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docs: update extension capability phrasing to per-request _meta and server/discover #3043

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Requested by maintainer David Soria Parra as part of preparing the modelcontextprotocol.io documentation for the 2026-07-28 specification release.

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The 2026-07-28 spec release adds an extensions field on ClientCapabilities and ServerCapabilities, declared per-request rather than during an initialize handshake. Extension docs still use initialize-time phrasing.

Files to update:

  • docs/extensions/client-matrix.mdx (line 57) — replace "initialize"/"during initialization" phrasing with per-request _meta clientCapabilities and server/discover
  • docs/extensions/auth/overview.mdx (line 66) — replace "initialize"/"during initialization" phrasing with per-request _meta clientCapabilities and server/discover
  • docs/extensions/tasks/overview.mdx (line 277) — replace "initialize"/"during initialization" phrasing with per-request _meta clientCapabilities and server/discover

Part of the 2026-07-28 release documentation tracking (milestone: 2026-07-28 Specification Release).

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