Support Capability Extensions per SEP-2133#405
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## Motivation and Context SEP-2133 (modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#2133, merged for the 2026-07-28 spec release) establishes the extensions framework for MCP: both `ClientCapabilities` and `ServerCapabilities` gain an optional `extensions` member keyed by reverse-DNS extension identifiers (e.g. `"io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks"`, `"com.example/feature"`), with arbitrary extension-defined configuration objects as values and an empty object meaning "supported with no settings". Official extensions such as MCP Apps (SEP-1865) and the Tasks extension (SEP-2663) are layered on this field. This mirrors the shape the TypeScript SDK merged (typescript-sdk#1630): plain declaration and passthrough, no registrar API and no key-format validation (the naming convention is documented instead). - `MCP::Server::Capabilities` gains `support_extensions` (repeated calls merge), accepts an `:extensions` key in its constructor hash, and includes `extensions` in `to_h`. The class was previously dead code: it was never required and `Server.new` only took plain hashes. It is now required by `lib/mcp/server.rb`, and `Server.new(capabilities:)` accepts either a plain Hash (as before) or a `Capabilities` instance. - Server-declared extensions appear in the `initialize` result; extensions the client declares during `initialize` were already stored verbatim and are readable via `Server#client_capabilities[:extensions]` and `ServerSession#client_capabilities[:extensions]` (now covered by tests). - `MCP::Client#connect(capabilities:)` already passes capabilities through verbatim; its documentation now covers the `extensions` member. Resolves modelcontextprotocol#378. ## How Has This Been Tested? - New `test/mcp/server/capabilities_test.rb` covers the previously untested `Capabilities` class: empty default, constructor round-trip, extensions via constructor and `support_extensions`, merge semantics, nil tolerance, and omission from `to_h` when never declared. - New tests in `test/mcp/server_test.rb` assert that the `initialize` result carries declared extensions (from both a plain hash and a `Capabilities` instance) and that client-declared extensions are readable via `Server#client_capabilities` and `ServerSession#client_capabilities`. ## Breaking Changes None. `extensions` is additive and appears on the wire only when declared; servers constructed with plain capability hashes behave exactly as before.
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Motivation and Context
SEP-2133 (modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#2133, merged for the 2026-07-28 spec release) establishes the extensions framework for MCP: both
ClientCapabilitiesandServerCapabilitiesgain an optionalextensionsmember keyed by reverse-DNS extension identifiers(e.g.
"io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks","com.example/feature"), with arbitrary extension-defined configuration objects as values and an empty object meaning "supported with no settings". Official extensions such as MCP Apps (SEP-1865) and the Tasks extension (SEP-2663) are layered on this field.This mirrors the shape the TypeScript SDK merged (typescript-sdk#1630): plain declaration and passthrough, no registrar API and no key-format validation (the naming convention is documented instead).
MCP::Server::Capabilitiesgainssupport_extensions(repeated calls merge), accepts an:extensionskey in its constructor hash, and includesextensionsinto_h. The class was previously dead code: it was never required andServer.newonly took plain hashes. It is now required bylib/mcp/server.rb, andServer.new(capabilities:)accepts either a plain Hash (as before) or aCapabilitiesinstance.initializeresult; extensions the client declares duringinitializewere already stored verbatim and are readable viaServer#client_capabilities[:extensions]andServerSession#client_capabilities[:extensions](now covered by tests).MCP::Client#connect(capabilities:)already passes capabilities through verbatim; its documentation now covers theextensionsmember.Resolves #378.
How Has This Been Tested?
test/mcp/server/capabilities_test.rbcovers the previously untestedCapabilitiesclass: empty default, constructor round-trip, extensions via constructor andsupport_extensions, merge semantics, nil tolerance, and omission fromto_hwhen never declared.test/mcp/server_test.rbassert that theinitializeresult carries declared extensions (from both a plain hash and aCapabilitiesinstance) and that client-declared extensions are readable viaServer#client_capabilitiesandServerSession#client_capabilities.Breaking Changes
None.
extensionsis additive and appears on the wire only when declared; servers constructed with plain capability hashes behave exactly as before.Types of changes
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