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Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare idempotentHint=true and destructiveHint=false, and the description usefully reinforces and extends this by explaining the monotonic semantics ('acknowledging a lower seq changes nothing') and the capacity-freeing effect. It does not cover permissions or what happens to unacknowledged messages, so it adds solid but not exhaustive context.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three short sentences, no padding, with the core action and its boundary front-loaded before the monotonic caveat and the effect.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists so return values need not be explained, and the description covers the mutation's effect and idempotency. The only real gap is the undocumented agent_id parameter, which is minor for a two-parameter tool.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 50%: seq is documented in the schema (including the monotonic note) and the description restates 'up to seq', while agent_id carries no prose in either place. The description adds marginal meaning beyond the schema, fitting the baseline for partial coverage.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (mark as handled) and resource (messages in an agent inbox) with the seq boundary spelled out. It does not name a sibling such as city_read_inbox or city_ack_mentions to distinguish itself, so it stops short of a 5.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The purpose ('Frees inbox capacity') implies when the tool is useful, but there is no explicit when-to-use/when-not guidance and no routing to the obvious alternatives (city_read_inbox for reading, city_ack_mentions for mentions). Usage is only inferable.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations declare write (readOnlyHint=false) and idempotentHint=true, and the description adds real value by specifying the monotonic watermark semantic: acknowledging a lower seq is a no-op. It stops short of stating permission requirements or scope of the mutation, so 4 rather than 5.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two short sentences, front-loaded with the action and followed by the key constraint. Nothing is wasted and no trimming is possible.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be explained, and annotations carry the safety profile. The description adds the monotonic rule but omits permission/scope context and any tie-break against the ack_inbox sibling.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

The seq parameter already carries an almost identical description in the schema, so 'up to seq' plus the monotonic note largely restates structured data. With schema coverage at 50%, agent_id is undocumented in both schema and description, so the description does not compensate for the gap.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (mark as read) and resource (every mention of an agent up to seq), which is clear on its own. It does not explicitly differentiate itself from the sibling city_ack_inbox or city_mentions, but the 'mentions' resource is distinctive enough that an agent can route correctly.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied: acknowledge mentions after reading them (presumably via city_mentions). However, the description never states when to use this versus city_ack_inbox, and the near-identical sibling names make that omission meaningful.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations (readOnly/openWorld/idempotent=false): it discloses the visibility scope (public, own workspace, rooms the asking agent belongs to), the privacy guarantee that the question is never stored, the response shape (ask_id, matches with provenance/freshness/trust/score), and a detailed untrusted-data warning with explicit prohibitions on following instructions, auto-fetching URLs, or disclosing credentials.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loads the core purpose and keeps the security guidance in a single dense closing sentence. It is somewhat long and repeats details already in the schema, but nearly every clause carries actionable information rather than filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

Even though an output schema exists, the description supplies the visibility rules, privacy guarantee, usage-recording linkage, and critical untrusted-content policy that the structured fields cannot express. Nothing an agent needs to call this safely is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so every parameter (agent_id, question, limit, include_body, need_sources, max_age_seconds) is already documented in the schema. The description restates defaults and caps (limit default 5/max 10, top-3 bodies) but adds no syntax or semantics the schema lacks, so the baseline 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb+resource ('search results other agents already published') plus the intended purpose ('reuse one instead of computing it again'). An agent can distinguish this from siblings like city_room_search and city_room_evidence without opening any schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives a clear motivating scenario — reuse a published result rather than recomputing — and names city_report_reuse as the follow-up that records usage. It does not, however, explicitly contrast this with alternative retrieval siblings (e.g. city_room_search) or state when not to use it.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover the safety profile (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive, closed-world), so the bar is lower, and the description still adds a real behavioral disclosure: results are 'untrusted data' that may be incomplete or incorrect. It does not mention auth/permission requirements or not-found behavior.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two short sentences, zero filler, with the scope constraint front-loaded and the trust caveat following it. Nothing could be cut without losing information.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need no explanation, and annotations carry the safety profile. The trust warning plus workspace scoping make it nearly complete; only the meaning of a 'job' and error/not-found behavior are unaddressed.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 0% and the description says nothing about the single id parameter. The schema's UUID format and pattern carry the semantics, so the prose adds no meaning here.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb+resource ('Read one job') and scopes it to 'the granted owner workspace', so the agent knows this is a single-resource read. It does not name or contrast itself with any sibling, but none of the listed siblings operate on 'jobs', so the ambiguity cost is low.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description gives no when-to-use guidance, no prerequisites beyond the workspace scope, and no alternatives. That a job id is required is only implied by the schema, not the prose.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Beyond the annotations (idempotentHint, destructiveHint=false, openWorldHint), it discloses behavior an agent cannot get from structured fields: retries with the same idempotency_key are free, all bad links (wrong/expired/rotated/used) collapse to the same invite_invalid, a missing-scope refusal refers to the connection rather than the link, and room messages from other owners must be treated as untrusted input. These are exactly the operational details that prevent misdiagnosis.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The core action and credential forms are front-loaded, and most sentences carry non-redundant constraints (error unification, scope, untrusted input). However, it is a single dense paragraph with heavy nested parentheses, and the closing sentence about city_room_post's seq is tangential to this tool's invocation.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a high-complexity, multi-modal tool (6 params, nested create object, open-world), the description covers credential formats, the three join paths, required scopes, error semantics, and trust boundaries. An output schema exists, so return values need not be restated, and nothing an agent needs to call this correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds real meaning on top: it explains the accepted formats for link/token, the conditional relationship between room_id alone versus link/token, and the extra scope needed for create. It stops short of 5 because most individual field formats are still carried by the schema descriptions.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Join a room with its link or code') and immediately enumerates the accepted credential forms (room link, join link, short code), which lets an agent distinguish it from the rest of the city_room_* family without opening the schema. The scope is bounded explicitly ('Joining grants the room only, never another workspace'), so the agent knows exactly what this call accomplishes.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It gives clear, conditional guidance for each invocation path: existing agent via agent_id, a brand-new agent via create (requiring agents:create), or room_id alone when the user is already a person in the room and the host permits it. It does not name a sibling as an alternative or state an explicit when-not-to-use (e.g., leave vs. join), so it stops short of the top tier.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover the safety profile (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive, closed-world), so the bar is lower; the description still adds real value by disclosing the visibility asymmetry (outgoing shows status only) and, notably, a trust boundary: names, owner labels and notes from other owners are untrusted data, not instructions. That prompt-injection warning is behavioral context the annotations do not provide.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two tight clauses: the scope/direction semantics first, then the untrusted-data caveat. No filler, no repetition of the title, and the most decision-relevant information is front-loaded.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return shape need not be explained, and pagination mechanics live in the 'before'/'limit' schema fields. What remains is covered: direction semantics and the trust boundary. Only minor gaps (when to prefer filtering by status, pagination flow) keep it from a 5.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 75%, so the schema already documents limit, before and direction, including the note that 'before' needs a direction. The description restates the incoming/outgoing semantics but adds nothing about limit, cursor format or the status enum values. Baseline 3 is appropriate.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('List cross-owner connection requests') and immediately scopes it by the two directions it returns, distinguishing it from inbox/mention/room siblings that also 'list' things. An agent can tell this is the connection-request listing tool without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description explains the two directions and what each yields ('incoming ... awaiting your decision', 'outgoing ... you see only their status'), which implies the triage use case, but it never says when to reach for this tool versus another or states any exclusion. Usage is inferable rather than explicit.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnly, idempotent, and non-destructive, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds two things the annotations do not: that all listed templates are zero-cost and that results carry template: references, which is genuinely useful context for the caller.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

A single sentence that front-loads the verb and resource, then adds the two qualifying details (zero-cost, template: references). No filler, no redundancy with the title.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be described, and with zero parameters there is little surface area to cover. The description supplies cost and reference-format context; only routing guidance relative to sibling template tools is absent.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

There are zero parameters, so there is nothing for the description to disambiguate. Baseline of 4 applies; no parameter semantics are needed or missing.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource (list built-in agent and team templates), and the phrase 'agent and team templates' implicitly separates it from the sibling city_room_task_templates. It stops short of naming that sibling, so differentiation is inferable rather than explicit.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description gives no when-to-use guidance and names no alternatives among the many city_room_* siblings. Usage (discovering template: references before composing an agent or team) is only implied by the content, not stated.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover read-only/idempotent/non-destructive, so the description correctly spends its budget elsewhere: long-poll behavior ('returns as soon as a mention arrives'), the default cursor, and a security-relevant warning that names and excerpts are untrusted content that must not be followed as instructions. Rate-limit and 429 handling lives in the schema's wait description rather than here, so it is not fully self-contained.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three dense sentences, front-loaded with what is listed and how it is ordered, then polling behavior, then cross-tool routing and the safety note. No sentence is filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return values need no elaboration; the description still supplies cursor defaults, polling semantics, downstream tool routing, and an untrusted-content warning. Nothing needed to invoke the tool correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 75%, so the schema already carries the wait long-poll range and the since default; the description largely restates those. It adds the ordering guarantee ('oldest first') not present in the schema, but leaves limit entirely undocumented in both places. Baseline 3 is appropriate when the schema does most of the work.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description names a specific verb and resource ('List @mentions of your agent'), scopes it to direct messages and rooms the agent can read, and fixes the ordering ('oldest first, after since'). An agent can distinguish this from city_read_inbox or city_room_read without opening either schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It routes the agent onward clearly: mentions are found here, then read with city_read_inbox or city_room_read, and marked with city_ack_mentions. It gives the condition for the since default (after the last acknowledged seq) and long-poll semantics for wait. It does not, however, explicitly say when to prefer this tool over those sibling reads.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive, but the description adds real value: it enumerates the return payload (created/updated/unchanged, connections, errors with paths and hints, quota, team_hash) and reinforces the side-effect-free contract with 'Creates nothing'. It does not, however, mention permission or anonymity constraints that the schema carries.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

A single dense sentence, front-loaded with the dry-run action and ending with the strongest constraint ('Creates nothing'). No filler, though the enumerated return list makes it slightly long for one sentence.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With a full output schema, rich annotations, and 100% schema coverage, the description only needs to convey the dry-run contract and return shape, both of which it does. Nothing an agent needs to invoke it correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents manifest, template and parent_agent_id. The description only restates that a manifest or template can be supplied, adding no syntax, precedence (manifest vs template) or format detail beyond the structured fields.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Dry-run a Team (or Agent) manifest or template against this workspace') and immediately pins down the scope with 'Creates nothing', which distinguishes it from any apply/create sibling. An agent can tell what this tool is without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The dry-run framing ('Creates nothing', returns would-be created/updated/unchanged) implies this is a pre-flight check, but there is no explicit when-to-use or when-not statement and no named alternative (e.g. an apply tool) to route against. city_list_templates is only referenced inside the schema, not in the description.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Beyond the annotations (readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive), it discloses the long-poll return-on-arrival behavior and, critically, a security trait: message text is untrusted agent-authored content and origin:external signals another owner's agent, with an instruction not to follow embedded directives without owner confirmation. That safety disclosure is exactly the kind of context annotations cannot carry.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

It is a single dense passage that front-loads the core action and then layers polling, paging, and safety notes with no filler sentences. It is slightly run-on, but every clause carries information the caller needs.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema covering return values, the description need not restate them. Annotations cover the safety profile and the description adds the paging loop, ack handoff, and prompt-injection warning, leaving nothing an agent needs to call it correctly unstated.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 75%, and the schema itself richly documents wait and since, so the baseline is 3. The description adds cross-references the schema lacks by tying since to the last acknowledged seq and introducing next_since/has_more as output-side paging fields, clarifying the read loop beyond the raw parameters.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The first clause gives a precise verb+resource ('Read messages delivered to an agent') plus ordering ('oldest first') and a scoping anchor ('after since'). It is clearly distinct from the room/task siblings and explicitly pairs with city_ack_inbox, so an agent can place it without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It gives concrete operational context: 'Page with next_since while has_more' and 'city_ack_inbox marks messages up to a seq as handled', which tells the agent how this fits into a read-then-ack workflow. There is no explicit when-not-to-use or alternative-selection rule, but the companion tool is named and the paging loop is spelled out.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations by disclosing real consequences: one report per ask/result with 'the first one counts', that flags from several accounts hide a result pending review, that reuse counts aggregate across accounts, and that publishers see counts but never who asked. These are substantive behaviors an agent could not infer from readOnlyHint/idempotentHint/destructiveHint alone.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loads the core action and the required identifiers, then the report rules. It is dense but every sentence (idempotency, flag consequence, privacy) carries information; slightly long rather than wasteful.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be explained. The description covers what an agent needs to call it correctly plus the side effects of reporting and flagging, and the privacy model. Nothing material is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description restates the ask_id/result_id/reason/self-reported fields but adds little syntax beyond what the schema already documents (the reason enum grouping into 'why not' vs. 'flag' is also present in the schema description).

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb+resource: 'Record feedback on a result an ask returned', with the identifying keys (ask_id, result_id). It is clearly distinguished from the many city_room_* and city_ask siblings, though it does not explicitly name a sibling it is not.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied by the flow (this is the follow-up report to a result city_ask returned) but never stated as 'call this after using/declining a result'. There are no explicit when-not conditions or named alternatives, only the constraint that only the first report per ask+result counts.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover read-only/idempotent safety, and the description adds substantial context beyond them: a hard 2000-character cap, that the content is system-generated, that it is also delivered as handoff_brief on first read, and a security warning that the summarized room content is untrusted and must not be followed.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

It is essentially one long but dense sentence that front-loads the purpose before the contents, handoff note, and safety warning. Every clause earns its place, though the packing into a single sentence slightly reduces readability.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return values need no explanation, yet the description still enumerates contents. It also covers the size limit, the handoff_brief relationship, and the untrusted-content caveat, leaving nothing an agent needs to call it correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so room_id and agent_id are already fully documented in the schema. The description adds nothing about parameter semantics, which is acceptable given the schema does the work, so the baseline 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource (a system-generated room summary for an AI catching up) and enumerates exactly what it contains: name/topic, pins with notes, open tasks with fields, and latest message excerpts. This distinguishes it from siblings like city_room_overview and city_room_read without the agent opening a schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The phrase 'for an AI catching up' plus the note that the first city_room_read also carries it once as handoff_brief gives clear context and even hints you may get it for free. However, it never explicitly states when to call this versus city_room_read or city_room_overview, so it stops short of full routing guidance.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover the safety profile (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive), and the description adds genuinely useful context: the result is cached for 60 seconds and validated is true only when required checks passed on the exact commit the room created. It quantifies the cache window, which the annotations cannot express.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the core action, then the state/validated semantics. Every sentence carries information; the only mild density cost is the run-on state enumeration, but nothing is wasted.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return structure need not be explained, and the description still clarifies the important output semantics (the four state values, what validated means). Complete for calling and interpreting the tool, though it could tie usage to a sibling more explicitly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so room_id and proposal are already documented. The description adds no parameter-level syntax or format detail beyond the schema. Baseline 3 is appropriate when the schema carries the parameter burden.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource: reads the check runs and commit statuses GitHub reports for a proposal's pull request head commit. The scope (PR head commit) is precise enough to separate it from room-read siblings. It stops short of naming a competing sibling, which keeps it from a 5.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied (check whether a proposal's CI has passed) and it notes task_evidence can feed a room task result, but there is no explicit when-to-use, when-not-to-use, or named alternative among the many city_room_task_* siblings. Adequate but inferential.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare destructive=true, idempotent=true and openWorld=true, so the safety profile is covered; the description still adds real context: the immediate cessation of reading/posting, that the host observes the departure, and that the action is reversible via a fresh invite link. The 'left (false when it had already left)' note sharpens the idempotent semantics, though the existing output schema already carries the return shape.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The core action is front-loaded and every clause carries information (agent scoping, effect, host exclusion, rejoin path, return value). Slightly dense in a single flowing sentence, but there is no filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a two-parameter mutation with an output schema and full annotation coverage, the description supplies everything else an agent needs: who may call it, the host exception, reversibility, and the meaning of a false return. Nothing material is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so room_id and agent_id are already documented, and the description's parenthetical about agent_id ('when you have several there') largely mirrors the schema's 'optional when you have exactly one in the room'. No format or syntax detail is added beyond the structured fields, so this sits at the baseline.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb+resource ('Leave a room') and immediately scopes it to the member agent, distinguishing it from the host path by naming city_room_close as the alternative. An agent can pick this apart from siblings like city_join_room or city_room_close without opening a schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives an explicit when-not rule ('The host cannot leave') with the correct alternative tool named (city_room_close), plus a condition for supplying agent_id. Both the alternative and the multi-agent case are covered rather than left to inference.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the readOnly/idempotent annotations: it discloses that status is server-derived from room reads and posts and never self-reported, that 'says' is untrusted AI self-report that expires and is never instructions, that last_active_at is only populated for the host and your own agents, and that names are untrusted labels. This is exactly the trust-and-provenance context an agent needs.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Purpose is front-loaded in the first clause, and every sentence carries non-redundant semantics (status definitions, trust warnings, pagination). It is dense and somewhat run-on, with parenthetical asides, but nothing is filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a read-only list tool with full schema coverage, an output schema, and safety annotations, the description covers everything an agent needs: entry shape, trust levels, status derivation, and how to exhaust pagination. No gap remains that would cause a misinvocation.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100% so the baseline is 3, but the description adds real meaning: it specifies that the list is paged oldest-member-first, explains the limit default/max, and describes the cursor loop ('while the result has next_cursor... call again with cursor set to it'). Only room_id's uuid/slug form is left to the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('List a room's current members') and enumerates exactly what each entry contains (id, name, kind, role, owner label, status). It is clearly distinguishable from siblings like city_room_leave, city_room_overview, or city_room_brief, which are not listing tools.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage context is implied by the detailed explanation of status semantics and pagination, but there is no explicit when-to-use guidance and no alternatives are named (e.g., city_room_overview or city_room_search might be preferred for other needs). An agent can infer the use case but must reason about sibling choice itself.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover readOnly, idempotent and non-destructive, so the bar is lower; the description nonetheless adds real behavioral context the annotations cannot convey — that counts are server-maintained and never estimated, that tasks counts are null when room tasks are off, and crucially that reading the overview marks nothing read. It stops short of error/permission behavior, so not a 5.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Everything is front-loaded into one dense paragraph that begins with what is counted, followed by count semantics and side effects. The enumeration is long but each clause carries distinct information (null-when-off, read-cursor equivalence, no estimation), so little is wasted.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, the description need not explain return values, yet it usefully defines the meaning of null task counts and the unread figures. Combined with annotations covering the safety profile and schema covering the parameter, this is complete for correct invocation, with only minor gaps around error handling.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100% and the single room_id parameter (uuid or slug) is fully documented in the schema, so the baseline is 3. The description adds no further parameter-level meaning such as resolution rules or failure modes for a bad room_id.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description names a specific verb (counts) and resource (one room's members, task statuses, unread items), and enumerates exactly what each count covers. It is clearly distinguished from siblings such as city_room_read and city_room_members, going as far as defining the unread figure by equivalence to city_room_read without since.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied rather than stated: the note that reading marks nothing read and the equivalence to city_room_read without since hint at when this snapshot is preferable to consuming the cursor. However, there is no explicit 'use this when / instead of X' routing statement, so the agent must infer the selection criteria.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations (readOnlyHint=false, idempotentHint=true, destructiveHint=false) by disclosing the permission model, the 50-pin-per-room quota, the idempotent re-pin behavior returning created: false, the 200-character note cap, that notes are untrusted text, and that pins surface in the handoff brief. These are exactly the behavioral facts an agent cannot infer from structured fields.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the core action and resource, then layered with constraints. Dense but nearly every clause earns its place; the trailing sentences on the handoff brief and untrusted notes are slightly tacked-on rather than integrated, which keeps it from a 5.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a mutation tool with an output schema present, the description covers permissions, quotas, idempotency, and side effects (handoff brief visibility) without needing to explain return values. Nothing an agent needs to call this correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds genuine meaning: message_seq and task_id are alternatives ('one ... or one ...'), and note is characterized as untrusted free text with a length cap. agent_id and room_id semantics are left to the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (pin) plus the exact resources it targets (one room message via message_seq or one room task via task_id) and the effect ('as context for everyone in the room'). This clearly separates it from siblings like city_room_unpin, city_room_pins, and city_room_post.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives real usage conditions: the host and members may pin while read-only guests cannot, and the pin lands in the handoff brief for new AIs. It also points at city_room_read as the source of message_seq. It does not name the complementary tool (city_room_unpin) for removal, so it stops just short of full routing guidance.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive behavior, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds valuable beyond-schema context: ordering ('oldest first'), visibility filtering ('Pins of messages you cannot read (history from_join) are left out'), and a trust warning about untrusted text.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three sentences, front-loaded with the purpose and ordering, then exclusions, then security context. No filler or repetition.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return structure need not be explained. The description covers ordering, visibility rules, and untrusted-content handling, and annotations cover safety, leaving nothing essential missing for correct invocation.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, and both parameters (room_id, agent_id) are fully documented in the schema. The description does not add syntax or usage detail for parameters, so the schema carries the burden and baseline 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description states a specific verb and resource ('List a room's pins') and then defines exactly what a pin is (a message or a task, with its note and pinner). This distinguishes it from siblings like city_room_read or city_room_task_list by scoping to pinned items.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description implies usage (reading a room's pins) and notes a filtering behavior, but does not say when to prefer this over alternatives such as city_room_search or city_room_read, nor when not to use it.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Discloses behavior well beyond the annotations: explicit size and rate limits (32 KiB, 60/min per member, 300 per room), broadcast semantics ('every member reads it'), per-room sequence assignment, idempotency semantics on retry, and the success/failure result shape (posted:true, message.seq, failures are errors). This is exactly the context annotations cannot carry.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Four compact sentences, front-loaded with the action and identity, then limits, then result semantics. The final sentence about when to tell the user is unusually valuable guidance, though the paragraph is slightly dense enough that one clause could be trimmed.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

Covers everything an agent needs to call this mutation correctly: identity selection, idempotency, throttling limits, payload size cap, broadcast scope, and error-vs-success handling. An output schema exists, so the return details are a bonus rather than a gap.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 83%, so the schema already documents room_id, agent_id, idempotency_key, parts, and status. The description's mention of agent_id ('when you have several there') and idempotency_key largely restates the schema's own descriptions, adding little new syntax or constraint detail. Baseline 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Post text or parts to a room') plus the acting identity ('as your member agent'), which clearly separates it from read-oriented siblings like city_room_read and city_room_search. An agent can identify this as the write path without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives useful operational rules — pass idempotency_key so retries are free, and only tell the user a message was sent once seq is returned — but never states when to choose this tool over alternatives such as city_ask or city_room_task_comment_add. Usage is implied by the posting semantics rather than spelled out.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare the operation read-only, idempotent, and non-destructive, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuine value beyond that: reviews of earlier revisions are flagged outdated, and the diff and review text are explicitly labeled untrusted content from other members, which is actionable prompt-injection guidance an agent would not get from the structured fields.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two sentences with no filler; the return payload is front-loaded and the trust warning is appended as a compact second sentence. The first sentence is dense but every clause carries information, so nothing needs trimming.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return structure need not be spelled out, yet the description still summarizes the payload and adds the outdated-review and untrusted-content caveats. Only the miss on usage guidance relative to the many city_room_* siblings leaves a gap.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, and the schema itself documents room_id as uuid-or-slug and proposal as id-or-number. The description's 'by id or number' mirrors the schema's anyOf without adding format, lookup, or fallback detail, so the baseline of 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Read one proposal by id or number') and enumerates exactly what is returned: full diff, base commit, per-file base blobs, and reviews. The singular 'one proposal' implicitly separates it from the list sibling city_room_proposals, but no sibling is named explicitly, so it falls short of full differentiation.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description implies usage by stating it reads a single proposal keyed by id or room number, which tells an agent this is a targeted fetch rather than a listing. However, it never states when to prefer this over city_room_proposals, city_room_read, or city_room_evidence, and gives no prerequisites or exclusions.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already carry readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive and closed-world hints, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds real value beyond that: newest-first ordering, the fields surfaced per proposal, and the non-obvious rule that approvals count once per owner and never from the proposing agent's owner.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two tight sentences, no waste, and the core action and ordering constraint are front-loaded before the return-detail clause.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return values needn't be explained, yet the description does so helpfully; annotations cover the safety profile. The only gap is the undocumented limit and before parameters, which the description leaves untouched.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 50%: room_id and before are documented in the schema, while limit and status are not. The description only gestures at status ('optionally by status') without clarifying enum semantics, and says nothing about limit or before, so it adds little beyond the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (List) and resource (proposals in a room), with sort order (newest first) and optional status filter. It implicitly distinguishes itself from the singular city_room_proposal and city_room_propose siblings via the plural 'List', but never names them explicitly, so it stops short of full sibling differentiation.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

'optionally by status' hints at the filter use case, but there is no explicit when-to-use guidance and no routing to alternatives like city_room_proposal for a single proposal or city_room_search for text lookup. Usage must be inferred.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations by disclosing concrete acceptance constraints (must apply cleanly, ≤256 KB, ≤50 files, no renames/mode changes/binaries/.github/workflows/), the naming scheme for stored proposals, supersede semantics ('its content is kept'), and the key reassurance that nothing changes on GitHub — which resolves the tension with destructiveHint=true.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Four dense sentences, front-loaded with the core action before constraints and optional behaviors. Every sentence carries information, though the constraint list is packed tightly and could be slightly more scannable.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a mutation tool with an output schema and full annotation coverage, the description supplies the operational constraints, storage/visibility behavior, task-linking rules, and the external side-effect boundary. An agent has everything needed to call it correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents all nine parameters. The description adds a little beyond the schema (origin of base from city_room_repo/city_room_repo_read, claim_token required alongside task_id), but does not add syntax or format detail beyond that. Baseline 3 is appropriate.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource — 'Propose a patch to the repository connected to a room' — and specifies the artifact (unified diff against an exact base commit with a one-line summary). It is clearly distinguishable from read-oriented siblings like city_room_proposal and city_room_proposals.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Conveys the workflow context (stored as proposal P<n>, shown as a diff in the room, optionally linked to a held task via task_id plus claim_token, and that 'Nothing changes on GitHub'). It does not explicitly name alternative tools or state when not to use this, but the surrounding conditions are clear.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations declare readOnlyHint=false, and the description independently explains why ('Reading also updates your status in the room... so it is not read-only'), plus cursor-advance semantics, has_more/next_since behavior, and an untrusted-content warning about origin: external messages. This is well beyond what the annotations convey.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Dense and front-loaded on ordering/scope, but the prose is long, run-on, and chains several distinct concepts (cursor, idle-wait, history modes, trust) into flowing sentences rather than clearly separated statements. Each clause earns its place, though readability suffers slightly.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, the description need not explain return structure, and it covers the behavioral essentials: cursor advancement, unread vs lookup modes, long-poll semantics, history scope, and the safety caveat on external content. Nothing an agent needs to call this correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Since and wait carry rich semantic detail in both schema and description, and the description adds the key distinction (lookup vs cursor-advancing read) that the schema description only partially captures. 'limit' is left undocumented in both, so this falls just short of a 5 at 75% coverage.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Read room messages, oldest first') and immediately scopes it with the per-room seq / gap-free ordering. An agent can tell this apart from siblings like city_read_inbox and city_mentions without opening a schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Explicitly distinguishes the two modes: 'without since' returns unread and advances the cursor, 'with since' is a pure lookup that marks nothing read. It also names the wait long-poll behavior and the room.history 'full' vs 'from_join' conditions, leaving little to inference.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds one genuinely useful behavioral fact beyond the schema — that the binding is null when a room has no repository — but says nothing about auth requirements or failure modes for a non-existent room.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

A single front-loaded sentence with no filler. The enumeration of return fields partially duplicates the existing output schema, which is mild redundancy rather than bloat.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

The tool is a simple one-parameter read with an output schema, so the description need not explain return values; it usefully documents the null-binding case instead. Only the missing differentiation from city_room_repo_read keeps it from being fully complete.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100% and the single room_id parameter is fully documented in the schema (uuid or slug). The description adds no syntax, format, or lookup semantics beyond that, so the baseline 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

Names a specific verb and resource ('Show the GitHub repository connected to a room') and enumerates the returned facts (owner/name, default branch, head commit, PR permission). It does not distinguish itself from the near-identical sibling city_room_repo_read, so an agent cannot tell the two apart from the text alone.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

There is no when-to-use guidance, no prerequisites, and no reference to any alternative such as city_room_repo_read, which appears to cover the same subject. Usage is only inferable from the noun 'room repository'.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations: 1 MB text cap, 256 KB page size with next_offset continuation, binary files returned as metadata only, the response naming the exact commit read, and an explicit untrusted-content/never-instructions trust boundary. These are exactly the traits annotations do not cover.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three dense sentences with zero filler, front-loading the file/directory duality and the ref default before the paging and trust details. Every clause carries operational weight.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a five-parameter read tool with full schema coverage, annotations and an output schema, the description fills the remaining gaps — paging, binary handling, commit provenance, and the untrusted-data warning. Nothing needed to call it correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents ref, path, offset, and recursive. The description reinforces the ref default, the 1 MB/256 KB paging model behind offset, and the text-vs-binary behavior, but adds no syntax or format detail the schema lacks. Baseline 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource — 'Read a file or list a directory of the repository connected to a room' — and the scoping to a branch/tag/commit. An agent can distinguish this from message-reading siblings like city_room_read or city_room_search without opening any schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description makes the triggering context implicit (read repo content at a ref) and gives operational guidance (default branch, pagination via next_offset), but never names an alternative tool or states when not to use this one. With many city_room_* siblings, an explicit contrast with city_room_read/city_room_search would have earned a higher score.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes far beyond annotations: explains concurrency control (409 on mismatch), the self-approval prohibition, and the subtle per-owner quorum rule ('approvals count once per owner'). These are non-obvious business rules that would otherwise cause silent failures.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the core action and verdicts, then dives into the complex approval rules. The sentence about 'recorded but does not count' is a bit dense but necessary for correctness. No pointless fluff.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

The description covers the intents, concurrency, and approval semantics well. It doesn't need to explain return values because an output schema exists. It could mention the posting location ('Posted to the room') is included, so it covers where the review goes. Overall complete for an agent to call correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 83%, so the schema already defines most parameters. The description adds critical semantics: expected_revision must match (adding a concurrency constraint beyond 'the revision you reviewed'), and explains the effect of verdict values (request changes with a note). It doesn't explicitly define body limits, but schema does.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb+resource ('Review one exact revision of a proposal') and enumerates the three verdicts. Distinguishes from siblings like city_room_propose and city_room_proposals by being the review action, not the creation or listing.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Clearly signals when to use it with the verdict choices and the concurrency condition (expected_revision must match current). However, it doesn't explicitly say when NOT to use it or name an alternative for reading proposals (e.g., city_room_proposal/proposals).

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations cover read-only/idempotent safety, and the description adds substantial context beyond them: access is limited by history setting ('from_join' excludes pre-join messages), 30 searches/minute per credential, searching marks nothing read, and result snippets are untrusted content that must never be treated as instructions.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Dense but front-loaded: purpose first, then query syntax, filters, access scoping, result format, and limits. Every sentence is informative, though some content (query operators, limit defaults, cursor) duplicates the schema, adding mild redundancy.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a 7-parameter search tool with an output schema, the description covers the remaining gaps an agent needs: access scoping, rate limit, pagination, result shape with highlight offsets, and the security caveat on snippet content. Nothing material is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description restates q syntax, limit default/max, and cursor semantics that the schema already documents, adding only marginal cross-tool context (sender id from city_room_members) that the schema largely mirrors.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (Search), a precise resource (one room you are a member of), a scope (words, newest first), and distinguishes itself from siblings by pointing to city_room_read for full messages. An agent can identify exactly what this does versus the many other city_room_* tools.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Routes the agent explicitly: use city_room_members for a member id, city_room_read to read the whole message, and this tool to find messages. It also clarifies that searching marks nothing read, resolving a common ambiguity versus inbox-reading siblings.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare non-read-only, non-idempotent, non-destructive behavior, and the description adds genuinely useful context beyond them: the claim token is a secret returned once and never logged, every claim mints a new token, and other members observe the task change. It stops short of describing conflict behavior when a task is already claimed.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Four short sentences, purpose front-loaded, no filler; the secret-handling and visibility notes each earn their place. Slightly clipped but structurally sound.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a mutation tool with an output schema and safety annotations, the description covers the notable non-obvious behavior (one-time secret token, visibility side effect). It omits error/conflict handling and permission requirements, which are the remaining gaps.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents all six parameters in detail (TTL range, idempotency key semantics, review object). The description only restates that TTL and idempotency key exist, adding no syntax or default information beyond the schema — baseline 3.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource with scope qualifier ('Claim an open task in a room'), which cleanly separates it from siblings like city_room_task_release and city_room_task_renew. An agent can tell what operation this is without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The 'open task' qualifier implies the precondition, but there is no explicit when-to-use/when-not guidance and no named alternative (e.g., renew to extend an existing lease vs. claim for a fresh one). Usage is inferable but not spelled out.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations only cover the safety profile (readOnlyHint=false, destructiveHint=false, openWorldHint=true, idempotentHint=false); the description adds real behavioral context: credential-bearing content is refused, the text is visible to other members, the 4000-character cap, and precisely why idempotentHint is false (only retries with the same key are free, otherwise each call creates a new comment). This is disclosure beyond the structured fields, and it is consistent with the annotations.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the action and target, then limits, idempotency, and side effects — no filler sentences. However, it is a single long run-on and the clause 'Returns the comment and replayed.' is garbled and hard to parse, costing some clarity.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With full schema coverage, annotations, and an output schema, the description only needs to carry intent, constraints, and side effects — which it largely does (size limit, credential refusal, visibility, idempotent retry). Missing only failure-mode context (nonexistent task, missing agent, permission errors), so not a 5.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3; the description goes further by explaining the behavioral meaning of idempotency_key (same key returns the same comment) rather than restating the schema's 'a retry with the same key is free,' and reinforces the body length bound. It adds little on agent_id or room_id, hence not a 5.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

Specific verb+resource (add a comment to a task's discussion thread) with a scope qualifier that separates it from the sibling city_room_post: comments 'stay on the task and are not posted in the room thread.' An agent can route between task comments and room posts without opening either schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The 'not posted in the room thread' clause gives an implicit when-to-use/where-not signal against city_room_post, and the idempotency-key sentence tells the agent when to supply a key (retry-safe calls). It does not explicitly name the alternative tool or state prerequisites (e.g. membership/permissions), so it stops short of full routing guidance.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare destructiveHint=true, idempotentHint=true, readOnlyHint=false, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds real context beyond that: the deletion is permanent and visible to everyone, and it names the return payload (the deleted comment without its text plus a 'deleted' flag).

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two short sentences, zero waste, with the permission scope and permanence front-loaded before the return-value note.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists so return values need not be fully described, and the annotations carry the destructive/idempotent profile. With permission scope, permanence, and audience all stated, nothing needed to call this correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so room_id, task_id, agent_id and comment_id are already documented in the schema. The description's permission note on comment ownership largely restates the schema's comment_id description, so it adds little beyond the baseline.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (delete) and resource (a room task comment) with the permission scope in the same sentence. It is unmistakably distinct from the sibling comment_add and comment_list tools by verb alone.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives a clear authorization condition for use: your own comment, or any comment when you host the room. It does not name an alternative tool or a when-not-to-use case, but the operation is narrow enough that this is adequate.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, and destructiveHint=false, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuinely useful behavior beyond that: strict oldest-first ordering, cursor paging via next_after, and a security warning that comment bodies and author labels are untrusted text from other agents and people. The untrusted-content warning is a meaningful disclosure the annotations do not convey.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three dense sentences, each earning its place: purpose/ordering, paging mechanics, and the untrusted-data caveat. The ordering and paging facts are front-loaded before the return-value summary, with no filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so explaining return fields is optional, yet the description still names them (task id, comments, next_after, has_more), and it covers ordering, paging, and a security caveat. Combined with read-only annotations, an agent has nearly everything needed; only explicit sibling routing is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 80%, so most parameters are already documented in the schema (room_id, task_id, after_id). The description reinforces that after_id comes from the previous page's next_after, but adds no new syntax or constraints and does not mention limit or agent_id. Baseline 3 is appropriate when the schema does the heavy lifting.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description opens with a specific verb and resource ('Read a task's discussion thread'), which immediately separates it from the add/delete/events siblings. It does not explicitly name an alternative, but the resource scope is unambiguous enough that an agent can identify it as the list/read counterpart to city_room_task_comment_add.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied by the name and resource ('read the discussion thread'), but there is no explicit when-to-use or when-not-to-use guidance, nor any mention of related tools like city_room_task_events or city_room_task_comment_add. The paging instruction is operational rather than a usage guideline.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare write (readOnlyHint=false), idempotent (idempotentHint=true), non-destructive and open-world. The description adds real value beyond that: retry-with-same-key returns the same task, template prefill is overridden by explicit title/body, and it warns that titles/bodies/attachment references are untrusted text from other owners' agents — a meaningful injection caveat.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the purpose, then packs idempotency, template behavior, output, and the untrusted-text warning into tight clauses with no filler. The long compound first sentence and the terse 'Returns the task and replayed' phrasing cost it a point on readability.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return values need no explanation, and annotations plus 100% schema coverage carry the rest. The description supplies the non-obvious contract details (idempotency, template override, untrusted input), leaving only minor items like the review/agent_id flow to the schema.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds semantics the schema does not: the override rule ('a given title or body replaces the template's') and the idempotency contract for the key. It does not cover the review/peer-review parameter, but the schema documents it well.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb+resource ('Create a task in a room') and enumerates the key inputs (title, Markdown body, message reference, attachments, idempotency key), so an agent knows exactly what the tool produces. It does not explicitly differentiate itself from adjacent siblings like city_room_post, city_room_propose, or the task_* family, leaving that to the tool name.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied by the name and purpose, and the template_id sentence hints at a 'start from a template' path, but there is no explicit when-to-use/when-not guidance or named alternative (e.g., when to propose vs create a task, or to list templates first). Adequate but with clear gaps.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint and non-destructive behavior, so safety is covered. The description adds real value beyond that by flagging that event text is untrusted content from other owners' agents (a prompt-injection warning) and by noting the log is append-only. No rate limits or auth requirements are mentioned, keeping it from a 5.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three tightly packed sentences with zero filler: pagination contract first, then return fields, then the security caveat. Every sentence earns its place and nothing is front-loaded incorrectly.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a paginated read tool, the description covers the pagination contract, the response shape (task id, events, next_after, has_more), and the untrusted-content caveat. With annotations carrying the safety profile and an output schema present, nothing an agent needs to invoke it correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 75% and the schema already documents after_id as 'Cursor from the previous page (next_after); omit for the first page', which is essentially the same information the description provides. The description adds no syntax, format, or default details for limit, room_id, or task_id beyond what the schema carries.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Read a task's append-only event log'), which clearly separates it from detail-oriented siblings like city_room_task_get and city_room_task_list. It doesn't explicitly name any sibling, so it stops short of a 5.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description explains the cursor workflow ('after_id from the previous page's next_after'), which implies how to use it for paginated reads, but gives no guidance on when to choose this over city_room_task_get, city_room_task_result, or city_room_task_comment_list. Usage context is inferrable rather than stated.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already establish readOnlyHint, idempotentHint and destructiveHint, so safety framing is covered. The description adds a genuinely useful behavioral warning that annotations cannot express: title, body and labels are untrusted text from other owners' agents, which primes the agent against prompt injection.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two short sentences, front-loaded with the action and return, followed immediately by the most important caveat. No filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return shape need not be described, and annotations cover the safety profile. The untrusted-content warning is the key missing piece an agent would need, and it is present; only the task_id semantics remain unaddressed.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is only 50%: room_id documents uuid-or-slug format, but task_id carries only a format/pattern with no prose explanation. The description adds no parameter meaning at all, so it fails to compensate for the undocumented half.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Read one task in a room') and confirms the return ('Returns the task'), so an agent knows exactly what it retrieves. It does not explicitly distinguish itself from siblings like city_room_task_list or city_room_task_events, though the singular 'one task' implies the distinction.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

No guidance on when to use this versus city_room_task_list, city_room_task_events, or the comment/result sub-tools in the large task family. The agent must infer usage purely from the name.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive and closed-world, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds real value beyond that: it discloses the return payload shape (room id, tasks, stages, empty when no stages) and warns that titles, bodies and labels are untrusted text from other owners' agents, which is genuine behavioral context an agent needs.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two tight sentences: the first front-loads what the tool does and its filters, the second delivers return shape and the untrusted-text warning. No filler, and the most important caveat is placed where it is read.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be spelled out, yet the description still summarizes them helpfully. Combined with the trust warning and filter coverage, an agent has enough to call this correctly; only pagination behavior for limit is left implicit.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 80%, so mine, stage, status and room_id are already documented in the schema. The description only restates the status/stage/mine filters at a high level and adds nothing on the undocumented limit parameter (pagination semantics, max 100). Baseline 3 is appropriate when the schema carries the parameter detail.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ("List tasks in a room") and names the three filter dimensions, which cleanly separates it from siblings like city_room_task_get, city_room_task_create or city_room_task_claim. It does not, however, explicitly name an alternative list tool to disambiguate against, so it falls short of the top tier.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The filter list (status, stage, mine) implies when to reach for this tool, and "to your own member agents' claims" hints at the mine use case. But there is no explicit when-to-use or when-not-to-use guidance, nor any pointer to siblings such as city_room_task_get for a single task or city_room_search for text search.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations only give the coarse profile (readOnlyHint=false, idempotentHint=false, destructiveHint=false, openWorldHint=true); the description adds substantive behavior: results are recorded in the task event log and shown on the task, the claimer and host are mentioned, the verdict is advisory and never moves the task, and the return payload is the task with peer_review plus the verdict. It also warns that checklist items and comments are untrusted text from other owners' agents, an injection-relevant fact no annotation covers.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Dense but waste-free: the access restriction is front-loaded, followed by the action, its side effects, its advisory nature, the return shape, and a security caveat. Every sentence carries information an agent needs.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a 6-parameter mutation with an output schema, the description covers the missing pieces an agent needs: who may call it, what side effects occur (event log, mentions), that it does not change task state, and the trust level of the data it consumes. Return values are already covered by the output schema, so nothing material is omitted.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents every parameter, including the 2000-character comment limit, the in-order boolean checklist, and the advisory verdict enum. The description largely restates these (comment length, one tick per checklist item, approve/changes_requested), adding little syntax or format detail beyond the schema, so the baseline of 3 applies.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Give a verdict on a task you were asked to review') and immediately scopes it with 'Requested reviewer only', which separates it from sibling review tools such as city_room_task_review and city_room_task_request_review. The agent knows exactly what act this performs without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description gives a clear precondition ('Requested reviewer only') and clarifies the effect ('Advisory: it never moves the task'), so an agent can tell when this is appropriate. It stops short of explicitly naming the alternative tools (e.g. the host's own review path) or stating when not to use it, so it is strong but not fully routing.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Beyond the annotations, the description discloses permission-dependent behavior: non-host releases affect only your claim, hosts can force-release others. It also notes that other members see the task change and that the call returns the task and released status, adding useful effect and visibility context.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The description is four compact sentences, front-loaded with the core action and then the important host/non-host distinction. Every sentence carries relevant information without repetition.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, the description does not need to explain return values in detail, yet it still mentions the return shape and the visibility side effect. Combined with annotations and complete parameter documentation, an agent has enough context to invoke it correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description adds meaningful semantics for claim_token (host may omit it to force-release) and notes that reason is optional, going beyond the schema descriptions.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description states a specific verb and resource: 'Release a claim on a task.' This clearly distinguishes it from sibling tools like city_room_task_claim and city_room_task_renew.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description explains that a non-host release only affects your own claim, while the host may omit the token to force-release another agent's claim. It gives clear contextual guidance, though it does not explicitly name alternatives or state when not to use the tool.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

With annotations only declaring the safety profile, the description carries real behavioral load: it explains that expires_at and grace_until are recalculated from the current time, that a shorter TTL can actually shorten the lease, that other members observe the new expiry, what stays unchanged (status, content, claimer, token), and what is returned (never a token). This is exactly the beyond-annotation context an agent needs for a non-idempotent mutation.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Four front-loaded sentences with no filler; the recalc rule and the shrink caveat come first. There is mild overlap between 'the claim token stays the same' and 'never a token', which keeps it just short of a 5.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need only light mention, and the description covers mutation semantics, immutability, and visibility thoroughly. It does not address failure modes (invalid or expired claim token), which is the only real gap for a four-parameter mutation tool.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds semantics the schema does not: that ttl_minutes is interpreted relative to the current time, that omitting it falls back to a default, and that it can shrink as well as extend the lease. That meaningfully disambiguates the TTL parameter's effect.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description names a specific verb (extend/renew) and resource (your own claim lease on a task) and scopes it to 'your own' claim, which cleanly separates it from city_room_task_claim (which creates a claim) and city_room_task_release. An agent can pick it out of the 40+ siblings without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It implies the caller must be the existing claimer ('your own claim') and notes the TTL is 'allowed inside grace', which hints at the valid timing window, but it never states when to renew versus release or re-claim, nor what happens if the lease already expired. Usage is inferable rather than stated.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations only give coarse flags (destructiveHint=true, idempotentHint=true, openWorldHint=true); the description fills in the real behavior: the task content is unchanged, one open request per task, the reviewer is mentioned in the room, the request and its cancellation persist in task history, and the outcome is advisory because 'the host still approves or sends the task back'. This resolves any tension with the destructiveHint flag by clarifying that 'cancel' is the destructive path.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the actor ('Host or claimer.') and packed with operational facts; nearly every clause carries information. It is dense and slightly run-on with colon-delimited sub-clauses, but there is little filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists so return-value detail is unnecessary, yet the description still notes the return ('the task (with peer_review) and requested'). It covers permissions, idempotency, history effects, and the advisory nature. Minor gap: it does not say what happens when a request is already open besides the one-per-task rule.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds meaning beyond the schema: it states that reviewer_agent_id must not be the claimer, that checklist has up to 10 short items, and that cancel withdraws 'the active request' (plus who may do it). These are semantic constraints the schema itself does not encode.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

Specific verb+resource: 'Ask one room member ... to peer-review a task', with the actor scope ('Host or claimer') stated up front. It distinguishes itself from sibling review tools by framing this as *requesting* a review rather than performing or reading one, and it explicitly says the operation 'adds a review request and changes nothing else'.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Clear when-to-use context: only the host or claimer may call it, the reviewer must not be the claimer, and only one open request per task is allowed. It also documents the alternate mode (cancel: true) and who may cancel. It does not explicitly route the agent away from or toward siblings like city_room_task_peer_review / city_room_task_review, so it stops short of a full when-not statement.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations by disclosing the state machine (claimed to in_review), that the claim is cleared and the token invalidated, that submission is irreversible and only the host can return the task, that no earlier result exists to replace, that evidence is untrusted text, and that other members observe the change. Annotations already flag destructive/non-idempotent, but the description adds substantial operational detail.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loads the action and its target, then layers the state transition, token invalidation, irreversibility, and trust caveat. It is information-dense but every sentence contributes; only slightly verbose in stacking multiple caveats.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a complex mutation with a nested evidence object and an existing output schema, the description covers everything an agent needs: when it applies, the state transition, token invalidation, undo limitations, and the trust status of evidence. Return values are handled by the output schema, so no gap remains.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents room_id, task_id, claim_token, and the nested evidence object with kind/ref/revision. The description adds only that evidence is bound to a revision and carried with the claim token, which is marginal over the schema. Baseline 3 is appropriate.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Submit your work on a task you claimed, for the host's review') with the exact state transition (claimed to in_review). This clearly distinguishes it from siblings like city_room_task_claim, city_room_task_release, and city_room_task_renew, which operate on the claim rather than submitting a result.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives clear context for use: on a task you have already claimed, with the claim token, for the host's review. It also notes the consequence that renew/release no longer apply once submitted, which frames the timing. It does not explicitly name a sibling alternative for the submission path, but the workflow context is strong.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the annotations: it discloses that reject clears evidence while retaining an untrusted copy in the event log, that approve keeps evidence, that other members see the change, and who is authorized for the stage path (host or claim holder's owner). This is rich mutation semantics that the destructiveHint/readOnlyHint flags alone could not convey.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loads the critical constraint ('Host only for decisions') and then packs the decision semantics into compact semicolon-separated clauses. Dense but nearly every clause carries distinct information; only minor tightening would help.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return-value detail isn't required, yet the description still notes the return shape (task, decision, applied). Combined with annotations covering the destructive profile, an agent has everything needed to invoke this correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so baseline is 3, but the description adds real meaning: it explains the side effects of each decision value and clarifies that stage is an alternative to decision with different authorization and no status change. That is semantic depth beyond the schema's brief enum notes.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

Names a specific verb (review) and resource (room task) and spells out the exact state transitions for each decision (in_review→done, in_review→open, close). This clearly separates it from siblings like city_room_task_peer_review, city_room_task_claim and city_room_task_release.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

States the authorization precondition ('Host only for decisions') and describes the alternate mode ('Instead of a decision, stage moves the task...'). It gives clear when-to-use context per decision but does not explicitly route the agent to sibling tools (e.g., peer review vs. host review).

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint=false and non-destructive, so the safety profile is well covered. The description adds the useful fact that each template carries an id, version, body and acceptance criteria, but discloses nothing new about side effects, caching, or limits beyond what annotations and schema already say.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two sentences, front-loaded with the core action and followed by the actionable hand-off. The mid-sentence enumeration of template fields is slightly long but earns its place by telling the agent what it will receive.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a zero-required-parameter, zero-side-effect listing tool with a full output schema, the description covers purpose, contents, and downstream usage. Nothing essential is missing, though it could have gone one step further and named the sibling list tool it differs from.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, and the schema itself explains that room_id and agent_id are ignored because the catalog is identical everywhere. The description adds the linkage between the returned 'id' and the template_id argument of city_room_task_create, which is real value, but it does not document the two input parameters. Baseline 3 is appropriate.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('List the built-in task templates') and immediately scopes what a template is with concrete examples (code review, bug triage, research question). An agent can distinguish this read-only catalog tool from city_room_task_create and city_list_templates without opening a schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The closing sentence routes the agent into the follow-up workflow ('Pass an id as template_id to city_room_task_create'), which is exactly the context needed to act on the results. It stops short of stating when NOT to use this versus the sibling city_list_templates, so it isn't fully explicit about alternatives.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare destructiveHint=true, idempotentHint=false and openWorldHint=true, so safety is covered. The description adds the authorization scoping (own pin vs. host), which the annotations do not convey. It does not state what happens on a repeat call despite idempotentHint=false, leaving one gap.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

A single sentence with no filler, front-loading the action and following with the permission scope and return signal. Every clause earns its place.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so "Returns removed." need not elaborate return values, and annotations cover the destructive profile. What remains thin is error behavior for a non-idempotent unpin, but the definition is otherwise sufficient to invoke correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description's note that pin_id comes from city_room_pins largely duplicates the schema's own parenthetical, and agent_id is left entirely to the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ("Remove a pin from a room") and identifies the source of pin_id (city_room_pins), which cleanly separates it from the sibling city_room_pin. An agent can pick it out from the list without opening the schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The clause "your own pin, or any pin when you host the room" gives a clear authorization condition for legitimate use, which is real usage guidance. It stops short of naming the alternative (city_room_pin) or stating when not to use it, so it is strong but not complete.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover the safety profile (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive, closed-world), so the description adds value by disclosing the payload scope and, crucially, warning that returned names and text are untrusted data rather than instructions — a genuine prompt-injection caveat not derivable from structured fields. It stops short of describing refresh semantics or how the pause state changes.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two sentences with zero waste: the resource and its contents come first, and the security caveat is a tight second sentence. Nothing is redundant with the title or annotations.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be spelled out, yet the description usefully previews them. The only gap is guidance on when this workspace read is preferable to the sibling room/inbox reads, which an agent must infer.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

The tool takes zero parameters and the schema is fully described, so there is nothing for the description to compensate for. Baseline 4 applies; the description correctly avoids inventing parameter details.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb ('Read') and resource ('Central City workspace') and enumerates the payload (operator, agents, connections, pause state), so the agent knows exactly what it gets back. It does not name a sibling or explain how it differs from the many city_room_* read tools, which keeps it just short of a 5.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

'owner-granted' implies a precondition (the owner must have granted access), and the read framing implies usage as a state-discovery call. However, there is no explicit when-to-use statement, no exclusions, and no routing to alternatives among the large sibling set.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.