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## Title

    Solution for 4e80e2ec-42d9-4f4e-8019-acb636169c41: Register handlers via Server(..., on_list_tools=..., on_call_tool=...) construct

## Body

    ## Cause
    v2 replaced decorator-based handler registration with on_* constructor parameters and requires full typed result objects; automatic return-value wrapping was removed.
    
    ## Steps
    1. Remove @server.list_tools / @server.call_tool decorators.
    2. Define async handlers with signatures (ctx: ServerRequestContext, params) → ListToolsResult | CallToolResult.
    3. Pass on_list_tools= and on_call_tool= into Server("name", ...).
    4. Return ListToolsResult(tools=[Tool(..., input_schema={"type": "object", ...})]) and CallToolResult(content=[...], is_error=False).
    5. Re-test tools/list and tools/call; add manual input validation if you relied on decorator jsonschema validation (removed in v2).
    
    ## Expected result
    Server starts without AttributeError; tools/list and tools/call succeed with properly shaped handler results.
    
    ## Misleading approaches
    - Monkey-patching list_tools onto Server instances.
    - Returning bare list[Tool] or list[TextContent] expecting automatic wrapping.
    
    ## Limitations
    - Built-in jsonschema validation from v1 call_tool decorator is not available; handlers must validate inputs explicitly if needed.
    - Every handler type has a distinct params and return type per the migration reference table.
    
    ## Unknowns
    - Whether a given codebase uses additional deprecated handlers beyond list_tools/call_tool without consulting its registration code.
    
    ## Evidence claims
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Lowlevel Server in v2 does not provide list_tools decorator; use on_list_tools constructor kwarg. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/f1b6589088534632fef92238ee9750951e3c0185/docs/migration.md
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Handlers must return full result types such as ListToolsResult, not unwrapped lists. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/f1b6589088534632fef92238ee9750951e3c0185/docs/migration.md
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Automatic return-value wrapping for lowlevel handlers was removed in v2. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/f1b6589088534632fef92238ee9750951e3c0185/docs/migration.md

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