fix(schemas): parse "false" as false in tool boolean arguments

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Summary

Tool input schemas used z.coerce.boolean(), which runs Boolean(value). Because Boolean("false") === true, clients that send booleans as strings got the opposite of what they asked for:

MergeMergeRequestSchema.parse({ ..., squash: "false" }).squash        // before: true, after: false
UpdateIssueSchema.parse({ ..., confidential: "false" }).confidential  // before: true, after: false

Changes:

• Every tool argument in schemas.ts now uses the existing coerceBooleanString helper (86 fields). It accepts true/false, "true"/"false" (case-insensitive, trimmed) and 1/0, and rejects anything else (for example "yes" or "").
• coerceBooleanStringDefault(value) puts the default inside the preprocess pipe, so "default": false stays in the generated JSON schema. This covers the 5 fields that had .optional().default(false): merge_merge_request auto_merge, merge_when_pipeline_succeeds, should_remove_source_branch and squash, plus create_work_item_note internal.
• GitLab response schemas (GitLab*) keep z.coerce.boolean().
• The tools/list JSON schemas are unchanged: I compared the before/after dumps for every registered tool, and npm run docs:tools shows no drift.

Related issue

None.

Tests

• New test/boolean-tool-argument-schema.test.ts:

  • covers false-like, true-like, invalid and omitted values for the merge_merge_request booleans;
  • checks that "false" parses as false for update_issue, resolve_merge_request_thread, create_merge_request and update_merge_request;
  • guard test: walks every input schema registered in tools/registry.ts and fails if any of them contains a coerced boolean;
  • guard test: scans schemas.ts and fails on z.coerce.boolean outside GitLab* response schemas.
  • Both guard tests fail on main and pass on this branch.

• npm run build, npx tsc --noEmit: pass.

• npm run test:schema: pass.

• npm run test:mock (Node 22.21.1): 1513 passed, 0 failed.

• E2E over stdio against a sandbox GitLab.com project:

  • smoke and validate-api: pass.
  • New string-boolean scenario, 8/8 passed:
    1. create_merge_request with remove_source_branch, squash and draft set to "false"; GitLab returns all three as false.
    2. update_merge_request with squash: "true" and then "false"; GitLab returns true, then false.
    3. update_issue with confidential and discussion_locked set to "false"; both stay false.

• I ran the checks that cover this change.

Docs

• README.md, README.ko.md, README.zh-CN.md, and README.pt-BR.md match when user-facing behavior, env vars, flags, or examples changed. (No README change needed.)
• docs/ matches the same behavior. (Generated tool docs unchanged.)

Breaking change

No. Real booleans, "true" and 1 behave as before. "false" and 0 now mean false. Strings that are not boolean-like, for example "yes", now fail validation instead of becoming true.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Boolean inputs across supported tools now correctly recognize trimmed, case-insensitive "true" and "false" strings, as well as "1" and "0" strings or numbers.
  • Unrecognized values, including empty strings and "yes", are rejected with a validation error instead of being treated as true.
  • Merge request options and work-item note visibility continue to default to false when no value is provided.

Tool input schemas now use shared boolean parsing for recognized string and numeric values. Tests cover parsing results, defaults, and registered schema inputs. The Unreleased changelog records the parsing behavior.

Changes: Boolean Tool Argument Parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared parser and schema integration schemas.ts, CHANGELOG.md	Shared helpers parse trimmed, case-insensitive "true"/"false" and "1"/"0" strings, plus numeric 1 and 0. Tool input schemas use these helpers instead of z.coerce.boolean(); selected merge-request and work-item fields default to false. The changelog describes the behavior.
Parsing and schema coverage tests test/boolean-tool-argument-schema.test.ts	Tests cover recognized and invalid values, false defaults, and guards against coerced booleans in registered tool input schemas.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: alertua

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7f610

The Unreleased note misstates how empty strings behaved before this change. This does not affect parsing, but correct the changelog before publishing.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: parsing the string "false" as false in tool boolean arguments.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the empty-string example.

z.coerce.boolean() previously converted "" to false, not true. The new parser rejects "". Separate that behavior from strings such as "yes", which were previously converted to true.

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Review comment at @CHANGELOG.md at line 11:
Update the changelog entry to state that empty strings were previously coerced
to false, while strings such as "yes" were previously coerced to true; clarify
that the new parser rejects both.

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