+        """Get an alternate JSON schema to be compatible with LLMs that have strict validation.
 
         Some LLMs have stricter validation and don't allow certain schema properties
         that are valid in standard JSON Schema.
 
         Args:
-            schema: The JSON schema to clean
+            schema: The JSON schema to get an alternate schema for
 
         Returns:
-            A cleaned schema compatible with strict validation
+            An alternate schema compatible with strict validation
         """
         if not isinstance(schema, dict):
             return schema
 
-        cleaned = {}
+        alternate_schema = {}
 
         for key, value in schema.items():
             # Skip additionalProperties as some LLMs don't like additionalProperties: false
             if key == "additionalProperties":
                 continue
 
-            # Recursively clean nested objects
+            # Recursively get alternate schema for nested objects
             if isinstance(value, dict):
-                cleaned[key] = self._clean_schema_for_strict_validation(value)
+                alternate_schema[key] = self._get_alternate_schema_for_strict_validation(value)
             elif isinstance(value, list):
-                cleaned[key] = [
+                alternate_schema[key] = [
-                    self._clean_schema_for_strict_validation(item)
+                    self._get_alternate_schema_for_strict_validation(item)
                     if isinstance(item, dict)
                     else item
                     for item in value
                 ]
             else:
-                cleaned[key] = value
+                alternate_schema[key] = value
 
-        return cleaned
+        return alternate_schema
 
     def _convert_mcp_schema_to_pipecat(
         self, tool_name: str, tool_schema: Dict[str, Any]
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ class MCPClient(BaseObject):
         properties = tool_schema["input_schema"].get("properties", {})
         required = tool_schema["input_schema"].get("required", [])
 
-        # Only clean properties for LLMs that need strict schema validation
+        # Only get alternate schema for LLMs that need strict schema validation
-        if self._needs_schema_cleaning:
+        if self._needs_alternate_schema:
-            logger.debug("Cleaning schema for strict validation")
+            logger.debug("Getting alternate schema for strict validation")
-            properties = self._clean_schema_for_strict_validation(properties)
+            properties = self._get_alternate_schema_for_strict_validation(properties)
 
         schema = FunctionSchema(
             name=tool_name,