fix(everything): prevent URL elicitation error-path infinite loop (#4285)

* url elicitation

* single tool for normal and error path

* Address review feedback on URL elicitation tool

- Remove src/everything/pnpm-lock.yaml (monorepo uses npm workspaces)
- Drop redundant TriggerUrlElicitationSchema.parse(args) in the handler;
  destructure directly from args like the other tools, since the SDK
  validates against the registered schema before invoking the handler
- Add explicit accept/decline/cancel messaging in the request path,
  mirroring trigger-elicitation-request.ts
- Clarify the registerTool count comment in registrations.test.ts
  (task-based tools register via registerToolTask, counted separately)
- Add tests covering the no-url / undefined-capability registration
  guards, the randomUUID() elicitationId fallback, and the
  decline/cancel response paths (100% coverage of the tool)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add tool annotations to trigger-url-elicitation

Match the annotations block on sibling elicitation tools and the
CLAUDE.md guidance. Uses openWorldHint: true since the tool drives an
external browser flow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(everything): prevent URL elicitation error-path infinite loop

The trigger-url-elicitation tool's error path (errorPath=true) threw
UrlElicitationRequiredError (-32042) carrying the same URL that failed and
re-threw it on every retry, so clients looped (and tripped their own loop
detection).

- Point the prerequisite elicitation at a different URL
  (https://modelcontextprotocol.io) than the failing request.
- Track issued prerequisites by the inputs a client resends on retry
  (session + url + caller-supplied elicitationId); a plain retry is then
  recognized, ignores errorPath, and proceeds via the request path instead
  of re-throwing the prerequisite.
- Update tests and docs accordingly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(everything): address review on URL elicitation error path

- Replace raw NUL byte delimiters in errorPathKey with the \u0000 escape
  sequence so the source stays plain text and the diff is reviewable
  (same collision-proof delimiter at runtime).
- Add a one-shot test reset helper + beforeEach so the suite is robust to
  the module-level marker state regardless of order.
- Use a dedicated prerequisite message instead of reusing the caller's.
- Document the unbounded-growth tradeoff as a demo simplification and note
  the one-shot marker semantics in docs/features.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ src/everything
- `trigger-elicitation-request.ts`
- Registers a `trigger-elicitation-request` tool that sends an `elicitation/create` request to the client/LLM and returns the elicitation result.
- `trigger-url-elicitation.ts`
- Registers a `trigger-url-elicitation` tool that either sends an out-of-band URL-mode `elicitation/create` request (`mode: "url"`) including an `elicitationId` (request path) or throws `UrlElicitationRequiredError` (`-32042`) for client-handled URL elicitation (error path).
- Registers a `trigger-url-elicitation` tool that either sends an out-of-band URL-mode `elicitation/create` request (`mode: "url"`) including an `elicitationId` (request path) or throws `UrlElicitationRequiredError` (`-32042`) for client-handled URL elicitation (error path). On the error path the carried prerequisite elicitation points at a different URL than the failing one (`https://modelcontextprotocol.io`), and when the client satisfies it and retries the same call, the retry ignores `errorPath` and proceeds via the request path — so the client does not loop on the same error.
- `trigger-elicitation-request-async.ts`
- Registers a `trigger-elicitation-request-async` tool that demonstrates bidirectional MCP tasks for elicitation. Sends an elicitation request with task metadata, then polls the client's `tasks/get` endpoint for completion status before fetching the final result.
- `trigger-sampling-request.ts`