Add MCP tool annotations with legacy protocol support - #409
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Summary
Add accurate MCP behavior annotations while preserving the legacy
tools/listresponse.Motivation
Local ICM calls have been denied in Codex and Claude Code. Local stdio does not establish trust, but annotations let clients distinguish side effects, destructive behavior, idempotency, and external access instead of relying on conservative defaults.
Changes
ToolSpecregistryicm_memory_recallas mutating because it applies decay and updates access countersicm_learnopen-world because it reads a caller-selected directoryCompatibility and safety
MCP
2024-11-05clients receive the exact existingtools/listshape. Newer clients receive advisory metadata only; authorization remains client-side.Validation
Focused registry tests verify unique names, catalog-owned dispatch, the legacy definition shape, and the behavior annotations for every registered tool.