docs/PHASE2: re-review NITs — M.post shape, getinfo cdef, content flattening normative

Three follow-up NITs from the post-fold-in review:

  (1) Disambiguate M.post return shape: (body, status_code) on transport
      success regardless of status; (nil, errmsg) on libcurl failure
      stays unchanged. Phase 1 callers reading only the first slot are
      unaffected.

  (2) Note that the M.post extension requires extending ffi.cdef to
      include curl_easy_getinfo + CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE (decimal
      2097154, CURLINFOTYPE_LONG | 2) and a long[1] out-param shim.
      Implementation detail the commit #1 author will need.

  (3) Move the tool-result content-flattening rule from §12 risk note
      into §4 normative spec (forward-referenced both ways) — §4 is
      where a future reader looking for the tool-invocation contract
      will scan.

No design changes; clarifications only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Three pillars per PHASE0.md §11 row 2:
| `repl.lua` | meta cmds + ask_ai stream loop | After ask_ai sees `tool_calls`, enter a tool-execution sub-loop: confirm-gate each call via `safety.confirm_tool_call`, dispatch via `mcp.session:call_tool`, append tool turn to context, re-issue the broker request. Loop until assistant emits text without tool_calls. New meta: `:mcp connect <url> [alias]`, `:mcp list`, `:mcp tools`, `:mcp disconnect <alias>`. |
| `renderer.lua` | streaming text + exec frame | Add `tool_call_begin(name, args)`, `tool_call_end(result, ok)`. Visual style: indented, dim, parallel to the exec frame. |
| `config.lua` | example with models/shell/context/history | Schema additions: `mcp = { servers = { alias = { url = "..." } }, auto_approve = { ["alias.tool"] = true } }`. Documented in §10 below. |
| `ffi/curl.lua` | post + post_sse; `M.post` does not set `FAILONERROR`, so non-2xx responses return the body as a normal string | **One small extension**: `M.post` returns `(body, status_code)` instead of just `body` (or surfaces status via a second slot). MCP auth failures from lmcp arrive as HTTP `401` with a non-JSON-RPC body (`{"error":"unauthorized"}`); `mcp.lua` must distinguish HTTP-level failure from JSON-RPC envelope errors. Phase 1 callers (broker.chat in its current shape) are unaffected — they ignore the second return value. No SSE GET channel is added (analyze finding ruled it out for lmcp). |
| `ffi/curl.lua` | post + post_sse; `M.post` does not set `FAILONERROR`, so non-2xx responses return the body as a normal string. `ffi.cdef` exposes only `curl_easy_setopt` — no `curl_easy_getinfo` (cdef block at curl.lua:11-28). | **One small extension**: `M.post` returns **`(body, status_code)` on transport success** (status_code may be non-2xx — caller decides what to do; mcp.lua treats `>= 400` as transport failure). `(nil, errmsg)` on libcurl-level failure is **unchanged** — Phase 1 callers that read only the first slot stay correct. Requires adding `curl_easy_getinfo` + `CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE` (decimal 2097154, `CURLINFOTYPE_LONG | 2`) to the `ffi.cdef` block, plus a `long[1]` out-param shim. MCP auth failures from lmcp arrive as HTTP `401` with a non-JSON-RPC body (`{"error":"unauthorized"}`); `mcp.lua` must distinguish HTTP-level failure from JSON-RPC envelope errors. No SSE GET channel is added (analyze finding ruled it out for lmcp). |
| `history.lua` | JSONL session log | Tool turns are logged like any other turn — `{role:"tool", tool_call_id:"...", content:"..."}`. Resume reconstructs them via `ctx:append` like user/assistant turns. |
§4 module-layout amendment: `mcp.lua` slots between `broker.lua` and
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ are out of scope here; track for v2 if a richer server appears.
### Tool invocation
**Content flattening**: tool results return `content: [{type, ...}, ...]`.
lmcp v0.5.4 only emits `type: "text"`, but the spec also allows
`"image"` and `"resource"`. Phase 2 v1 **concatenates all `text` blocks**
into a single string for the `role:"tool"` turn body and **ignores
non-text blocks**, logging a one-shot status warning when a non-text
block is observed. Image/resource handling is deferred. See §12
"Content blocks beyond text" for the corresponding risk note.
`tools/call` with `{ name, arguments }`. Failure has three flavors and
all of them result in **a `role:"tool"` turn being appended** so the
assistant's `tool_calls` is never left orphaned in context (strict