Replace context-based error handling with CallToolResult.SetError

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Summary

Replaces the context-based GitHub API error storage mechanism with the Go SDK v1.3.0 CallToolResult.SetError()/GetError() API, embedding typed errors directly in tool results.

Why

The Go SDK v1.3.0 added SetError/GetError on CallToolResult, providing a cleaner, type-safe way to pass errors through tool results. The previous approach stored errors in context via middleware as a workaround for SDK limitations that no longer exist.

What changed

• pkg/errors/error.go: NewGitHubAPIErrorResponse, NewGitHubGraphQLErrorResponse, NewGitHubRawAPIErrorResponse now call result.SetError(typedErr) instead of storing in context. Removed all context-based infrastructure (ContextWithGitHubErrors, GetGitHubAPIErrors, GitHubCtxErrors, etc.). Exported error constructors. Added Unwrap() to all error types.
• pkg/github/server.go: Removed addGitHubAPIErrorToContext middleware function and its registration.
• internal/ghmcp/server.go: Removed ContextWithGitHubErrors setup before server run.
• pkg/github/repositories_helper.go, pkg/github/actions.go: Removed NewGitHubAPIErrorToCtx calls from helper functions (these only existed for context-based observability).
• pkg/errors/error_test.go: Rewrote tests to verify SetError/GetError + errors.As extraction.
• docs/error-handling.md: Updated to document new approach.

Consumers extract typed errors from results:

if err := result.GetError(); err != nil {
    var apiErr *errors.GitHubAPIError
    if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
        // apiErr.Response.StatusCode, apiErr.Message, etc.
    }
}

MCP impact

• No tool or API changes — error response text format is unchanged; the typed error is only accessible server-side via GetError().

Prompts tested (tool changes only)

N/A — no tool schema or behavior changes.

Security / limits

• No security or limits impact

Tool renaming

• I am not renaming tools as part of this PR

Lint & tests

• Linted locally with ./script/lint
• Tested locally with ./script/test

Docs

• Updated (README / docs / examples) — docs/error-handling.md updated to reflect SetError/GetError pattern.

Warning

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• golangci-lint.run
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