docs(http): add ADR-041 MCP tool-gateway pattern for to_mcp
The to_mcp spec was describing one MCP tool per alknet operation — the tool-bloat problem. An LLM connecting to a node with 200 operations gets 200 MCP tools dumped into its context, degrading reasoning and wasting context budget. ADR-041 replaces this with the tool-gateway pattern (same pattern as opencode's memory and worktree tools): to_mcp exposes 4 fixed meta-tools (search, schema, call, batch) that gate access to the full operation registry. The LLM has a few tools in context, discovers operations on demand through search + schema, then calls. Same principle as Linux's man command — don't preload all documentation; query on demand. Gateway tool set: - search -> services/list (names + descriptions, AccessControl-filtered) - schema -> services/schema (full OperationSpec for a specific op) - call -> call.requested (Query/Mutation only, request/response) - batch -> multiple call.requested (correlated IDs, OQ-14) Subscription operations are excluded — MCP tool calls are request/response by protocol design (the client blocks until CallToolResult returns); streaming subscriptions don't fit. Subscriptions are filtered out of search results and cannot be invoked via call. http-mcp.md to_mcp section rewritten: the gateway tool set, Subscription exclusion, and the service behavior (tools/list returns 4 fixed tools, tools/call dispatches through the gateway). The 'Why' section adds the tool-bloat rationale and the memory/worktree tool pattern that informed the design. README/overview ADR tables and the top-level README current-state note updated for ADR-041.
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| HTTP/3 + WebTransport first-class | [ADR-038](../../decisions/038-http3-and-webtransport-as-first-class.md) | `h3` in scope, not deferred; browser streaming uses QUIC streams |
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| HTTP server + client host colocated | [ADR-039](../../decisions/039-http-server-and-client-host-colocated.md) | One crate for server + adapters (shared HTTP deps, shared mapping) |
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| WebTransport ALPN-stream-proxy | [ADR-040](../../decisions/040-webtransport-alpn-stream-proxy.md) | Browser → WebTransport stream → any ALPN handler (SSH, git, SFTP) via WASM parser |
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| `to_mcp` tool-gateway pattern | [ADR-041](../../decisions/041-mcp-tool-gateway-pattern.md) | 4 fixed gateway tools (search/schema/call/batch), not one tool per operation |
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| `alknet-call` is protocol-foundation | [ADR-003](../../decisions/003-crate-decomposition.md) Am. 1 | `alknet-http` depends on `alknet-call` (types, not peer handler) |
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| Bearer auth via `resolve_from_token` | [ADR-004](../../decisions/004-auth-as-shared-core.md) | HTTP handler credential source + resolution (settled) |
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| Stealth mode = HTTP handler on standard ALPNs | [ADR-010](../../decisions/010-alpn-router-and-endpoint.md) | Decoy for unknown paths (settled) |
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