Extension Proposal: Connect MCP Server over StreamableHTTP

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Goal: Expose set of tools through MCP server using single or combined Posit SDK calls to interact with Connect.

Proposal Brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jsbGOy_ufMybwS6crR8MwLE3WYWfWmgNSrpkTHZBTOs/edit?tab=t.3ydjiobzgfbj

Prior Art: https://dogfood.team.pct.posit.it/content/6d530c64-0490-472c-971c-44178cbc84de/sse
^ Uses a deprecated transport method and just adapts the raw api calls into tools which is useful for some things but not others.

• Build out basic MCP server scaffolding
• Configure auth with api key pass through to sdk client
• Consider tracking sessions to expose tool usage metrics
• Add Tools:
• Publish content (use rsconnect-python under the hood? could be better suited as a stdio mcp server)
• Get user info
• Search content
• Get system metrics

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cc: @Lytol