feat(mcp): add server instructions and human-friendly tool titles

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What

Two pieces of MCP protocol metadata the server was not declaring:

• Server instructions: clients surface them to the model when connecting. Covers what the server does, the full-URL requirement, free quota (50/day) vs apiKey/MICROLINK_API_KEY, and reading error message/hint/reason instead of blind retries. Overridable via createMicrolinkServer({ instructions }).
• Tool titles: human-friendly names for all 20 tools ("Screenshot", "PDF", "Google search", ...), shown by clients that render tool lists.

Tests

• Every registered tool declares a non-empty title.
• The server sets default instructions and honors the override.

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Metadata-only MCP declarations and tests; no changes to tool invocation or Microlink API behavior.

Overview
Adds MCP server instructions so clients can show models how to use Microlink: capabilities, full URLs, free vs PRO (apiKey / MICROLINK_API_KEY), and handling errors via message/hint/reason. createMicrolinkServer now accepts an optional instructions override; defaults are passed into McpServer as the second constructor argument.

Tool registration now sets a title on every tool via a central TITLES map (e.g. "Screenshot", "Google search"), so MCP UIs can show human-readable names alongside existing descriptions and schemas.

Tests assert default/custom instructions on the server instance and that all registered tools expose a non-empty title.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added descriptive instructions explaining how to use the available endpoints.
  • Added human-readable titles to all available tools.
  • Custom server instructions can now be provided when creating a server.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for default and custom server instructions.
  • Added validation ensuring all tools provide non-empty titles.

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Walkthrough

The MCP server now provides default or custom instructions. Tool registration now includes client-facing titles for all eleven tools. Tests cover instruction handling and title metadata.

Changes

MCP metadata enhancements

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Server instruction configuration packages/mcp/src/index.js, packages/mcp/test/stdio-server.test.js	createMicrolinkServer defines default instructions, accepts custom instructions, and passes them to McpServer. Tests cover both default and custom values.
Tool title registration packages/mcp/src/tools/register.js, packages/mcp/test/tools.test.js	Tool keys map to display titles. Registration metadata includes each title. Tests verify titles for all eleven tools.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3fdc5

The metadata change is broadly covered, but title regressions for eight tools could reach MCP clients without being detected.

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In `@packages/mcp/test/tools.test.js`:
- Around line 274-285: Update the tool registration test to cover all entries in
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