test: move area_cli tests into cli directory (#3842)

* test: move area_cli tests into cli directory

* test: include research CLI status in cli test move

tests/cli/test_mcp_cli_env_serialize.py

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+"""Regression: mcp CLI _serialize must not crash when env JSON is not an object.
+
+`env_obj = json.loads(s.env)` can yield a list (e.g. env stored as "[1,2]").
+`if redact_env and env_obj:` then called `env_obj.items()` -> AttributeError.
+Guard with isinstance(dict).
+"""
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from tests.helpers.cli_loader import load_script
+from tests.helpers.db_stubs import make_core_db_stub
+
+
+def _srv(env):
+    return SimpleNamespace(id="s1", name="n", transport="stdio", command="c", args="[]",
+                           env=env, url=None, is_enabled=1, oauth_config=None, created_at=None)
+
+
+def test_serialize_handles_list_env(monkeypatch):
+    make_core_db_stub(monkeypatch, models=["McpServer"])
+    cli = load_script("odysseus-mcp")
+    out = cli._serialize(_srv("[1, 2]"))  # JSON array, not object
+    assert out["id"] == "s1"
+
+
+def test_serialize_redacts_dict_env(monkeypatch):
+    make_core_db_stub(monkeypatch, models=["McpServer"])
+    cli = load_script("odysseus-mcp")
+    out = cli._serialize(_srv('{"API_KEY": "secret"}'))
+    assert out["env"] == {"API_KEY": "***"}