Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
Annotations already declare readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive, closed-world, so the bar is lower. The description still adds value: it reinforces 'never starts or retries work' and explains what different status outcomes mean (validation's 10-ready-Mind rule, retained result vs terminal error, and the condition for a final score). This is genuine behavioral context beyond 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.