fix(security): stop the agent from re-enabling tools an admin disabled (#6357)

* fix(security): stop the agent from re-enabling tools an admin disabled

settings.json:disabled_tools is the only global tool-permission boundary
the Settings > Agent Tools panel offers, yet manage_settings exposed an
`enable_tool` action that removed entries from it. Any agent turn could
undo the admin's restriction, and because the agent reads untrusted web
pages, emails and documents, a planted instruction could re-enable bash,
email or any other tool that had been switched off.

The denylist can now only be narrowed from a turn: `disable_tool` and
`list_tools` keep working, `enable_tool` is refused with a message that
points the user to Settings > Agent Tools, and the action is dropped from
the function schema, the prompt rule and the tool index so models are not
steered into calling it. The free-form set/delete/reset actions were
already unable to reach `disabled_tools`; a test now pins that.

Fixes #5523

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UAB5sz5srMKR7rbeDFtdMH

* fix(settings): close internal API tool-policy bypass

Refuse global tool-policy replacement from internal-token requests even when an admin owner is impersonated, and block the same write in app_api. Route explicit image re-enable requests to list_tools with a Settings pointer. Keep disabled_tools outside general settings actions even if a default is added later. Remove the retired action from capability metadata. Validation: 573 focused tests passed; the running app rejected handler, generic API and encoded-path internal HTTP attempts while preserving human administrator controls.

* fix(mcp): block agent writes to per-server MCP tool policy

PATCH /api/mcp/servers/{id}/tools only checked require_admin, which accepts
the internal tool token, and app_api still forwarded it, so an agent turn
could re-enable MCP tools an admin had switched off. Refuse the internal
token on that route (same check as POST /api/tools) and add PATCH
/api/mcp/servers to the app_api blocklist, with regression tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BCbhLNC7mJsunxqfwwshqn

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Afonso Junior <chatgpt@yack.com.br>
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Afonso Coutinho
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ BUILTIN_TOOL_DESCRIPTIONS: Dict[str, str] = {
"manage_tokens": "API token management: list, create, or delete API access tokens.",
"manage_documents": "List, read, delete, or tidy documents in the editor panel. action='list' returns clickable rows (most-recent first) so the user can open any doc by clicking. action='read' (aka view/open/get) with document_id returns the content; supports offset=<N> + limit=<N> to page through large docs (response includes next_offset when more remains, so you can keep calling with offset=next_offset). action='delete' with document_id removes a doc (only way to delete). Use this for ANY 'show/read/list/open my documents/docs/files/notes' request — never shell or curl.",
"manage_research": "List, read/open, or delete saved DEEP RESEARCH results from the Library. action='list' returns clickable [query](#research-<id>) rows (most-recent first). action='read' (aka open/view/get) with id returns the report + sources. action='delete' with id removes it. Use this for ANY 'open/read/find/delete my research / that report / the research on X' request. NOTE: this is for EXISTING research; to START new research use trigger_research.",
"manage_settings": "Change ANY real app setting (the ones the Settings panel writes) so the user never has to open it: TTS voice/provider/speed, STT, search engine + result count, default/teacher/task/utility/vision/image/research models, image quality, reminder channel (browser/email/ntfy), agent timeout/tool-call budget, and more. action=set with key (friendly aliases ok: voice, 'search engine', 'default model', 'teacher model', 'image quality', 'reminder channel'...) + value; get/list/reset too. Also toggles tools on/off (disable_tool/enable_tool/list_tools). Secrets/API keys are read-only. Use for any 'change my…/set my…/use X for…/turn on…' preference request.",
"manage_settings": "Change ANY real app setting (the ones the Settings panel writes) so the user never has to open it: TTS voice/provider/speed, STT, search engine + result count, default/teacher/task/utility/vision/image/research models, image quality, reminder channel (browser/email/ntfy), agent timeout/tool-call budget, and more. action=set with key (friendly aliases ok: voice, 'search engine', 'default model', 'teacher model', 'image quality', 'reminder channel'...) + value; get/list/reset too. Also turns tools off globally (disable_tool) and lists disabled ones (list_tools); re-enabling is only done by the user in Settings > Agent Tools. Secrets/API keys are read-only. Use for any 'change my…/set my…/use X for…/turn on…' preference request.",
"create_session": "Create a new chat with a name and model.",
"list_sessions": "List all chats with their metadata (the UI calls these 'chats'). Use for 'list my chats', 'rename all my chats' (list first, then manage_session to rename each).",
"send_to_session": "Send a message to another chat. Cross-chat communication.",