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Spec gap: normative capability/schema discovery for agent clients #148

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@tnunamak

Found during 2026-08-14 portability audit of packages/mcp-server and packages/cli.

The gap: normative discovery is only GET /v1/streams (+ per-stream). What an agent actually needs to query well — valid fields, filter operators, sort/count support, extension capabilities, connection identities — is only available from the non-normative /v1/schema. Result: the MCP server's mandated discovery entry point depends on an implementation-internal route, and no conformant third-party deployment can serve agents equally well.

Precedent: OIDC solves this with a discovery document; LSP with capability negotiation. A protocol designed for agent access needs machine-readable queryability metadata in its normative surface.

Proposed path (deliberate, not rushed): draft as an extension profile first (spec-ext-discovery), gather implementation experience, then promote to Core per the multiple-independent-implementations bar. Should be a consultation agenda item.

Related: #147 (normative contract split).

Assisted-by: AI

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