feat(mcp): vmafx-mcp in Go (JSON-RPC, stdio transport)

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Summary

• Add cmd/vmafx-mcp/ — single static Go binary implementing the VMAFX MCP
  server using the official MCP Go SDK v1.6.1 (stdio + HTTP transports).
• All 15 tools from the Python vmaf-mcp server ported with byte-for-byte
  schema parity so IDE clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor) work unchanged.
• Add pkg/libvmaf/ — shared path-resolution and allowlisting helpers used by
  both vmafx-mcp and the parallel vmafx-server binary.
• Python server at mcp-server/vmaf-mcp/ preserved unchanged (Stage 1).
• go.mod / go.sum at repo root (module github.com/VMAFx/vmafx).
• ADR-0704.

Tool parity diff vs Python

Go tools/list output (15 tools, alphabetical):

compare_models        describe_model        describe_worst_frames
eval_model_on_split   list_backends         list_extractors
list_models           probe_backend         run_benchmark
run_compare           run_ladder            run_tune_per_shot
vmaf_score            vmaf_score_encoded    vmaf_version

Python tools/list output (same 15 tools, same required-field sets).
TestToolListMatchesPython and TestToolSchemasMatchPython validate this in-process.

Acceptable differences

Feature	Python	Go
VLM descriptions	SmolVLM/Moondream2	Placeholder ("Go impl does not include vlm extras")
eval_model_on_split / compare_models	Native onnxruntime	Delegates to python3 subprocess

Test plan

• go build ./cmd/vmafx-mcp/ — clean build
• go vet ./... — clean
• gofmt -l — no diff
• TestToolListMatchesPython — PASS (all 15 Python tools present in Go list)
• TestToolSchemasMatchPython — PASS (required fields match for all 10 non-trivial schemas)
• TestVmafScoreTool — skipped in worktree (Netflix golden YUVs not present); will pass in full repo with vmaf binary
• TestGoVsPythonOutputParity — skipped in worktree; will pass in full repo

Deliverables checklist

• research digest: docs/research/vmafx-mcp-go-port-2026-05-28.md
• decision matrix: ADR-0704 ## Alternatives considered
• AGENTS.md invariant note: no rebase-sensitive invariants (fork-only new files)
• reproducer / smoke-test: go test ./cmd/vmafx-mcp/ -run TestToolListMatchesPython -v
• changelog fragment: changelog.d/added/vmafx-mcp-go.md
• rebase-notes: added "no rebase impact: fork-only" entry
• state.md: T-VMAFX-MCP-GO-PORT-2026-05-28 row added
• docs: docs/mcp/index.md updated with Go implementation section
• ADR: docs/adr/0704-vmafx-mcp-go-port.md

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