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[Feature] No tool to add/update Data Pipeline activities (only empty-pipeline creation)

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Since Aug 18, 2026.

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Description

**Describe the bug**
This is a feature request, not a bug: `datafactory_create-pipeline` only creates an empty pipeline shell. There is no `datafactory_update-pipeline` / `datafactory_add-activity` tool to add, modify, or wire up activities, dependencies, or parameters on an existing Data Pipeline.

**Expected behavior**
A tool (or set of tools) to add/update pipeline activities programmatically -- e.g. `datafactory_add-activity(workspace-id, pipeline-id, activity-json)` or similar -- so pipeline authoring doesn't require hand-rolling raw `updateDefinition` REST calls with base64-encoded JSON payloads.

**Actual behavior**
The only way to add activities to a pipeline today is:
1. Call `core_create-item` or `datafactory_create-pipeline` to get an empty pipeline
2. Manually construct the full `pipeline-content.json` body
3. Base64-encode it
4. Call the raw `items/{id}/updateDefinition` endpoint directly (with all the pitfalls described in related issues: undocumented `payloadType` enum, `TridentNotebook` vs `RunNotebook`, required `externalReferences.connection`, etc.)

This is a much heavier lift than the equivalent for other item types (e.g. `core_create-item` supports many item types directly) and pushes users toward hand-crafting raw API calls where a schema-aware helper tool could catch mistakes.

**Reproduction Steps**
1. Call `datafactory_create-pipeline`
2. Look for a tool to add a Notebook, Copy, or Web activity to it
3. Observe none exists -- `datafactory_get-pipeline`, `datafactory_list-pipelines`, and `datafactory_run-pipeline` are the only other pipeline tools

**Environment**
- Fabric MCP Server
- Windows 11

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