OLS-3680 Note ocp-mcp _meta RBAC publishing (RFE) - #1995
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Add a Planned Changes entry: the shipped openshift-mcp-server publishes per-tool RBAC in tools/list _meta["openshift.io/rbac"] so agentic execution can derive least-privilege RBAC for MCP tool calls. Requires an RFE to upstream kubernetes-mcp-server; Secret/RBAC deny-list mirrored consumer-side. Cross-references the workspace spec mcp-tool-rbac.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe OCP MCP specification documents planned per-tool RBAC metadata in ChangesOCP MCP RBAC metadata
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The specification introduces RBAC metadata for MCP tools but does not yet define its versioned shape or how paginated responses are merged. This could cause inconsistent least-privilege permission derivation across consumers, so the contract should be completed or explicitly accepted before merging. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In @.ai/spec/what/ocpmcp.md:
- 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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| [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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- 1: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/server/tools.md
- 2: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/server/tools
- 3: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2025-11-25/learn/architecture
- 4: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/schema
- 5: https://docs.rs/rust-mcp-schema/latest/rust_mcp_schema/struct.ListToolsResult.html
- 6: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/server/utilities/pagination
- 7: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk/blob/v1.3.0/docs/concepts/pagination/pagination.md
- 8: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/specification/blob/main/schema/2024-11-05/schema.json
- 9: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/schema
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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ocpmcp.md: the shippedopenshift-mcp-serverpublishes per-tool RBAC intools/list_meta["openshift.io/rbac"]so agentic execution can derive least-privilege RBAC for MCP tool calls. Requires an RFE to upstreamkubernetes-mcp-server; the Secret/RBAC deny-list is mirrored consumer-side as a hard ceiling. Child of the parent spec openshift/ols#76 (what/mcp-tool-rbac.md, OLS-3680).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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