Add HTTP transport for the headless MCP server

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing headless MCP STDIO transport and the HTTP MCP implementation available through the GUI. Determine how multiple clients can share binary views and analysis state without launching separate Binary Ninja instances; done means a headless HTTP transport supports that shared access.

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Description

What is the feature you'd like to have?
I'd like to see support for a HTTP-based MCP transport for the headless MCP client. It should allow for multiple clients to connect and share binary views and analysis state.

Is your feature request related to a problem?
Yes, the current headless MCP only communicates over STDIO, which effectively ties one agent to one instance of Binary Ninja. As a result, my current workflow that batches read-only initial analysis cannot share analysis state without incurring overhead. Each sub-agent has to spin up its own instance of Binary Ninja which is a waste of my system resources.

Are any alternative solutions acceptable?
Some sort of multiplexer over STDIO connections.

Additional Information:
I am able to use the HTTP MCP over the GUI in the interim, but I don't want UI overhead when I don't need it.

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