Support sampling/createMessage per MCP specification

## Motivation and Context

The MCP specification defines `sampling/createMessage` to request LLM completions from the client.
The Ruby SDK did not yet support server-to-client requests,
so the server had no way to ask the client to sample an LLM.
This caused the `tools-call-sampling` conformance test to fail.

This adds `Server#create_sampling_message` to send a `sampling/createMessage` request
to the client via the transport layer. The method validates that the client declared
the `sampling` capability during initialization, and optionally checks the
`sampling.tools` capability when tools or tool_choice parameters are provided.

On the transport side, `Transport#send_request` is introduced as an abstract method,
with implementations in both `StdioTransport` and `StreamableHTTPTransport`.
Each transport assigns a unique request ID, sends the JSON-RPC request to the client,
and blocks until the client responds.

Client capabilities are stored per session via `ServerSession`, so validation is scoped
to the originating client. `ServerSession#create_sampling_message` uses
`build_sampling_params` for capability validation and sends the request directly through
the transport with the session ID, following the same pattern as `notify_progress`.

`Server#create_sampling_message` is the public API for single-client transports
(e.g., StdioTransport).

For multi-client transports (e.g., StreamableHTTPTransport),
`ServerSession#create_sampling_message` must be used to route requests to the correct client.
Tools using `server_context.create_sampling_message` automatically route to the correct session
regardless of transport.

`StreamableHTTPTransport#send_request` requires `session_id` to prevent broadcasting sampling requests
to all connected clients. Missing or invalid session IDs raise explicit errors instead of silently failing.

The `include_context` parameter is soft-deprecated in the MCP specification but is included
for compatibility with existing clients that declare the `sampling.context` capability.
Python and TypeScript SDKs also retain this parameter.

Ref: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/latest/server/utilities/sampling

## How Has This Been Tested?

Added comprehensive tests in `test/mcp/server_sampling_test.rb` covering required and optional parameters,
capability validation, error handling, nil-param omission, per-session capability isolation,
and HTTP init capability scoping.

Added transport tests in `test/mcp/server/transports/stdio_transport_test.rb` and
`test/mcp/server/transports/streamable_http_transport_test.rb` for `send_request` round-trip behavior,
error responses, stateless mode rejection, missing session_id, invalid session_id, and no-active-stream error.

Conformance: `tools-call-sampling` is removed from expected failures. The conformance server's `TestSampling`
tool now calls `server_context.create_sampling_message` instead of returning a stub error.

This aligns the Ruby SDK with the MCP specification and other SDK implementations.

## Breaking Changes

None for end users.
`Transport#send_request` is a new abstract method. `ServerSession#create_sampling_message` is a new method.
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Koichi ITO 2026-03-29 16:05:10 +09:00
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@ -53,6 +53,41 @@ module MCP
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(e, { error: "Failed to send notification" })
false
end
def send_request(method, params = nil)
request_id = generate_request_id
request = { jsonrpc: "2.0", id: request_id, method: method }
request[:params] = params if params
begin
send_response(request)
rescue => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(e, { error: "Failed to send request" })
raise
end
while @open && (line = $stdin.gets)
begin
parsed = JSON.parse(line.strip, symbolize_names: true)
rescue JSON::ParserError => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(e, { error: "Failed to parse response" })
raise
end
if parsed[:id] == request_id && !parsed.key?(:method)
if parsed[:error]
raise StandardError, "Client returned an error for #{method} request (code: #{parsed[:error][:code]}): #{parsed[:error][:message]}"
end
return parsed[:result]
else
response = @session ? @session.handle(parsed) : @server.handle(parsed)
send_response(response) if response
end
end
raise "Transport closed while waiting for response to #{method} request."
end
end
end
end