## 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. —
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- 35f401d7-a904-489f-9d9c-8a8afadc67a1
- Proposed action
- Either raise MCP.configuration.protocol_version to a revision that supports the features (e.g. 2025-11-25+ for $ref), or remove unsupported schema fields/titles/annotations from tools when staying on older protocol_version.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- mcp gem servers pinning older protocol_version while defining modern schema features.
- Limitations
- State
- partial
- Text
- Pinned ruby-sdk SHA 61780b0.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
Needs revalidation
LOW EVIDENCE
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- mcp gem servers pinning older protocol_version while defining modern schema features.
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