Allow $ref in Tool::Schema for protocol version 2025-11-25

`Tool::Schema` rejected `$ref` with an `ArgumentError`.
Earlier MCP spec versions (2024-11-05 through 2025-06-18) did not define
a JSON Schema dialect or reference the `$ref` keyword. `inputSchema` was described
only as "JSON Schema defining expected parameters" with no further constraints:

- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2024-11-05/server/tools
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/server/tools

The MCP spec 2025-11-25 introduced a "JSON Schema Usage" section that adopts
JSON Schema 2020-12 as the default dialect. Since `$ref` is a core keyword in 2020-12,
it is now allowed for protocol version 2025-11-25 and later.

- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic#json-schema-usage
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/server/tools
- https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/release-notes

For backward compatibility with older protocol versions (2025-06-18 and earlier),
`Server#validate!` continues to raise `ArgumentError` when a tool input schema contains `$ref`.
This preserves the existing behavior for servers targeting those spec versions.
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Koichi ITO 2026-02-27 14:10:05 +09:00
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end
end
test "rejects schemas with $ref references" do
assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
OutputSchema.new(properties: { foo: { "$ref" => "#/definitions/bar" } }, required: ["foo"])
end
test "accepts schemas with $ref references" do
schema = OutputSchema.new(
properties: {
foo: { type: "string" },
},
definitions: {
bar: { type: "string" },
},
required: ["foo"],
)
assert_includes schema.to_h.keys, :definitions
end
test "rejects schemas with symbol $ref references" do
assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
OutputSchema.new(properties: { foo: { :$ref => "#/definitions/bar" } }, required: ["foo"])
end
test "accepts schemas with $ref string key and includes $ref in to_h" do
schema = OutputSchema.new({
"properties" => {
"foo" => { "$ref" => "#/definitions/bar" },
},
"definitions" => {
"bar" => { "type" => "string" },
},
})
assert_equal "#/definitions/bar", schema.to_h[:properties][:foo][:$ref]
end
test "accepts schemas with $ref symbol key and includes $ref in to_h" do
schema = OutputSchema.new({
properties: {
foo: { :$ref => "#/definitions/bar" },
},
definitions: {
bar: { type: "string" },
},
})
assert_equal "#/definitions/bar", schema.to_h[:properties][:foo][:$ref]
end
test "== compares two output schemas with the same properties and required fields" do