Add OutputSchema to status and compile MCP server tools

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MCP SDK v1.2.0+ supports structured OutputSchema on tools, enabling LLM clients to understand response structure before calling. The status and compile tools have well-defined JSON response structures making them ideal candidates.

Changes

Wrapper structs (MCP requires type: "object" schemas — arrays are rejected with a panic):

type statusResult struct {
    Workflows []WorkflowStatus `json:"workflows" jsonschema:"List of workflow statuses"`
}

type compileResult struct {
    Results []ValidationResult `json:"results" jsonschema:"List of compilation validation results for each workflow"`
}

Schema generation + attachment in pkg/cli/mcp_server.go:

• GenerateSchema[statusResult]() → attached as OutputSchema on the status tool
• GenerateSchema[compileResult]() → attached as OutputSchema on the compile tool

Backward-compatible output: handlers return the wrapper struct as the second value (populates StructuredContent) while keeping the existing flat JSON array in TextContent. Compile tool parses subprocess JSON output into []ValidationResult before wrapping; falls back to text-only if parsing fails.

Tests added in mcp_tool_schemas_test.go verifying both wrapper schemas are valid objects with the expected workflows/results properties.

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<issue_title>[plan] Add OutputSchema to status and compile MCP server tools</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Objective

Add OutputSchema to the status and compile MCP server tools in pkg/cli/mcp_server.go so that LLM clients can understand the structure of tool responses before calling them.

Context

Discussion #16774 noted that go-sdk v1.2.0+ supports structured OutputSchema on tools, and the inspector's displayDetailedToolInfo() already handles rendering OutputSchema. The status and compile tools have well-defined JSON response structures that are ideal candidates.

Steps

1. Open pkg/cli/mcp_server.go
2. For the status tool, define a result struct (e.g. statusResult) with JSON tags matching the current tool output structure, then generate an OutputSchema using GenerateSchema[[]statusResult]() and attach it to the tool definition
3. Do the same for the compile tool with its result struct
4. Use the mcp.AddTool pattern already used in the file — attach OutputSchema to the &mcp.Tool{} struct
5. Run make fmt && make build && make test-unit

Files to Modify

• pkg/cli/mcp_server.go (primary)

Acceptance Criteria

• status tool has OutputSchema defined matching its actual output structure
• compile tool has OutputSchema defined matching its actual output structure
• make build and make test-unit pass
• Running gh aw mcp inspect against the local server shows output schemas for these tools

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Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes [plan] Add OutputSchema to status and compile MCP server tools #16918

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Pull request overview

Adds MCP OutputSchema support for the status and compile tools so MCP clients can understand the structured response shape ahead of time, while preserving the existing text (JSON array) output for backward compatibility. It also updates multiple compiled workflow .lock.yml files, primarily expanding firewall allowlisted domains.

Changes:

• Add wrapper output types and attach generated object OutputSchema to MCP status and compile tools; return wrapper objects as structured output while keeping text JSON arrays.
• Parse compile subprocess JSON output into []ValidationResult to populate structured output when possible.
• Update numerous workflow .lock.yml files (notably expanding --allow-domains / GH_AW_ALLOWED_DOMAINS lists).

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 37 out of 37 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
pkg/cli/mcp_server.go	Adds object-wrapped OutputSchema for status/compile and returns structured wrapper results.
pkg/cli/mcp_tool_schemas_test.go	Adds tests ensuring wrapper schemas are objects with expected top-level properties.
.github/workflows/workflow-normalizer.lock.yml	Updates compiled workflow; expands firewall allowlisted domains.
.github/workflows/weekly-issue-summary.lock.yml	Updates compiled workflow; expands firewall allowlisted domains.
.github/workflows/stale-repo-identifier.lock.yml	Updates compiled workflow; expands firewall allowlisted domains.
.github/workflows/smoke-test-tools.lock.yml	Updates compiled workflow; expands firewall allowlisted domains.
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pkg/cli/mcp_server.go:461

• If schema generation fails, this returns the server early and the status tool is never registered. Since schema generation issues shouldn't disable a core tool, consider logging the error and registering the tool without OutputSchema (nil) as a fallback instead of returning here.
  pkg/cli/mcp_server.go:584
• Same as status: the description says this tool returns a JSON array, but OutputSchema now describes an object wrapper ({"results": [...]}) and structured output follows that shape. Please update the description to document both the structured wrapper and the backward-compatible text array.

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This PR broadens the firewall --allow-domains list in the compiled workflow lock file (e.g., adding cdn.jsdelivr.net, crates.io, esm.sh, etc.). Since this relaxes network egress constraints, please confirm these additions are intentional/required and ideally explain why in the PR description (or split into a separate PR if unrelated to MCP OutputSchema).

[Copilot]

If output schema generation fails, this returns the server early and the compile tool is never registered. Consider registering the tool without OutputSchema (nil) as a fallback so MCP server still provides compile even if schema generation breaks.

This issue also appears on line 457 of the same file.

[Copilot]

The tool description still states the response is a JSON array, but OutputSchema now advertises an object ({"workflows": [...]}) and structured output returns that wrapper. Update the description to explicitly document the structured vs text response shapes to avoid confusing MCP clients.

This issue also appears on line 567 of the same file.

[Copilot]

When JSON parsing fails, the tool returns no structured content even though it advertises an OutputSchema. At minimum, log the unmarshal error to aid debugging; alternatively, consider returning a jsonrpc error (while still including TextContent) because the handler can't satisfy the advertised schema in this case.