Support Capability Extensions per SEP-2133

## Motivation and Context

SEP-2133 (modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#2133, merged for
the 2026-07-28 spec release) establishes the extensions framework for MCP:
both `ClientCapabilities` and `ServerCapabilities` gain an optional `extensions`
member keyed by reverse-DNS extension identifiers
(e.g. `"io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks"`, `"com.example/feature"`), with arbitrary
extension-defined configuration objects as values and an empty object meaning
"supported with no settings". Official extensions such as MCP Apps (SEP-1865)
and the Tasks extension (SEP-2663) are layered on this field.

This mirrors the shape the TypeScript SDK merged (typescript-sdk#1630):
plain declaration and passthrough, no registrar API and no key-format validation
(the naming convention is documented instead).

- `MCP::Server::Capabilities` gains `support_extensions` (repeated calls merge),
  accepts an `:extensions` key in its constructor hash, and includes `extensions`
  in `to_h`. The class was previously dead code: it was never required and
  `Server.new` only took plain hashes. It is now required by `lib/mcp/server.rb`,
  and `Server.new(capabilities:)` accepts either a plain Hash (as before) or
  a `Capabilities` instance.
- Server-declared extensions appear in the `initialize` result;
  extensions the client declares during `initialize` were already stored verbatim and
  are readable via `Server#client_capabilities[:extensions]` and
  `ServerSession#client_capabilities[:extensions]` (now covered by tests).
- `MCP::Client#connect(capabilities:)` already passes capabilities through verbatim;
  its documentation now covers the `extensions` member.

Resolves modelcontextprotocol#378.

## How Has This Been Tested?

- New `test/mcp/server/capabilities_test.rb` covers the previously untested
  `Capabilities` class: empty default, constructor round-trip, extensions via
  constructor and `support_extensions`, merge semantics, nil tolerance,
  and omission from `to_h` when never declared.
- New tests in `test/mcp/server_test.rb` assert that the `initialize` result
  carries declared extensions (from both a plain hash and a `Capabilities` instance)
  and that client-declared extensions are readable via `Server#client_capabilities`
  and `ServerSession#client_capabilities`.

## Breaking Changes

None. `extensions` is additive and appears on the wire only when declared;
servers constructed with plain capability hashes behave exactly as before.

Author: koic

README.md

@@ -231,6 +231,31 @@ server = MCP::Server.new(
 )
 ```
 
+### Capability Extensions
+
+Per SEP-2133, both clients and servers can declare protocol extensions under the `extensions` member of their capabilities.
+Keys are extension identifiers using the reverse-DNS prefix convention (e.g. `"io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks"`, `"com.example/feature"`);
+values are extension-defined configuration objects, with `{}` meaning "supported with no settings".
+
+On the server, declare extensions through the `capabilities` keyword, either as a plain hash or via the `MCP::Server::Capabilities` builder:
+
+```ruby
+capabilities = MCP::Server::Capabilities.new
+capabilities.support_tools
+capabilities.support_extensions("com.example/feature" => { enabled: true })
+
+server = MCP::Server.new(name: "my_server", capabilities: capabilities)
+```
+
+The declared extensions appear in the `initialize` result's `capabilities.extensions`. Extensions the client declared during `initialize` are
+readable via `server.client_capabilities[:extensions]` (or `session.client_capabilities[:extensions]` for per-session transports).
+
+On the client, pass extensions through `connect`:
+
+```ruby
+client.connect(capabilities: { extensions: { "com.example/feature" => {} } })
+```
+
 ### Server Context and Configuration Block Data
 
 #### `server_context`

lib/mcp/client.rb

@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ def server_info
     #
     # @param client_info [Hash, nil] `{ name:, version: }` identifying the client.
     # @param protocol_version [String, nil] Protocol version to offer.
-    # @param capabilities [Hash] Capabilities advertised by the client.
+    # @param capabilities [Hash] Capabilities advertised by the client. May include
+    #   an `extensions` member per SEP-2133, keyed by reverse-DNS extension identifiers,
+    #   e.g. `{ extensions: { "com.example/feature" => {} } }`.
     # @return [Hash, nil] The server's `InitializeResult`, or `nil` when the transport
     #   does not expose an explicit handshake.
     # https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/lifecycle#initialization

lib/mcp/server.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 require_relative "logging_message_notification"
 require_relative "progress"
 require_relative "server_context"
+require_relative "server/capabilities"
 require_relative "server/pagination"
 require_relative "server/transports"
 
@@ -142,7 +143,12 @@ def initialize(
 
       validate!
 
-      @capabilities = capabilities || default_capabilities
+      # Accept either a plain Hash or an `MCP::Server::Capabilities` builder.
+      @capabilities = if capabilities.is_a?(Capabilities)
+        capabilities.to_h
+      else
+        capabilities || default_capabilities
+      end
       @client_capabilities = nil
       @logging_message_notification = nil
 

lib/mcp/server/capabilities.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class Capabilities
       def initialize(capabilities_hash = nil)
         @completions = nil
         @experimental = nil
+        @extensions = nil
         @logging = nil
         @prompts = nil
         @resources = nil
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ def initialize(capabilities_hash = nil)
         if capabilities_hash
           support_completions if capabilities_hash.key?(:completions)
           support_experimental(capabilities_hash[:experimental]) if capabilities_hash.key?(:experimental)
+          support_extensions(capabilities_hash[:extensions]) if capabilities_hash.key?(:extensions)
           support_logging if capabilities_hash.key?(:logging)
 
           if capabilities_hash.key?(:prompts)
@@ -45,6 +47,17 @@ def support_experimental(config = {})
         @experimental = config || {}
       end
 
+      # Declares support for capability extensions per SEP-2133. Keys are
+      # extension identifiers using the reverse-DNS prefix convention
+      # (e.g. `"io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks"`, `"com.example/feature"`);
+      # values are arbitrary extension-defined configuration objects,
+      # with an empty hash meaning "supported with no settings".
+      # Repeated calls merge, so several extensions can be declared independently.
+      # https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/pull/2133
+      def support_extensions(extensions = {})
+        @extensions = (@extensions || {}).merge(extensions || {})
+      end
+
       def support_logging
         @logging ||= {}
       end
@@ -85,6 +98,7 @@ def to_h
         {
           completions: @completions,
           experimental: @experimental,
+          extensions: @extensions,
           logging: @logging,
           prompts: @prompts,
           resources: @resources,

test/mcp/server/capabilities_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "test_helper"
+
+module MCP
+  class Server
+    class CapabilitiesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+      test "to_h omits everything by default" do
+        assert_empty(Capabilities.new.to_h)
+      end
+
+      test "constructor accepts a capabilities hash" do
+        capabilities = Capabilities.new(
+          completions: {},
+          logging: {},
+          prompts: { listChanged: true },
+          resources: { listChanged: true, subscribe: true },
+          tools: { listChanged: true },
+        )
+
+        assert_equal(
+          {
+            completions: {},
+            logging: {},
+            prompts: { listChanged: true },
+            resources: { listChanged: true, subscribe: true },
+            tools: { listChanged: true },
+          },
+          capabilities.to_h,
+        )
+      end
+
+      test "constructor accepts extensions" do
+        capabilities = Capabilities.new(
+          tools: {},
+          extensions: { "com.example/feature" => { enabled: true } },
+        )
+
+        assert_equal({ "com.example/feature" => { enabled: true } }, capabilities.to_h[:extensions])
+      end
+
+      test "support_extensions merges repeated declarations" do
+        capabilities = Capabilities.new
+        capabilities.support_extensions("com.example/feature" => { enabled: true })
+        capabilities.support_extensions("io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks" => {})
+
+        assert_equal(
+          { "com.example/feature" => { enabled: true }, "io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks" => {} },
+          capabilities.to_h[:extensions],
+        )
+      end
+
+      test "support_extensions with no arguments declares an empty extensions object" do
+        capabilities = Capabilities.new
+        capabilities.support_extensions
+
+        assert_equal({}, capabilities.to_h[:extensions])
+      end
+
+      test "support_extensions tolerates nil" do
+        capabilities = Capabilities.new(extensions: nil)
+
+        assert_equal({}, capabilities.to_h[:extensions])
+      end
+
+      test "to_h omits extensions when never declared" do
+        refute(Capabilities.new(tools: {}).to_h.key?(:extensions))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

test/mcp/server_test.rb

@@ -159,6 +159,75 @@ class ServerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_instrumentation_data({ method: "initialize" })
     end
 
+    test "#handle initialize result carries declared capability extensions" do
+      server = Server.new(
+        name: "extensions_test",
+        capabilities: {
+          tools: { listChanged: true },
+          extensions: { "com.example/feature" => { enabled: true } },
+        },
+      )
+
+      response = server.handle({ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: 1 })
+
+      assert_equal(
+        { "com.example/feature" => { enabled: true } },
+        response.dig(:result, :capabilities, :extensions),
+      )
+    end
+
+    test "Server.new accepts an MCP::Server::Capabilities instance" do
+      capabilities = Server::Capabilities.new
+      capabilities.support_tools
+      capabilities.support_extensions("io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks" => {})
+
+      server = Server.new(name: "extensions_test", capabilities: capabilities)
+      response = server.handle({ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: 1 })
+
+      assert_equal(
+        {
+          tools: {},
+          extensions: { "io.modelcontextprotocol/tasks" => {} },
+        },
+        response.dig(:result, :capabilities),
+      )
+    end
+
+    test "client-declared capability extensions are readable via client_capabilities" do
+      extensions = { "com.example/feature": { enabled: true } }
+      request = {
+        jsonrpc: "2.0",
+        method: "initialize",
+        id: 1,
+        params: {
+          clientInfo: { name: "test_client", version: "1.0.0" },
+          capabilities: { extensions: extensions },
+        },
+      }
+
+      @server.handle(request)
+
+      assert_equal extensions, @server.client_capabilities[:extensions]
+    end
+
+    test "client-declared capability extensions are readable via the session" do
+      session = ServerSession.new(server: @server, transport: mock)
+      extensions = { "com.example/feature": {} }
+      request = {
+        jsonrpc: "2.0",
+        method: "initialize",
+        id: 1,
+        params: {
+          clientInfo: { name: "test_client", version: "1.0.0" },
+          capabilities: { extensions: extensions },
+        },
+      }
+
+      @server.handle(request, session: session)
+
+      assert_equal extensions, session.client_capabilities[:extensions]
+    end
+
     test "#handle initialize request with clientInfo includes client in instrumentation data" do
       client_info = { name: "test_client", version: "1.0.0" }
       request = {