Advertise the Kernel server name on initialize

[masnwilliams]

Summary

The MCP server was identifying itself to every client as mcp-typescript server on vercel — mcp-handler's default serverInfo, which we never overrode. server.json already declares the server as com.onkernel/kernel-mcp-server, so the registry entry and the runtime handshake disagreed.

This passes serverInfo through to createMcpHandler, sourced from server.json so the two can't drift apart again.

Clients now see:

"serverInfo": { "name": "com.onkernel/kernel-mcp-server", "version": "1.0.0" }

serverInfo.name is the programmatic identifier (per spec, clients prefer an optional title for display and fall back to name); mcp-handler's ServerOptions type only accepts name and version, so title is out of scope here.

Why it matters beyond cosmetics

• Registry consumers and bundle tooling expect the manifest name to match the serverInfo.name returned by initialize.
• The name is recorded on captured analytics events, so every event to date is attributed to a generic default rather than to this server.

Verification

Ran the real route locally and probed POST /mcp:

• initialize returns serverInfo: { name: "com.onkernel/kernel-mcp-server", version: "1.0.0" }.
• With a project token set, the captured $mcp_initialize and $mcp_tools_list events carry $mcp_server_name = com.onkernel/kernel-mcp-server and $mcp_server_version = 1.0.0, grouped in one session with client name and version intact.

tsc --noEmit and prettier --check pass. No behavior change to tools, auth, or transport.

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Note

Low Risk
Metadata-only change to MCP initialize serverInfo; no auth, tool, or transport behavior changes.

Overview
MCP initialize now reports the Kernel server identity instead of mcp-handler's default (mcp-typescript server on vercel).

The route passes serverInfo: { name, version } into createMcpHandler, with name and version imported from server.json so the MCP handshake matches the registry manifest and they stay in sync.

No changes to tools, auth, or transport—only what clients and analytics see for server name/version on initialize.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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[dcruzeneil2]

LGTM