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Interconnection Queue

get_interconnection_queue
Read-onlyIdempotent

Use this whenever the user asks about grid interconnection queues or how much load is waiting to connect. Call when the user asks how congested an ISO's interconnection queue is or how much data-center load is queued. Returns queued generation GW per ISO. The projects field changes shape: with iso= it is an array of per-project rows; without iso it is an all-ISO summary object (total, by_iso_count, top). ERCOT also returns its large-load (data-center) queue; other ISOs don't publish one. Keyless: a trimmed preview; free with an email-bound key. Ex: "How deep is ERCOT's queue?" iso optional (US ISO code); free = preview. For demand and headroom on the same ISO also call get_grid_intelligence.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
isoNoISO/RTO grid region to drill into: ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISONE; omit for the all-ISO snapshot
mpp_payNoStripe MPP step 1: true returns a signed per-call payment challenge (a quote; no money moves) instead of the free preview. Agents only.
mpp_credentialNoStripe MPP step 2: the Shared Payment Token minted for challenges[0]; pays that challenge for this one call.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
vNoVerification flag for the snapshot
isoNoISO/RTO this snapshot covers (per-ISO drill-down form)
as_ofNoQueue snapshot date
quotaNoCaller quota state (remaining calls, tier).
_entityNoPayload class (facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response); branch on it.
citationNoHow to attribute DC Hub: {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}, or the attribution line as a string.
projectsNoSHAPE DEPENDS ON THE CALL: with iso= this is an ARRAY of queued generation projects (largest / most recent first); with iso omitted it is the all-ISO SUMMARY OBJECT {total, tracked, by_iso_count, top, note} — per-project rows are not returned for the all-ISO snapshot. Check the type before indexing.
provenanceNoSource, method, as_of, verification_counts, license, cite_as; quote it when citing.
source_urlNoQueue source URL
_front_doorNoFirst-tool hint: plan_query(intent) returns the ordered plan.
source_nameNoQueue source name
_return_loopNoNext-session delta call (get_changes).
project_countNoProjects in the queue snapshot
top_subregionsNoProvenance / sub-region breakdown for the large-load figure (ERCOT)
queued_generation_gwNoGeneration interconnection queue in this ISO, GW (US ISOs; ERCOT's generation queue, not its large-load queue). null on NESO/IESO/AESO
queued_load_total_gwNoMeaning depends on queued_load_total_gw_basis: generation_queue = the generation queue (deprecated alias of queued_generation_gw, removed after 2026-11-15); large_load = ERCOT's large-load (demand) queue; mixed_connection_queue = NESO/IESO/AESO connections queue (generation AND demand). GW
new_applications_q_gwNoNew queue applications in the latest period, GW (when published)
new_applications_periodNoPeriod the new-applications figure covers
site_evaluation_handoffNoFollow-up calls [{tool, parameters, why}] when the payload carries coordinates.
queued_load_dc_share_pctNoERCOT: data-center share of the large-load queue, %. NESO/IESO/AESO: demand share of the connections queue, %. null elsewhere
historical_completion_pctNoShare of queued projects that historically complete, % (when published)
queued_load_data_center_gwNoERCOT: data-center load DERIVED as ~90% of the large-load queue, GW. NESO/IESO/AESO: demand projects in the connections queue (all demand, not data centres only). null elsewhere
queued_load_total_gw_basisNoWhat queued_load_total_gw measures on this row: generation_queue | large_load | mixed_connection_queue
queued_generation_gw_basis_noteNoWhat queued_generation_gw counts on this row: status filter and MW column, e.g. "Active only, summer MW". Present on the US generation-queue ISOs other than ERCOT; compare totals from other trackers only on the same basis
queued_generation_pending_revision_gwNoMISO only: GW of applications in Pending Revision Approval (summer MW), reported beside the active total and NOT part of queued_generation_gw. null on every other ISO, and null on the free preview like the other GW figures
queued_generation_pending_revision_gw_basisNoWhat queued_generation_pending_revision_gw counts: the MISO status, MW column, and that it is excluded from queued_generation_gw. Present only when the figure is

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Added
  2. Removed
  3. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / mpp_credential / description
      Previous value: -"Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 2: the Shared Payment Token you minted for challenges[0]. Set it here to pay $0.50 for this single call and receive the full result — no API key, no subscription, no human. One payment covers one call."New value: +"Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 2: the Shared Payment Token you minted for challenges[0]. Set it here to pay that challenge for this single call and receive the full result — no API key, no subscription, no human. One payment covers one call."
    • changedInput schema / properties / mpp_pay / description
      Previous value: -"Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 1: set true to receive a signed $0.50 payment challenge for this call instead of the free preview. No money moves — a challenge is a price quote. Humans never set this, so it does not affect the normal free/trial funnel."New value: +"Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 1: set true to receive a signed per-call payment challenge (the challenge states the amount) for this call instead of the free preview. No money moves — a challenge is a price quote. Humans never set this, so it does not affect the normal free/trial funnel."
  4. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / mpp_credential
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 2: the Shared Payment Token you minted for challenges[0]. Set it here to pay $0.50 for this single call and receive the full result — no API key, no subscription, no human. One payment covers one call.",
      +  "type": "string"
      +}
    • addedInput schema / properties / mpp_pay
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 1: set true to receive a signed $0.50 payment challenge for this call instead of the free preview. No money moves — a challenge is a price quote. Humans never set this, so it does not affect the normal free/trial funnel.",
      +  "type": "boolean"
      +}
  5. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / projects / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
      -  {
      -    "items": {
      -      "additionalProperties": {},
      -      "properties": {
      -        "capacity_mw": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "anyOf": [
      -                {
      -                  "type": "number"
      -                },
      -                {
      -                  "type": "string"
      -                }
      -              ]
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "Nameplate capacity, MW"
      -        },
      -        "county": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "County"
      -        },
      -        "fuel_type": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "Fuel / technology"
      -        },
      -        "iso": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "ISO/RTO"
      -        },
      -        "project_name": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "Project name"
      -        },
      -        "queue_date": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "Queue entry date"
      -        },
      -        "queue_id": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "ISO queue position id"
      -        },
      -        "queue_status": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "Queue status"
      -        },
      -        "state": {
      -          "anyOf": [
      -            {
      -              "type": "string"
      -            },
      -            {
      -              "type": "null"
      -            }
      -          ],
      -          "description": "US state"
      -        }
      -      },
      -      "type": "object"
      -    },
      -    "type": "array"
      -  },
      -  {
      -    "type": "null"
      -  }
      -]New value: +[
      +  {
      +    "anyOf": [
      +      {
      +        "items": {
      +          "additionalProperties": {},
      +          "properties": {
      +            "capacity_mw": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "anyOf": [
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "number"
      +                    },
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Nameplate capacity, MW"
      +            },
      +            "county": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "County"
      +            },
      +            "fuel_type": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Fuel / technology"
      +            },
      +            "iso": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "ISO/RTO"
      +            },
      +            "project_name": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Project name"
      +            },
      +            "queue_date": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Queue entry date"
      +            },
      +            "queue_id": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "ISO queue position id"
      +            },
      +            "queue_status": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Queue status"
      +            },
      +            "state": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "US state"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        "type": "array"
      +      },
      +      {
      +        "additionalProperties": {},
      +        "properties": {
      +          "by_iso_count": {
      +            "description": "Per-ISO project counts, e.g. {\"PJM\":972,\"ERCOT\":1893,\"CAISO\":279}"
      +          },
      +          "note": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "How the all-ISO rollup was assembled and where to get the full per-ISO list"
      +          },
      +          "top": {
      +            "description": "The largest projects across all ISOs (same row shape as the per-ISO array form)"
      +          },
      +          "total": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "number"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  }
      +                ]
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Projects in the full multi-ISO queue, e.g. 5512"
      +          },
      +          "tracked": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "boolean"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Whether DC Hub has classified named per-project rows for this snapshot"
      +          }
      +        },
      +        "type": "object"
      +      }
      +    ]
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "type": "null"
      +  }
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / projects / description
      Previous value: -"Queued generation projects (largest / most recent first)"New value: +"SHAPE DEPENDS ON THE CALL: with iso= this is an ARRAY of queued generation projects (largest / most recent first); with iso omitted it is the all-ISO SUMMARY OBJECT {total, tracked, by_iso_count, top, note} — per-project rows are not returned for the all-ISO snapshot. Check the type before indexing."
  6. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • removedInput schema / $schema
      Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
    • removedOutput schema / $schema
      Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
  7. Changed5 schema fields changed
    • removedOutput schema / properties / citation / additionalProperties
      Removed value: -{}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / citation / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "additionalProperties": {},
      +    "properties": {},
      +    "type": "object"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "type": "string"
      +  }
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / citation / description
      Previous value: -"Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload."New value: +"Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload. Normally an OBJECT {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}; a bare string is accepted and carries the attribution line itself."
    • removedOutput schema / properties / citation / properties
      Removed value: -{}
    • removedOutput schema / properties / citation / type
      Removed value: -"object"
  8. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedOutput schema / properties / _front_door
      Added value: +{
      +  "additionalProperties": {},
      +  "description": "In-band front-door hint (first workflow-entry tool of a session): call plan_query(intent) first for the ordered multi-step plan.",
      +  "properties": {},
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
  9. Changed20 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / description
      Previous value: -"DC Hub envelope: structuredContent mirrors the JSON payload in content[0].text — tool-specific data fields ride at the top level alongside these envelope keys."New value: +"ISO interconnection-queue snapshot: queued GW, per-project rows, and (ERCOT) the large-load data-center queue — alongside the DC Hub envelope keys."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / as_of
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Queue snapshot date"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / historical_completion_pct
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Share of queued projects that historically complete, % (when published)"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / iso
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "ISO/RTO this snapshot covers (per-ISO drill-down form)"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / new_applications_period
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Period the new-applications figure covers"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / new_applications_q_gw
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "New queue applications in the latest period, GW (when published)"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / project_count
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Projects in the queue snapshot"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / projects
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "items": {
      +        "additionalProperties": {},
      +        "properties": {
      +          "capacity_mw": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "number"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  }
      +                ]
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Nameplate capacity, MW"
      +          },
      +          "county": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "County"
      +          },
      +          "fuel_type": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Fuel / technology"
      +          },
      +          "iso": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "ISO/RTO"
      +          },
      +          "project_name": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Project name"
      +          },
      +          "queue_date": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Queue entry date"
      +          },
      +          "queue_id": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "ISO queue position id"
      +          },
      +          "queue_status": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "Queue status"
      +          },
      +          "state": {
      +            "anyOf": [
      +              {
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              {
      +                "type": "null"
      +              }
      +            ],
      +            "description": "US state"
      +          }
      +        },
      +        "type": "object"
      +      },
      +      "type": "array"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Queued generation projects (largest / most recent first)"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / queued_load_data_center_gw
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "ERCOT only: large-load (data-center-driven) queue, GW — null for ISOs that publish no comparable feed"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / queued_load_dc_share_pct
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "ERCOT only: data-center share of queued load, %"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / queued_load_total_gw
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Total queued GENERATION capacity in this ISO, GW"
      +}
    • removedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff / additionalProperties
      Removed value: -{}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "items": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "type": "array"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "additionalProperties": {},
      +    "properties": {},
      +    "type": "object"
      +  }
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff / description
      Previous value: -"Pre-built follow-up call (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates."New value: +"Pre-built follow-up calls (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates — an array of {tool, parameters, why} entries."
    • removedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff / properties
      Removed value: -{}
    • removedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff / type
      Removed value: -"object"
    • addedOutput schema / properties / source_name
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Queue source name"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / source_url
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Queue source URL"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / top_subregions
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Provenance / sub-region breakdown for the large-load figure (ERCOT)"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / v
      Added value: +{
      +  "anyOf": [
      +    {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "type": "null"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "description": "Verification flag for the snapshot"
      +}
  10. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
      +  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
      +  "additionalProperties": {},
      +  "description": "DC Hub envelope: structuredContent mirrors the JSON payload in content[0].text — tool-specific data fields ride at the top level alongside these envelope keys.",
      +  "properties": {
      +    "_entity": {
      +      "description": "Payload class discriminator (e.g. facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response) — branch on this before parsing the rest.",
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "_return_loop": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Suggested next-session delta call (get_changes since=24h) so you pull only what changed.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "citation": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "provenance": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Collection-level provenance block: {source, method, as_of, verification_counts, cite_url_template, license, cite_as}. Quote the verification level when citing.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "quota": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Caller quota state (remaining calls, tier) when available.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "site_evaluation_handoff": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Pre-built follow-up call (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
  11. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / iso / description
      Added value: +"ISO/RTO grid region to drill into: ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISONE; omit for the all-ISO snapshot"
  12. Added

TDQS

A4.8/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already cover safety (readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive), and the description adds substantial behavior: the projects field changes shape based on the iso argument, ERCOT uniquely returns a large-load data-center queue, and the tool is keyless-limited (trimmed preview) vs free with an email-bound key. This is rich context beyond 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.

Conciseness4/5

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

Front-loaded with the primary purpose and use cases, then layers shape behavior, keying, and an example. It is dense and mostly earns its place, though the run-on clustering of shape/keying/example sentences is slightly crowded.

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

Completeness5/5

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

An output schema exists, yet the description still clarifies response shape variability, ISO scope, the ERCOT-only large-load nuance, and access tiers. Nothing an agent needs to call it correctly appears missing, and the sibling cross-reference closes the loop.

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

Parameters4/5

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

Schema description coverage is already 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds meaning beyond it by explaining that iso changes the projects response shape and that ERCOT alone publishes a large-load queue. It does not add much on the mpp_pay/mpp_credential params, but those are well covered in the schema.

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+resource: returns queued generation GW per ISO for interconnection queues, framing it as load waiting to connect. An agent can distinguish this from grid congestion or demand tools by the explicit 'queued generation GW per ISO' phrasing.

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

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Gives concrete when-to-use triggers ('how congested an ISO's interconnection queue is', 'how much data-center load is queued') plus an explicit cross-reference to a sibling for adjacent needs ('for demand and headroom on the same ISO also call get_grid_intelligence'). It even supplies an example query.

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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