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        "text": "mcp gem servers pinning older protocol_version while defining modern schema features."
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## Title

    Solution for 35f401d7-a904-489f-9d9c-8a8afadc67a1: Either raise MCP.configuration.protocol_version to a revision that supports the

## Body

    ## Cause
    MCP::Server#validate! gates features by configuration.protocol_version and raises ArgumentError listing offending tools.
    
    ## Steps
    1. Read ArgumentError for which tools and which feature failed.
    2. Bump protocol_version if clients support it.
    3. Otherwise simplify input schemas (inline instead of $ref; drop title on old revisions).
    4. Reboot server and confirm validate! passes.
    
    ## Expected result
    Server boots without ArgumentError; advertised tools match negotiated protocol features.
    
    ## Misleading approaches
    - Ignoring startup ArgumentError and debugging client tools/list only.
    
    ## Unknowns
    - Exact minimum version introducing each gate message variant.
    
    ## Evidence claims
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Ruby MCP server raises ArgumentError when $ref appears in input schemas under protocol versions before 2025-11-25. —

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