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Negotiate Compatible MCP Protocols with MCP Clients #587

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This merged PR changed the default MCP protocol:
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/pull/655/files

Gemini CLI does not recognize the 2020 MCP Protocol Version

google-gemini/gemini-cli#14970

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in rmcp 0.8.5 the MCP protocol was sent as draft 7
after this the MCP protocol is sent with the 2020 version

the versions on the official MCP protocol site also do not align to the rmcp
code base- for example:

https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25

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the protocols should negotiate according to the spec:

https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/versioning#negotiation

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