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test_connection

Read-only

Ping a connection (SELECT 1) and return server version + latency. Fast way to confirm credentials and network path without running describe_schema.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
connectionNoTarget connection name from this tenant's inventory. Call `list_connections` to see every name + dialect, then match semantically to the user's intent (e.g. 'analytics' → a connection named `*-analytics-*`; 'prod' → a connection with `prod-` prefix). If the user didn't specify, use the tenant's default (first added). Do not invent names — resolve from `list_connections` output.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
dataNo
metaNo
displayNo
summaryNo
insightsNo

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed4 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / data / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": true,
-    "properties": {
-      "current_database": {
-        "type": [
-          "string",
-          "null"
-        ]
-      },
-      "current_schema": {
-        "type": [
-          "string",
-          "null"
-        ]
-      },
-      "db_type": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "ok": {
-        "type": "boolean"
-      },
-      "ping_ms": {
-        "type": [
-          "number",
-          "string"
-        ]
-      },
-      "total_ms": {
-        "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
-      },
-      "version": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "ok"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": true,
-    "properties": {
-      "code": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "details": {
-        "additionalProperties": {},
-        "type": "object"
-      },
-      "error": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "internal_code": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "retry_after_s": {
-        "type": "number"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+    "properties": {
+      "current_database": {
+        "type": [
+          "string",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "current_schema": {
+        "type": [
+          "string",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "db_type": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "ok": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      },
+      "ping_ms": {
+        "type": [
+          "number",
+          "string"
+        ]
+      },
+      "total_ms": {
+        "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
+      },
+      "version": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "ok"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+    "properties": {
+      "code": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "details": {
+        "additionalProperties": {},
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "error": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "internal_code": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "message": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "retry_after_s": {
+        "type": "number"
+      },
+      "retryable": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "error"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  }
+]
    • addedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / maskedCells
      Added value: +{
+  "type": "number"
+}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / maskedColumns
      Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / rowCapReached
      Added value: +{
+  "type": "boolean"
+}
  2. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / data / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": true,
-    "properties": {
-      "current_database": {
-        "type": [
-          "string",
-          "null"
-        ]
-      },
-      "current_schema": {
-        "type": [
-          "string",
-          "null"
-        ]
-      },
-      "db_type": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "ok": {
-        "type": "boolean"
-      },
-      "ping_ms": {
-        "type": [
-          "number",
-          "string"
-        ]
-      },
-      "total_ms": {
-        "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
-      },
-      "version": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "ok"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": true,
-    "properties": {
-      "code": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "details": {
-        "additionalProperties": {},
-        "type": "object"
-      },
-      "error": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "internal_code": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "retry_after_s": {
-        "type": "number"
-      }
-    },
-    "type": "object"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+    "properties": {
+      "current_database": {
+        "type": [
+          "string",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "current_schema": {
+        "type": [
+          "string",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "db_type": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "ok": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      },
+      "ping_ms": {
+        "type": [
+          "number",
+          "string"
+        ]
+      },
+      "total_ms": {
+        "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
+      },
+      "version": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "ok"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": true,
+    "properties": {
+      "code": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "details": {
+        "additionalProperties": {},
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "error": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "internal_code": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "message": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "retry_after_s": {
+        "type": "number"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "error"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  }
+]
  3. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / connection / maxLength
      Added value: +256
  4. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • addedOutput schema / properties / display / properties / map
      Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": true,
+  "properties": {
+    "label": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "lat": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "lon": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "title": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}
    • changedOutput schema / properties / display / properties / type / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "enum": [
-      "table",
-      "chart",
-      "metric",
-      "code",
-      "text",
-      "list"
-    ],
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "enum": [
+      "table",
+      "chart",
+      "metric",
+      "code",
+      "text",
+      "list",
+      "map"
+    ],
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]
  5. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "additionalProperties": true,
+  "properties": {
+    "data": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "properties": {
+            "current_database": {
+              "type": [
+                "string",
+                "null"
+              ]
+            },
+            "current_schema": {
+              "type": [
+                "string",
+                "null"
+              ]
+            },
+            "db_type": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "ok": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "ping_ms": {
+              "type": [
+                "number",
+                "string"
+              ]
+            },
+            "total_ms": {
+              "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
+            },
+            "version": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "ok"
+          ],
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "properties": {
+            "code": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "details": {
+              "additionalProperties": {},
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "error": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "internal_code": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "message": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "retry_after_s": {
+              "type": "number"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "display": {
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "properties": {
+        "chart": {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "properties": {
+            "chartType": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "color": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "title": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "x": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "xLabel": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "y": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  "type": "array"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "yLabel": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "code": {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "properties": {
+            "executable": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "language": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "enum": [
+                    "sql",
+                    "json",
+                    "bash",
+                    "typescript"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "title": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "metric": {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "properties": {
+            "label": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "status": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "enum": [
+                    "good",
+                    "warning",
+                    "critical"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "trend": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "enum": [
+                    "up",
+                    "down",
+                    "neutral"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "trendValue": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "unit": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "value": {
+              "type": [
+                "string",
+                "number"
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "type": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "enum": [
+                "table",
+                "chart",
+                "metric",
+                "code",
+                "text",
+                "list"
+              ],
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "insights": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": true,
+        "properties": {
+          "column": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "message": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "severity": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "enum": [
+                  "info",
+                  "warning",
+                  "critical"
+                ],
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "value": {}
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "severity",
+          "message"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "meta": {
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "properties": {
+        "cacheHit": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "connection": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "dialect": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "enum": [
+                "postgres",
+                "mysql",
+                "mssql"
+              ],
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "executionTimeMs": {
+          "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
+        },
+        "plan": {},
+        "rowCount": {
+          "$ref": "#/properties/data/anyOf/0/properties/ping_ms"
+        },
+        "tool": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "truncated": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "summary": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}
  6. First observed

TDQS

A4.3/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true and openWorldHint=true, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds real behavioral context: it discloses the underlying SELECT 1 probe, that it validates credentials and network reachability, and that it returns version and latency (which explains variability implied by idempotentHint=false).

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

Conciseness5/5

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

Two sentences, no filler. The core action and return are front-loaded, with the usage discriminator second.

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, so return-value detail is unnecessary in the description. For a single-parameter read-only probe, the description plus a 100%-covered schema and annotations give the agent 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.

Parameters3/5

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

Schema description coverage is 100% and the single 'connection' parameter has a detailed, self-sufficient description with resolution instructions. The tool description adds nothing about the parameter, so the baseline of 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 (ping), resource (connection), the implementation (SELECT 1), and the return (server version + latency) in one sentence. It is clearly distinguishable from the sibling describe_schema, which is named for contrast.

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?

Frames the tool as a fast way to confirm credentials and network path, and explicitly positions it against describe_schema as the heavier alternative. It stops short of stating when not to use it (e.g., when you actually need schema structure), so it is clear context rather than full when/when-not guidance.

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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