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## Planned Changes

None for the standalone HTTPS cutover itself. Optional agentic auto-injection remains planned (OLS-3594). [PLANNED: OLS-3697] ServiceMonitor for Prometheus scraping of MCP server `/metrics` endpoint via HTTPS.

[PLANNED: OLS-3680] Publish per-tool RBAC in the `tools/list` response `_meta["openshift.io/rbac"]` so agentic execution can derive least-privilege RBAC for MCP tool calls (subresources, generic pass-throughs, manifest-embedded GVKs). Requires an RFE to the OpenShift MCP server (upstream `kubernetes-mcp-server`). The Secret/RBAC deny-list (rule 16) is mirrored consumer-side as a hard deny ceiling on materialized RBAC. See the workspace-level spec `ols/.ai/spec/what/mcp-tool-rbac.md`.

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Model Context Protocol 2025-11-25 tools/list ListToolsResult _meta Tool _meta pagination official schema

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In the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the tools/list request and its corresponding ListToolsResult are standard components of the tool discovery mechanism [1][2][3]. As of the 2025-11-25 specification, the schema for ListToolsResult and its support for pagination and metadata are defined as follows: The ListToolsResult interface contains the following fields: - tools: An array of Tool objects [4][5]. - nextCursor: An optional string field used for pagination [4][5]. - _meta: An optional object for protocol-level or implementation-specific metadata [4][5]. Pagination The protocol uses an opaque, cursor-based pagination model for the tools/list operation [6][7]. - Request: Clients can include a cursor parameter in the tools/list request [4][1]. The server then returns results starting after this cursor [4][8]. - Response: When more results are available, the server includes a nextCursor string in the ListToolsResult [4][5][7]. - Behavior: Clients must treat the cursor as an opaque token and should not attempt to parse or modify it [6]. If the nextCursor field is missing or null, the client should treat that as the end of the results [6][7]. Metadata (_meta) The _meta field in ListToolsResult is reserved by the protocol to allow clients and servers to attach additional metadata to their responses [8][5]. It is defined as a dictionary (or map) of arbitrary key-value pairs (Record<string, unknown>) [9][5]. While specific implementations may use this for custom extensions, all implementations are expected to follow the general naming conventions for protocol-level metadata if applicable [9]. Top Results: [9][4][8][5][6][7][1][2]

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Define the response-level RBAC mapping.

MCP treats ListToolsResult._meta as implementation-defined metadata, and tools/list supports cursor pagination. Define the versioned openshift.io/rbac shape, mapping to stable tools[] names, and page-merge rules in this specification or the referenced workspace specification.

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In @.ai/spec/what/ocpmcp.md at line 79, Update the OLS-3680 RBAC specification
around the tools/list response to define a versioned openshift.io/rbac metadata
shape, map RBAC entries to stable tools[] names, and specify how metadata is
merged across cursor-paginated pages. Keep the existing deny-ceiling behavior
and referenced workspace specification aligned with these definitions.

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