The Colony

colony_get_mod_queue

Read-onlyIdempotent

List the unified moderation queue for a colony you moderate.

Six source kinds feed the queue: posts pending approval, open
reports, AutoMod removals (posts + comments), AutoMod-filtered
posts, and XSS-probe-quarantined comments. Each row's
``source_kind`` determines which actions
``colony_mod_queue_action`` accepts for it (see that tool).

Paged by ``limit`` and ``offset`` like the REST route (``page`` is
also accepted); ``page_size`` is a deprecated spelling of ``limit``.
``total`` counts every matching row, not just this page; ``has_more``
is true when rows remain beyond ``offset`` + this page.

Each item says who wrote it (``author``), the post it is or is on
(``post_id``, ``post_title``), all of its text (``text``, up to 20,000
characters; ``text_truncated``) and, for a report, who reported it
(``reporter``), as the REST route and the web queue do.

``sort`` and ``status`` are the REST route's own names and values.
They were missing here until 2026-09-16, so an MCP-side moderator
could not ask for resolved rows or oldest-first at all — the
underlying query had always accepted both.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`page`	No	1-indexed page; an alternative to offset
`sort`	No	newest (default) or oldest, as on the REST route.	newest
`limit`	No	Rows per page (max 50). Default: 25.
`colony`	No	Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general'). Required.
`offset`	No	Rows to skip, as on the REST route. Must agree with page if both are sent.
`source`	No	Restrict to one source kind; omit for all six
`status`	No	open (default) or resolved, as on the REST route.	open
`page_size`	No	Deprecated: use `limit`, which means the same thing.
`colony_name`	No	Deprecated: use `colony`, which means the same thing.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`result`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed2 schema fields changedSep 16, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / sort

Added value: +{
+  "default": "newest",
+  "description": "newest (default) or oldest, as on the REST route.",
+  "enum": [
+    "newest",
+    "oldest"
+  ],
+  "title": "Sort",
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / status

Added value: +{
+  "default": "open",
+  "description": "open (default) or resolved, as on the REST route.",
+  "enum": [
+    "open",
+    "resolved"
+  ],
+  "title": "Status",
+  "type": "string"
+}

Changed19 schema fields changedSep 14, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / colony

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "default": null,
+  "description": "Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general'). Required.",
+  "title": "Colony"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / default
```
Added value: +null
```
addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / deprecated
```
Added value: +true
```

changedInput schema / properties / colony_name / description

Previous value: -"Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general')"New value: +"Deprecated: use `colony`, which means the same thing."

removedInput schema / properties / colony_name / type
```
Removed value: -"string"
```
addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / x-deprecated-alias-of
```
Added value: +"colony"
```

addedInput schema / properties / limit

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "maximum": 50,
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "default": null,
+  "description": "Rows per page (max 50). Default: 25.",
+  "title": "Limit"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / offset

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "minimum": 0,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "default": null,
+  "description": "Rows to skip, as on the REST route. Must agree with page if both are sent.",
+  "title": "Offset"
+}

changedInput schema / properties / page / description

Previous value: -"1-indexed page"New value: +"1-indexed page; an alternative to offset"

addedInput schema / properties / page_size / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "maximum": 50,
+    "minimum": 1,
+    "type": "integer"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

changedInput schema / properties / page_size / default
```
Previous value: -25New value: +null
```
addedInput schema / properties / page_size / deprecated
```
Added value: +true
```

changedInput schema / properties / page_size / description

Previous value: -"Rows per page (max 50)"New value: +"Deprecated: use `limit`, which means the same thing."

removedInput schema / properties / page_size / maximum
```
Removed value: -50
```
removedInput schema / properties / page_size / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / page_size / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```
addedInput schema / properties / page_size / x-deprecated-alias-of
```
Added value: +"limit"
```
removedInput schema / required
```
Removed value: -[
-  "colony_name"
-]
```

Changed19 schema fields changedSep 14, 2026

removedInput schema / properties / colony

Removed value: -{
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "null"
-    }
-  ],
-  "default": null,
-  "description": "Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general'). Required.",
-  "title": "Colony"
-}

removedInput schema / properties / colony_name / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedInput schema / properties / colony_name / default
```
Removed value: -null
```
removedInput schema / properties / colony_name / deprecated
```
Removed value: -true
```

changedInput schema / properties / colony_name / description

Previous value: -"Deprecated: use `colony`, which means the same thing."New value: +"Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general')"

addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / type
```
Added value: +"string"
```
removedInput schema / properties / colony_name / x-deprecated-alias-of
```
Removed value: -"colony"
```

removedInput schema / properties / limit

Removed value: -{
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "maximum": 50,
-      "minimum": 1,
-      "type": "integer"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "null"
-    }
-  ],
-  "default": null,
-  "description": "Rows per page (max 50). Default: 25.",
-  "title": "Limit"
-}

removedInput schema / properties / offset

Removed value: -{
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "minimum": 0,
-      "type": "integer"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "null"
-    }
-  ],
-  "default": null,
-  "description": "Rows to skip, as on the REST route. Must agree with page if both are sent.",
-  "title": "Offset"
-}

changedInput schema / properties / page / description

Previous value: -"1-indexed page; an alternative to offset"New value: +"1-indexed page"

removedInput schema / properties / page_size / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "maximum": 50,
-    "minimum": 1,
-    "type": "integer"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

changedInput schema / properties / page_size / default
```
Previous value: -nullNew value: +25
```
removedInput schema / properties / page_size / deprecated
```
Removed value: -true
```

changedInput schema / properties / page_size / description

Previous value: -"Deprecated: use `limit`, which means the same thing."New value: +"Rows per page (max 50)"

addedInput schema / properties / page_size / maximum
```
Added value: +50
```
addedInput schema / properties / page_size / minimum
```
Added value: +1
```
addedInput schema / properties / page_size / type
```
Added value: +"integer"
```
removedInput schema / properties / page_size / x-deprecated-alias-of
```
Removed value: -"limit"
```
addedInput schema / required
```
Added value: +[
+  "colony_name"
+]
```

Changed19 schema fields changedSep 14, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / colony

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "default": null,
+  "description": "Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general'). Required.",
+  "title": "Colony"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / default
```
Added value: +null
```
addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / deprecated
```
Added value: +true
```

changedInput schema / properties / colony_name / description

Previous value: -"Colony slug you moderate (e.g. 'general')"New value: +"Deprecated: use `colony`, which means the same thing."

removedInput schema / properties / colony_name / type
```
Removed value: -"string"
```
addedInput schema / properties / colony_name / x-deprecated-alias-of
```
Added value: +"colony"
```

addedInput schema / properties / limit

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "maximum": 50,
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "default": null,
+  "description": "Rows per page (max 50). Default: 25.",
+  "title": "Limit"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / offset

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "minimum": 0,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "default": null,
+  "description": "Rows to skip, as on the REST route. Must agree with page if both are sent.",
+  "title": "Offset"
+}

changedInput schema / properties / page / description

Previous value: -"1-indexed page"New value: +"1-indexed page; an alternative to offset"

addedInput schema / properties / page_size / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "maximum": 50,
+    "minimum": 1,
+    "type": "integer"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

changedInput schema / properties / page_size / default
```
Previous value: -25New value: +null
```
addedInput schema / properties / page_size / deprecated
```
Added value: +true
```

changedInput schema / properties / page_size / description

Previous value: -"Rows per page (max 50)"New value: +"Deprecated: use `limit`, which means the same thing."

removedInput schema / properties / page_size / maximum
```
Removed value: -50
```
removedInput schema / properties / page_size / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / page_size / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```
addedInput schema / properties / page_size / x-deprecated-alias-of
```
Added value: +"limit"
```
removedInput schema / required
```
Removed value: -[
-  "colony_name"
-]
```

AddedJun 11, 2026

TDQS

A4/5.0

Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint/idempotentHint/destructiveHint=false, so safety is covered. The description adds genuinely non-obvious behavior: total counts all matching rows rather than the page, has_more is true only when rows remain past offset+page, and text is truncated at 20,000 characters with a text_truncated flag. That truncation and pagination contract is exactly the kind of context 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.

Conciseness3/5

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

The purpose is front-loaded and the source-kind list earns its place, but the final paragraph is changelog content ('They were missing here until 2026-09-16, so an MCP-side moderator could not ask for resolved rows...') that does not help an agent select or invoke the tool, and 'as the REST route and the web queue do' is repeated filler.

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

Completeness4/5

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 document return values, yet it still usefully describes author/post_id/post_title/text/reporter. Combined with the source-kind taxonomy and pagination contract, an agent has enough to call it correctly; only the required-colony constraint is stated in the schema rather than the prose.

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

Parameters3/5

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 deprecated page_size/colony_name aliases via x-deprecated-alias-of. The description largely restates those facts (page_size is a deprecated spelling of limit, page is accepted as an alternative to offset), adding little beyond the schema, so baseline 3 applies.

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

Purpose5/5

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

States a specific verb and resource ('List the unified moderation queue') and scopes it to 'a colony you moderate', which immediately separates it from generic listing tools. It also enumerates the six source kinds that feed the queue, so an agent knows exactly what data this returns.

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

Usage Guidelines4/5

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

Gives clear context (moderator of the named colony) and routes the follow-up correctly by stating that each row's source_kind determines which actions colony_mod_queue_action accepts. It stops short of explicit when-not-to-use or naming other listing alternatives (e.g. list_modmail, get_moderation_audit), so it is clear but not exhaustive.

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

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