fix: return error when no accessible pipelines found in MCP list tool

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Summary

• The list_unstructured_data_pipelines_for_user MCP tool returned an empty JSON array as a success response when no pipelines were accessible to the user
• This caused AI agents to silently report "no results" instead of flagging it as an error
• Now returns IsError: true with a clear message when the accessible pipelines list is empty

Testing

• Built and ran the MCP server locally
• Stubbed Snowflake to simulate a user with no database access
• Confirmed response now returns isError: true with the error message

Changes

• internal/mcp/tools/list_pipelines.go: Added check for empty accessible pipelines list before marshaling the response

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved messaging when no accessible pipelines are available.
  • Users now receive guidance to check their access or configuration instead of seeing an empty pipeline list.

Walkthrough

The list pipelines tool now returns an MCP error when no accessible pipelines are found. It logs the condition and provides access or configuration guidance instead of returning an empty list.

Changes

Pipeline listing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Handle empty pipeline results internal/mcp/tools/list_pipelines.go	The tool logs empty results and returns an error-marked MCP response with access and configuration guidance.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0135d

When the Kubernetes client is unavailable, the updated behavior can present an access problem instead of an initialization failure and trigger an unnecessary database call. The change is otherwise localized and mergeable with owner awareness of this follow-up.

Suggested reviewers: gshikhar2021

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: returning an error when no accessible pipelines are found.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the behavior change, its purpose, implementation, and testing.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Inline comments:
In `@internal/mcp/tools/list_pipelines.go`:
- Around line 105-113: Handle a nil k8sClient separately in the pipeline-listing
flow before ShowDatabases and before the empty accessible-list check. Return a
dedicated Kubernetes initialization error when no client is available, while
preserving the existing no-accessible-pipelines response for a successfully
queried empty listing; follow the analogous handling used by get_chunks.go.

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