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+"""Fixtures for integration tests."""
+
+import time
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+from mcp import ClientSession
+from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
+
+
+GRIST_MCP_URL = "http://localhost:3000"
+MOCK_GRIST_URL = "http://localhost:8484"
+MAX_WAIT_SECONDS = 30
+
+
+def wait_for_service(url: str, timeout: int = MAX_WAIT_SECONDS) -> bool:
+    """Wait for a service to become healthy."""
+    start = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start < timeout:
+        try:
+            response = httpx.get(f"{url}/health", timeout=2.0)
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                return True
+        except httpx.RequestError:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+    return False
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def services_ready():
+    """Ensure both services are healthy before running tests."""
+    if not wait_for_service(MOCK_GRIST_URL):
+        pytest.fail(f"Mock Grist server not ready at {MOCK_GRIST_URL}")
+    if not wait_for_service(GRIST_MCP_URL):
+        pytest.fail(f"grist-mcp server not ready at {GRIST_MCP_URL}")
+    return True
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def mcp_client(services_ready):
+    """Create an MCP client connected to grist-mcp via SSE."""
+    async with sse_client(f"{GRIST_MCP_URL}/sse") as (read_stream, write_stream):
+        async with ClientSession(read_stream, write_stream) as session:
+            await session.initialize()
+            yield session
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_grist_client(services_ready):
+    """HTTP client for interacting with mock Grist test endpoints."""
+    with httpx.Client(base_url=MOCK_GRIST_URL, timeout=10.0) as client:
+        yield client
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def clear_mock_grist_log(mock_grist_client):
+    """Clear the mock Grist request log before each test."""
+    mock_grist_client.post("/_test/requests/clear")
+    yield