docs(authorization): MCP bulk relations and indexer guardrails#1506
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Enrich route descriptions for relations/many and indexer/reconstruct so MCP tool metadata warns agents about bulk grant scope and destructive index rebuilds.
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Summary
Agents provisioning ReBAC need bulk relation grants and index recovery via MCP, but the existing admin routes lacked safety-oriented descriptions in tool metadata. This PR enriches route
descriptionfields forPOST /authorization/relations/manyandPOST /authorization/indexer/reconstructso Hermes MCP tools (post_authorization_relations_many,post_authorization_indexer_reconstruct) surface batching guidance and destructive-rebuild warnings to agents.POST /authorization/relations/many— documents body shape (subject,relation,resources[]), async indexing, preference for single-create, ResourceDefinition validation, and batch size guidancePOST /authorization/indexer/reconstruct— documentssoftsemantics (default hard wipe), async behavior, and requirement to trysoft: truefirst with explicit user confirmation beforesoft: falseNo route handler or
mcpflag changes. Databaseschemas/importandintrospection/*routes remain excluded from MCP.Test plan
?modules=authorizationand calltools/listpost_authorization_relations_manyandpost_authorization_indexer_reconstructare listedpost_authorization_relations_manywith JSON body{ subject, relation, resources: [...] }→ relations createdpost_authorization_indexer_reconstructwith{ "soft": true }→ returns"ok"