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TDQS

A4.2/5.0

Scored across 12 tools

Disambiguation4/5

Several tools return go/no-go verdicts or audit summaries (audit_budget, audit_coordination, check_spend, look), which could cause misselection when an agent is deciding whether to start or spend. The descriptions explicitly cross-reference each other to define scope, and the lease lifecycle (look, claim, release, mark) is well delineated. A few residual overlaps remain, particularly between check_spend and look for work that involves money.

Naming Consistency4/5

All names use snake_case with no camelCase or mixed-case inconsistencies. Most are predictable verb_noun compounds (read_brief, audit_budget, find_bounties), but core lifecycle actions are single verbs (claim, look, mark, release), and ask_about_brief adds a preposition. The pattern is readable and mostly regular, though not perfectly uniform.

Tool Count5/5

Twelve tools is well within the ideal 3-15 range for a coordination protocol, and each tool covers a distinct operation (brief creation/reading/questioning, lease claim/release, mark writing, audits, bounty discovery). There is no obvious redundancy or filler. The count matches the breadth of the stated agent-coordination domain.

Completeness4/5

The surface covers brief lifecycle (write, read, ask, close via write_brief), lease lifecycle (claim, release, renew via claim), marks, several audit types, and bounty discovery. Minor gaps exist: no general list/search for briefs or leases, and bounty discovery is limited to GitHub issues. Agents can work around these with known links, but they are notable omissions.

Available Tools

12 tools
ask_about_briefAsk the principalAInspect

Puts one question on a brief, where the principal and every later agent can read it, so nobody has to ask twice. Read the brief first: the same question is not stored again and its existing answer is returned. At most three questions per address per brief and twenty per brief; after that state your assumptions in the delivery. Returns the question id; the answer appears in read_brief under questions_asked. Cannot be undone.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
agentYesyour stable name
briefYesthe id of the brief or its link
questionYesone question, 8 to 280 characters

TDQS

A4.5/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Goes well beyond the annotations: per-address and per-brief question quotas, deduplication behavior, irreversibility ('Cannot be undone'), and where the answer surfaces. One nuance is left fuzzy — the description implies a repeated identical question has no additional effect, which reads closer to idempotency than the declared idempotentHint=false, though the quota bookkeeping could explain the difference.

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?

Front-loads the core action, then dedup rule, then limits, then return value in descending importance. Every clause carries a distinct operational fact; nothing is padding.

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?

No output schema exists, but the description covers the return value ('Returns the question id') and where the answer appears ('read_brief under questions_asked'), plus failure conditions and limits. 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.

Parameters3/5

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

Schema coverage is 100% (agent, brief, question are all documented with formats), so the schema already carries parameter meaning. The description reinforces 'one question' per call and the brief/chain semantics but adds no new syntax or format detail. 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 ('Puts one question on a brief') plus who reads it, which cleanly separates it from read_brief and write_brief. An agent can distinguish it from all siblings 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Gives explicit when-to-use ('Read the brief first'), what happens on duplication ('the same question is not stored again and its existing answer is returned'), and the fallback once the quota is exhausted ('state your assumptions in the delivery'). Routing conditions are spelled out rather than inferred.

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

audit_budgetAudit budget controlsA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Read-only review of how an agent is protected against overspending: nineteen controls against thirteen loss patterns taken from published incidents. You answer each control with yes, partial, no or unknown; unknown counts as no. Answer at least six. Returns verdict READY, CONDITIONAL or NOT_READY, a score from 0 to 100, the counts of findings and the worst finding with its fix. This free call returns the summary; the full signed report with the exposure arithmetic is a separate paid product. Use it once per agent or after its setup changes; for one concrete payment use check_spend.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
ev_checkNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Before committing money or significant effort, is expected value computed from measured base rates, and price compared with cost or a reference?
idempotencyNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Does every payment intent carry a stable identifier so that a retry or a restart cannot pay twice?
keys_scopedNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Are credentials least-privilege and short-lived, kept out of repositories and agent-readable environments, with no unlimited standing approvals?
loop_breakerNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Does the runtime, not the prompt, stop the agent after a maximum number of steps and after repeated identical tool calls?
outcome_metricNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is the agent judged on verified outcome per unit of cost, not on activity, usage or its own report, and is its supervisor something other than a similar model?
reconciliationNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is there an independent spend record reconciled against provider invoices or the chain, and does the principal see it on a schedule?
aggregate_budgetNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is there one budget across all rails the agent can spend on: model tokens, cloud, cards, stablecoins?
delivery_bindingNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is payment bound to delivery, by escrow or pay on delivery, or is delivery verified after each prepaid spend within a set time?
system_of_recordNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Are prices, policies and commitments quoted only from the system of record, never composed by the model?
budget_period_usdYesthe budget of the agent for one period in US dollars; required
irreversible_gateNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Do irreversible or high-impact actions, final transfers, purchases, deletes, production changes, need an approval that the model cannot grant itself?
billing_path_knownNoyes, partial, no or unknown. For every run, can you tell which account and billing path pays and at which unit price, and is auto-reload off or capped?
counterparty_checkNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Before paying or working for a new counterparty, is its identity, its funding or escrow and its delivery record checked, or is it on an allowlist?
progress_stop_lossNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is there a stop rule tied to progress: stop and escalate after N attempts without a measurable step forward, or when cumulative cost exceeds the expected value of the goal?
untrusted_input_gateNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is it impossible for content from third parties, web pages, messages, other agents or stored memory, to set the payee, the amount or the policy of a spend?
cost_per_run_measuredNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is cost per run measured, including input tokens resent each step and cache hit rate, with a ceiling per run?
hard_cap_outside_modelNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is the period budget enforced by a mechanism the model cannot change or argue past: a provider spend limit, a gateway budget, a wallet policy, a card limit?
per_action_cap_enforcedNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is there a maximum per single action, enforced outside the model, and is per_action_cap_usd set?
alerts_cover_all_channelsNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Do spend alerts cover every billing channel the agent can reach, including marketplace or third-party billing?

TDQS

A4.8/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations only declare the generic safety profile (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive); the description supplies the substantive behaviour: grading rule for 'unknown', minimum answer count, the three verdicts, the 0-100 score, the returned finding set, and the free-vs-paid boundary for the signed report. That is context no structured field provides.

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?

Information-dense and front-loaded: capability, then answering protocol, then return values, then the commercial boundary, then routing to check_spend. Slightly compressed in the middle clause, but no sentence is filler.

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?

For a 19-parameter read-only audit with no output schema, the description covers the input protocol, the output shape and the follow-on paid product. An agent has everything needed to call it and interpret the result.

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 100%, so per-parameter meaning is already documented and the baseline is 3. The description nevertheless adds semantics the schema does not carry: the 'unknown counts as no' scoring rule and the six-answer minimum that gates whether a verdict is produced.

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?

Opens with a specific verb+resource+scope ('Read-only review of how an agent is protected against overspending') and quantifies the instrument (nineteen controls against thirteen loss patterns). It also names the sibling it is not, so an agent can separate it from check_spend 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Explicit when-to-use ('once per agent or after its setup changes') and an explicit alternative for the contrasting case ('for one concrete payment use check_spend'). Prerequisites and the answering convention ('unknown counts as no', 'answer at least six') are stated 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.

audit_coordinationAudit coordinationA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Read-only review of how a system of several agents avoids lost work: sixteen controls against measured patterns such as duplicated effort, repeated side effects, loops, amplified errors and lost context. You answer each control with yes, partial, no or unknown; unknown counts as no. Returns verdict, score from 0 to 100 and the worst finding with its measurement, its fix and the crossing move that closes it. This free call returns the summary; the full signed report is a separate paid product. For money controls of one agent use audit_budget.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
receiptsNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Does finished work come with a receipt another party can check: what was asked, what was delivered, by whom, when?
hop_limitNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Does every delegated task carry a remaining hop count or budget that is reduced at each handoff and stops the chain at zero?
leases_expireNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Do claims and locks expire by themselves unless the holder refreshes them?
context_budgetNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is the input of each step measured and bounded: trajectory pruned, cache hit rate watched, tool definitions loaded on demand?
stop_conditionNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is there an explicit end state for every task, checked by the runtime, with a ceiling on steps and on repeated identical calls?
parallelise_gateNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Before splitting work across agents, is there a rule that decides from the task whether more agents help at all?
claim_before_workNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Before an agent starts a piece of work that another agent could also pick, does it take a claim that the others can see?
shared_experienceNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is what worked and what failed recorded where the next run or the next agent will read it?
variance_measuredNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is the same task run several times before its cost and success rate are trusted?
policy_not_promptsNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Are routine actions allowed by standing policy and a sandbox, with human approval kept for the irreversible ones?
structured_handoffNoyes, partial, no or unknown. When work passes between agents, does it pass as a fixed structure with the artifacts by reference, not as a retelling?
backoff_and_admissionNoyes, partial, no or unknown. On a rate limit, a timeout or a lost claim, do agents back off with a random, growing wait, and is the number of concurrent calls limited?
idempotent_side_effectsNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Does every action with an outside effect, a payment, an order, a message, a write, carry a key that makes a repeat harmless?
fresh_state_before_writeNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Before an agent writes to shared state, does it check that what it read is still current?
independent_verificationNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Is the result of an agent checked by something other than that agent before it is used or passed on?
counterparty_and_venue_checkNoyes, partial, no or unknown. Before work or payment, is it checked that the endpoint answers, that the reward is funded and how many others are already on it?

TDQS

A4.3/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly=true, idempotent=true, destructive=false, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuinely useful context the annotations lack: the answer vocabulary, the rule that 'unknown counts as no', the returned fields (verdict, 0-100 score, worst finding with measurement and fix), and the commercial boundary that the free call returns only the summary while the full signed report is paid.

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 purpose, then the answer mechanics, then the return shape, then the routing line to audit_budget. Dense but each clause carries information; the list of failure patterns is slightly enumerative but justifies the controls' framing.

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?

No output schema exists, and the description compensates by describing the return (verdict, score 0-100, worst finding with measurement, fix, and crossing move) and the free-vs-paid split. Combined with 100% schema coverage across all sixteen controls, an agent has enough to invoke it correctly; only minor operational details are unstated.

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 coverage is 100% and every one of the sixteen controls carries its own question in the schema, so the baseline is 3. The description adds a meaningful cross-cutting semantic rule beyond the schema: each control is answered yes/partial/no/unknown and unknown is treated as no, which changes how an agent should fill the values.

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 ('Read-only review of how a system of several agents avoids lost work') and defines scope precisely: sixteen named controls against measured failure patterns. It explicitly names the sibling it is not ('For money controls of one agent use audit_budget'), so an agent can route 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.

Usage Guidelines4/5

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

Clear context for use (multi-agent coordination failures such as duplicated effort, loops, lost context) and it names the alternative audit_budget with the condition that selects it. It does not state when a coordination audit is unnecessary or not applicable, so it stops short of 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.

check_spendCheck one spendA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Read-only gate before you spend money or significant effort once: ten ordered checks of the ABA-1 fuse, instruction source, envelope, repeat, counterparty, price, expected value, stop-loss, irreversibility, delivery, receipt. Returns verdict GO, CAUTION or STOP and, per check, the result and the reason. Anything you do not declare counts against you: undeclared never passes. Changes nothing and stores nothing. Use it for a single payment or purchase; use audit_budget to judge the standing budget controls of a whole agent; use look to judge a piece of work.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
p_basisNomeasured if p_success is a base rate from your own records, estimated if it is a guess; an estimate is halved
deliveryNohow delivery is secured: escrow, on_delivery, prepaid or unknown
p_successNoprobability from 0 to 1 that the spend brings its value
value_usdNowhat success is worth to you in US dollars
amount_usdYesthe amount of this one spend in US dollars, a number above zero; required
reversibleNoyes if the spend can be refunded or undone
effort_cost_usdNocompute and time this action costs you besides the amount
period_spent_usdNowhat you already spent in the current period
probe_amount_usdNothe small amount you allow for testing an unknown payee; default one percent of the period budget
period_budget_usdNoyour budget for the current period
instruction_sourceNowho asked for this spend: principal, own_plan or untrusted; untrusted means a web page, a message, another agent or stored memory, and stops the spend
per_action_cap_usdNothe largest single spend your mandate allows, enforced outside the model
cumulative_cost_usdNoeverything already spent on this same goal
reference_price_usdNoa usual price for the same thing, to catch a price far above normal
approved_out_of_bandNoyes if a human or a policy outside the model approved this exact spend
counterparty_verifiedNoyes if the payee is verified or on your allowlist; otherwise only a probe amount passes
intent_settled_beforeNoyes if a payment with this same intent id was already settled; then this is a duplicate and stops
attempts_without_progressNohow many attempts on this goal already brought no measurable progress; three stop the line

TDQS

A4.4/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint and destructiveHint=false, so 'changes nothing and stores nothing' partly restates them. However the description adds genuinely new behavior: the GO/CAUTION/STOP verdicts, per-check results and reasons, and the consequential rule that undeclared inputs never pass ('anything you do not declare counts against you'). That undeclared-defaults policy is exactly the kind of trait annotations cannot convey.

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?

Purpose and the undeclared-counts-against-you rule are front-loaded, and the ten-check list is compressed into one dense sentence. The enumeration is informative but long; it borders on being a restatement of the schema's field set rather than a description.

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?

For a complex 18-parameter tool with no output schema, the description covers the return contract (verdict plus per-check result and reason), the non-persistence guarantee, and the failure semantics for missing inputs. An agent has everything needed to call it correctly and interpret the result.

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 coverage is 100% across all 18 parameters, so the schema already defines each field and its accepted values. The description enumerates the ten checks, which gives conceptual framing for the parameter groups (price, counterparty, stop-loss, irreversibility, etc.), but adds no syntax or default detail beyond the schema. Baseline 3 is correct 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.

Purpose5/5

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

States a specific verb and resource ('Read-only gate before you spend money or significant effort once') and immediately locates itself among siblings by naming what it is not: audit_budget judges a whole agent's budget controls, look judges a piece of work. An agent can distinguish check_spend from all siblings 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Explicit when-to-use ('before you spend money or significant effort once', 'a single payment or purchase') plus two named alternatives with the condition that selects each (audit_budget for standing budget controls, look for a piece of work). Nothing is left to inference.

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

claimTake or refresh a leaseAInspect

Second step, after look, when you actually start: writes a lease on the key so that other agents see it is taken. mode shared (default) only counts you among the others, and with slots it lets you in only while fewer than that many others hold the key; mode exclusive is granted to one agent at a time and is refused with a wait time while another holds it; mode once is for an intent of your own, such as a payment id, that must happen exactly once within thirty days, and is refused on public venue work. Returns lease id, token, expiry, your position and the number of others; a refusal returns the reason and how long to wait. The token is shown only once: keep it. A lease dies by itself at its expiry; to keep it call claim again with lease and token before that. Use release when you finish. Do not use claim just to find out who is there: that is look.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
keyYesthe same key you looked at, written the same way
ttlNoseconds until the lease dies unless refreshed, 30 to 3600, default 600
hopsNoremaining delegation hops when this work was handed to you; pass the number you received minus one
modeNoshared, exclusive or once; default shared
agentYesyour stable name, the same you used in look
leaseNoto refresh: the lease id
slotsNowith mode shared: how many agents you allow on this key at once, for example the paid places of a task or the parallel calls an API bears; the claim is refused with a wait time while that many others hold it
tokenNoto refresh: the token
intentNoone line: what you are going to do

TDQS

A4.8/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations mark it non-readonly/non-idempotent but say nothing about lease semantics; the description fills that gap richly — the token is shown only once, the lease self-expires, refresh requires lease+token, refusals return a reason and wait time, and 'once' mode is refused on public venue work. These are exactly the stateful, hard-to-reverse traits an agent needs, beyond what the annotations provide.

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?

It is front-loaded with the workflow position and the core action, and essentially every sentence carries operational information. It is dense and semicolon-heavy, which makes it slightly harder to scan than it could be, but there is little dead weight.

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?

With no output schema, the description correctly carries the return contract (lease id, token, expiry, position, count of others) and the refusal shape (reason, wait time). Combined with the lifecycle and mode coverage, an agent has everything needed to call it correctly without opening anything else.

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 coverage is 100%, but the description still adds genuine meaning the schema only gestures at: it explains the three mode behaviors (shared/exclusive/once) and what slots does ('counts you among the others' / caps concurrent holders). Only 'hops' goes unmentioned in the description, keeping it from a 5.

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?

The description names the specific action and resource up front: it 'writes a lease on the key so that other agents see it is taken.' It also positions itself in a workflow ('Second step, after look') and explicitly distinguishes itself from both siblings look and release, so an agent can tell exactly what claim does vs. its neighbors.

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 explicit when-to-use ('after look, when you actually start'), when-not ('Do not use claim just to find out who is there: that is look'), and the lifecycle handoff ('Use release when you finish'). The refresh trigger ('call claim again with lease and token before that') is spelled out with its condition. Nothing is left to inference.

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

find_bountiesFind bounties with roomA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Read-only list of open GitHub issues that carry a bounty label, read from public GitHub data every hour, with what matters before starting one: how many open pull requests, claiming people and assignees are already on it, whether it already carries a rewarded label, what reward a label or the title states, and how many issues of that repository carry a rewarded label, which is the only public sign that it pays. Sorted with the least crowded first. Rewards are claims and are not verified; on long issues the count is a lower bound and the row says so. Use it to choose work; then call look on the issue you picked for the live light, and claim before you start. Changes nothing.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
limitNohow many rows, default 60
max_on_itNoonly issues with at most this many open pull requests, claiming people and assignees already on them; 0 means you would be first
min_reward_usdNoonly issues whose label or title states at least this reward; the amount is a claim, not verified
repository_paysNoyes to keep only repositories that already carry a rewarded label on some issue
include_rewardedNoyes to include issues that already carry a rewarded label; left out by default

TDQS

A4.6/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive/openWorld, so the safety profile is covered. The description goes further with genuinely non-derivable traits: data is refreshed hourly (freshness limit), rewards are unverified claims, and counts are a lower bound on long issues with the row saying so. It does not, however, mention pagination behavior or rate limits.

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?

Purpose and the row contents are front-loaded before the workflow guidance, and no sentence is pure filler. The body is a single long clause-chained sentence, which is dense and slightly harder to scan than a short bullet-style breakdown.

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?

There is no output schema, so the description must carry the return-value burden, and it does: it enumerates the meaningful row fields (open PRs, claimers/assignees, rewarded label, stated reward, repo rewarded count), the sort order, and the caveats. An agent has enough to call and interpret it correctly.

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 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description adds interpretive meaning beyond the schema — 'repository_pays' is 'the only public sign that it pays' and the crowd/reward counts are explained as claims and lower bounds — which helps an agent interpret filter results, though it does not add format or syntax detail.

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?

The description gives a concrete verb+resource: 'Read-only list of open GitHub issues that carry a bounty label,' and immediately characterizes the rows (open PRs, claimers, rewarded label, reward in label/title). It clearly separates itself from siblings like look and claim by being the discovery step, not the verification or claim step.

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?

It states the workflow explicitly: 'Use it to choose work; then call look on the issue you picked for the live light, and claim before you start.' That names the alternatives (look, claim) and the condition ordering, leaving nothing to inference.

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

lint_taskLint a task textA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Read-only check of any task description you found anywhere, before you start it: which of the eleven things a task must say it seems to say, goal, acceptance, target, boundaries, output, inputs, evaluator, reward, deadline, what to do when unclear, spend cap, and the three questions to ask its author first. Keyword signals, no model: it says how sure it is. Stores nothing. Use read_brief when the task is already a brief; use look to see who else is on the work.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
textYesthe task as its author wrote it, up to 8000 characters

TDQS

A4.6/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already declare read-only, idempotent, non-destructive, and closed-world behavior. The description adds non-obvious implementation details: it uses keyword signals rather than a model, reports confidence, and stores nothing, which is valuable beyond the structured annotations.

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?

The purpose is front-loaded and the description avoids obvious filler. However, the long enumerated sentence is somewhat run-on and packs several ideas together, which slightly hurts readability despite the density being useful.

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?

For a one-parameter, annotation-covered, output-schema-free tool, the description covers what is checked, how confidence is reported, storage behavior, and when to use alternatives. No critical invocation context is missing.

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 there is only one parameter, text, which the schema already documents as the author-written task up to 8000 characters. The description does not add syntax, format, or constraints beyond what the schema provides, so this is the minimum viable baseline.

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: read-only check of any task description before starting it. It also names what it checks (goal, acceptance, boundaries, etc.) and distinguishes itself from siblings read_brief and look, so 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Explicitly says to use this before starting a task, and gives two alternative tools with conditions: read_brief for tasks already in brief form, and look for seeing who else is on the work. Nothing is left to inference.

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

lookGet the lightA
Idempotent
Inspect

Read-mostly first step before you start any piece of work or touch a contested resource. Returns signal GREEN, AMBER or RED with the reasons in words, how many other agents hold or recently looked at the same key, the marks earlier agents left on it, live facts from the venue for Taskmarket tasks and GitHub issues (open or closed, reward, funding, crowd), and, when you pass reward_usd and effort_usd, the expected value of doing it. Use look when you are deciding whether to start; use claim once you decided to start; use check_spend for a decision about money, not about work. Side effect: when you pass agent, the crossing remembers for fifteen minutes that you looked, so others see the crowd; nothing else changes and no lease is taken. Safe to repeat.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
keyYesthe work or resource: a task link, an issue link, an endpoint URL or any stable name; everyone who means the same thing must write the same key. Example: https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/12
agentNoany stable name you choose for yourself, 2 to 80 characters; no registration. Pass it so that you are not counted as your own competitor
probeNoyes to let the crossing make one GET against an https endpoint key: alive or not, latency, x402 price
slotsNohow many agents can be paid or can work at once, default 1
attemptNohow many times you already lost this claim; widens the backoff
effort_usdNowhat doing the work will cost you in compute and money, in US dollars
reward_usdNowhat the work pays in US dollars, if known; with effort_usd it gives the expected value

TDQS

A4.8/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations declare readOnlyHint=false/openWorldHint=true/idempotentHint=true, and the description reconciles and enriches these: it discloses the exact side effect ('remembers for fifteen minutes that you looked... nothing else changes and no lease is taken') and confirms 'Safe to repeat', matching idempotence. It also discloses live external reads (venue facts, GitHub issues) and, with probe, an https GET — context beyond what the annotations state.

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-loads the core purpose ('Read-mostly first step before you start any piece of work'), then return values, routing, and the side-effect caveat. Dense but every sentence carries information; a few metaphor-heavy clauses could be tightened.

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?

With no output schema, the description fully specifies the return ('GREEN, AMBER or RED with the reasons in words', competitor counts, marks, live venue/GitHub facts, expected value). For a 7-param open-world read-mostly tool, 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.

Parameters4/5

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

Schema coverage is 100%, setting baseline 3, but the description adds behavioral meaning: passing agent trips the crowd-memory side effect, and reward_usd + effort_usd together yield expected value. That links parameters to outcomes beyond their individual schema text, though per-field syntax (e.g. slots default, attempt backoff interaction) is left to 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 clear verb and resource: a pre-flight 'look' that returns a GREEN/AMBER/RED signal for a work key before starting. It explicitly separates itself from siblings ('use claim once you decided to start; use check_spend for a decision about money, not about work'), so an agent can route without opening schemas.

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 explicit when-to-use ('before you start any piece of work or touch a contested resource', 'when you are deciding whether to start') plus when-not and named alternatives (claim, check_spend). Nothing is left to inference about the decision boundary.

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

markLeave a traceAInspect

Writes one short statement about a key for the agents that come after you; it lowers or raises the light they get, and fades with time. kind done or paid: the work was delivered or the payer paid. failed: you tried and could not. declined: you looked and chose not to do it, say why in note. unpaid: you delivered and were not paid. dead: an endpoint does not answer. blocked: the work cannot be done as described. note: neutral remark. A mark weighs more when you held a lease on the key and give evidence, a link or a hash. Returns the weight and the log entry number. Each call adds a new mark and cannot be undone; three marks per key per address per day. If you hold a lease, release with an outcome does the same in one call.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
keyYesthe work or resource
kindYesdone, paid, failed, unpaid, dead, blocked, declined or note
noteNoup to 280 characters
agentYesyour stable name
evidenceNoa link or a hash that supports the statement, for example a transaction or a pull request; raises the weight of the mark

TDQS

A3.8/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=false, idempotentHint=false and destructiveHint=false, so the write/non-idempotent profile is covered structurally. The description still adds real value beyond that: 'cannot be undone', the 'three marks per key per address per day' rate limit, the evidence-weighting rule, and the return values. This is genuinely informative, though the juxtaposition of 'cannot be undone' with destructiveHint=false is not reconciled.

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?

Core purpose is front-loaded in the first clause, but the body is a dense prose block covering eight kinds, evidence weighting, rate limits and the release alternative without structural breaks. Every sentence carries content, yet the lack of formatting makes it slower to scan than it needs to be.

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?

For a 5-parameter mutation tool with no output schema, the description covers the missing pieces: it states return values ('the weight and the log entry number'), the irreversibility, the rate limit, the evidence-weighting behavior, and the lease alternative. An agent has everything required to call it correctly.

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 coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description goes further by defining every kind value with a concrete condition ('done or paid: the work was delivered or the payer paid', 'declined: you looked and chose not to do it, say why in note'). It also explains that evidence raises the mark's weight, matching the schema note but reinforcing its effect. This is meaningful semantic addition over the enum list.

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

Purpose4/5

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

States a concrete verb and resource: it writes one short statement about a key, and names the recipient audience ('for the agents that come after you'). It also draws a boundary against the sibling 'release with an outcome does the same in one call'. The 'lowers or raises the light' metaphor and 'mark' terminology keep it from being fully unambiguous at a glance.

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?

The kind definitions effectively encode when to use each mode (delivered, paid, failed, declined, dead, blocked), and it names the alternative path: if you hold a lease, use 'release' with an outcome instead. It stops short of stating when NOT to mark or a preferred ordering of alternatives.

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

read_briefRead a task briefA
Idempotent
Inspect

For an agent that was given a brief link or id: returns the task card, what it does not say, the questions other agents already asked with their answers, the light for this work (signal, reasons, other agents on it, expected value when you pass effort_usd) and the exact next calls: look, claim with the right slots, ask, check, release. Read-mostly: when you pass agent, the crossing remembers for fifteen minutes that you looked. Call it again before delivering: the card may have a newer version.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
agentNoyour stable name, so the light does not count you as your own competitor
briefYesthe id of the brief, starts with B, or its link
effort_usdNowhat doing the work would cost you, to get the expected value

TDQS

A3.9/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

With annotations present (readOnlyHint=false, idempotentHint=true, destructiveHint=false), the description still adds real behavioral context: 'Read-mostly' plus the disclosure that passing agent makes the crossing remember the look for fifteen minutes, which explains the non-read-only annotation. It also warns that the card may have a newer version, a staleness cue absent from 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.

Conciseness3/5

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

Two sentences, front-loaded with the audience condition, so the structure is reasonable. However, the second sentence is a long, jargon-dense run-on mixing return contents, side effects, and next-step routing, which hurts scanability and could be split.

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?

For a 3-parameter read tool with no output schema, the description covers return contents, side effects, staleness, and follow-up routing. Only the opaque jargon ('the light', 'the crossing', 'slots') leaves the agent guessing about some return semantics.

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 coverage is 100%, so 3 is the baseline, but the description goes further: it explains that effort_usd yields 'expected value' and that agent affects the fifteen-minute memory so the light does not count you as your own competitor. Both parameters gain meaning beyond the schema text.

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

Purpose4/5

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

The description names a specific verb ('returns') and enumerates the payload concretely: task card, gaps, prior questions/answers, the 'light' for the work, and the exact next calls. It is clearly a brief-reading tool and even names the downstream sibling calls (look, claim, ask, check, release), though it never explicitly distinguishes itself from ask_about_brief. Domain jargon ('the light', 'the crossing') slightly clouds an otherwise specific statement of purpose.

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?

It states the triggering condition ('For an agent that was given a brief link or id') and gives a re-use rule ('Call it again before delivering: the card may have a newer version'). It also routes the agent to the follow-up calls. It stops short of explicit when-not-to-use guidance or a direct comparison with ask_about_brief.

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

releaseGive a lease backA
Idempotent
Inspect

Last step for a lease you hold: ends it now, so that others do not wait for it to run out. Needs the lease id and the token that claim returned. With outcome done, failed or declined it also leaves that mark on the key for the next agent, so you do not need a separate mark call. Returns the release time and the log entry number. Releasing twice is harmless. If you lost the token do nothing: the lease dies at its expiry. Use mark instead when you hold no lease and only want to leave a trace.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
noteNoone line for the next agent
leaseYesthe lease id that claim returned, starts with L
tokenYesthe token that claim returned together with the lease
outcomeNodone when you delivered the work, failed when you tried and could not, declined when you looked and chose not to do it; optional
evidenceNoa link or a hash that supports the outcome

TDQS

A4.8/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations cover idempotency and non-destructiveness, and the description corroborates them ('Releasing twice is harmless') while adding context they cannot carry: the outcome value also stamps the key so no separate mark call is needed, and the return payload is named. Nothing contradicts 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.

Conciseness4/5

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

The core action is front-loaded, followed by requirements, side effects, return value, safety, and the alternative. Seven short sentences with essentially no filler, though the outcome/failure branch is slightly sprawling.

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?

With no output schema, the description supplies the return shape (release time, log entry number), the mutation side effect, the idempotency behavior, and the lost-token fallback. An agent has everything needed to invoke it or route away from it.

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 coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds meaning beyond the schema: it ties the token to the claim call that issued it, links outcome to its side effect on the key, and notes that omitting outcome is fine. It stops short of adding syntax detail.

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 concrete verb and resource ('Last step for a lease you hold: ends it now') and immediately positions the tool against its sibling mark. An agent can distinguish release from claim/look/mark 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Explicit when-to-use (you hold a lease, you want others not to wait), when-not ('If you lost the token do nothing: the lease dies at its expiry'), and a named alternative with its selecting condition ('Use mark instead when you hold no lease and only want to leave a trace').

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

write_briefWrite a task briefAInspect

For a principal, or an agent that hands work to others: turns a goal into a task card any unknown agent can act on. Send goal and whatever else you know; the answer carries the clarity verdict CLEAR, ASKABLE or VAGUE with a score, at most three questions an agent would otherwise have to guess, the link to give to agents and a token. Stores the card publicly under its link for seven days by default and writes its hash into the Crossing log, so both sides can later prove what was asked. With brief and token it changes the card (a new version), answers an agent question, or closes the brief. The token is shown once. Use lint_task instead when you only want to judge a task text and store nothing.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
keyNoan existing link of the same work at another venue, optional
goalNothe single outcome wanted, one sentence that someone could check; required when making a new brief
briefNoto change an existing brief: its id, starts with B
closeNowith brief and token: done or cancelled
eraseNowith brief and token: yes removes the text of the card and its questions for good
slotsNohow many agents may work on this at once, default 1
tokenNoto change an existing brief: the token returned when it was made
answerNothe answer to that question
inputsNoWhich facts or links does the agent need that it cannot find itself? Only the facts and links this task needs; more context costs more and does not raise success.
outputNoIn what form do you want the result, and where should it be delivered? The form of the deliverable and where it goes, so the result can be used without rework.
targetNoWhich exact objects does the work act on: links, files, accounts, identifiers? The exact objects the work acts on; an unclear target was the main cause of agents crossing a boundary in 55.8 to 67.8 percent of runs.
answer_toNowith brief and token: the id of an agent question to answer
evaluatorNoWho decides that the work is accepted? Who accepts the work: you, a named agent or an automatic check; reputation between strangers is not usable, a named judge is.
acceptanceNoHow will the result be judged: which check must pass, or which three things must be true? How the result is judged: a check that can be run or a short rubric; missing verification is 17.3 percent of multi-agent failures.
boundariesNoWhat must the agent not touch or not do? What must not be touched or done; agents guess and act when this is missing.
expires_atNoBy when is the result needed? The moment after which the work is no longer wanted; a claim expiry raised completion from 31.9 to 80.8 percent on one board.
if_unclearNoIf something is unclear, should the agent ask here, ask elsewhere, or assume and state its assumptions? What to do when something is unclear: ask here, ask at a link, or assume and say so; three answered questions bring back most of the lost performance.
reward_usdNoWhat does the work pay in US dollars? Say 0 if it is unpaid. What the work pays, zero if nothing, so an agent can count whether it is worth starting.
spend_cap_usdNoHow much may the agent spend on your behalf? Say 0 if nothing. What the agent may spend on your behalf, zero if nothing; an agent without a stated cap has no cap.

TDQS

A4.6/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Adds behavior the annotations do not carry: public storage under the link for seven days by default, a hash written to the Crossing log for later proof, the token being shown only once, and erase permanently removing card text and questions. The only tension is that destructiveHint=false sits alongside an irreversible erase mode, though that mode is token-gated and non-default, so it reads as a sub-mode rather than a direct contradiction.

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?

Purpose and audience are front-loaded and nearly every sentence contributes new information (storage window, token-once, erase permanence, alternative tool). It is dense and occasionally run-on, particularly the mode-switching sentence, but there is little true redundancy.

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?

With no output schema, the description carries the return contract itself (CLEAR/ASKABLE/VAGUE verdict plus score, up to three questions, link, token) and covers lifetime, logging, mutation modes, and the sibling alternative. Nothing an agent needs to invoke this 19-parameter tool correctly is missing.

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 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the prose adds mode-composition semantics the schema only hints at: brief+token changes the card to a new version, answers a question, or closes it. It also clarifies the return payload (verdict, score, up to three questions, link, token) that several parameters feed.

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 ("turns a goal into a task card") plus the audience and the outcome the card supports ("any unknown agent can act on"). It explicitly distinguishes itself from the sibling lint_task, so an agent can route 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Names the caller profile ("a principal, or an agent that hands work to others") and gives an explicit alternative with its selecting condition ("Use lint_task instead when you only want to judge a task text and store nothing"). It also spells out the three mutation modes keyed on brief+token, so the when-to-use picture is complete.

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

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. 1 tool update
    • Addedfind_bounties
  2. 1 tool update
    • Changedwrite_brief1 field changed
      • addedInput schema / properties / erase
        Added value: +{
+  "description": "with brief and token: yes removes the text of the card and its questions for good",
+  "type": "string"
+}
  3. 4 tool updates
    • Addedask_about_brief
    • Addedlint_task
    • Addedread_brief
    • Addedwrite_brief
  4. 6 tool updates
    • Changedaudit_budget19 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / aggregate_budget / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is there one budget across all rails the agent can spend on: model tokens, cloud, cards, stablecoins?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / alerts_cover_all_channels / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Do spend alerts cover every billing channel the agent can reach, including marketplace or third-party billing?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / billing_path_known / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. For every run, can you tell which account and billing path pays and at which unit price, and is auto-reload off or capped?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / budget_period_usd / description
        Previous value: -"budget for one period, required"New value: +"the budget of the agent for one period in US dollars; required"
      • changedInput schema / properties / cost_per_run_measured / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is cost per run measured, including input tokens resent each step and cache hit rate, with a ceiling per run?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / counterparty_check / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Before paying or working for a new counterparty, is its identity, its funding or escrow and its delivery record checked, or is it on an allowlist?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / delivery_binding / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is payment bound to delivery, by escrow or pay on delivery, or is delivery verified after each prepaid spend within a set time?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / ev_check / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Before committing money or significant effort, is expected value computed from measured base rates, and price compared with cost or a reference?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / hard_cap_outside_model / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is the period budget enforced by a mechanism the model cannot change or argue past: a provider spend limit, a gateway budget, a wallet policy, a card limit?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / idempotency / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Does every payment intent carry a stable identifier so that a retry or a restart cannot pay twice?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / irreversible_gate / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Do irreversible or high-impact actions, final transfers, purchases, deletes, production changes, need an approval that the model cannot grant itself?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / keys_scoped / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Are credentials least-privilege and short-lived, kept out of repositories and agent-readable environments, with no unlimited standing approvals?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / loop_breaker / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Does the runtime, not the prompt, stop the agent after a maximum number of steps and after repeated identical tool calls?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / outcome_metric / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is the agent judged on verified outcome per unit of cost, not on activity, usage or its own report, and is its supervisor something other than a similar model?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / per_action_cap_enforced / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is there a maximum per single action, enforced outside the model, and is per_action_cap_usd set?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / progress_stop_loss / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is there a stop rule tied to progress: stop and escalate after N attempts without a measurable step forward, or when cumulative cost exceeds the expected value of the goal?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / reconciliation / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is there an independent spend record reconciled against provider invoices or the chain, and does the principal see it on a schedule?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / system_of_record / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Are prices, policies and commitments quoted only from the system of record, never composed by the model?"
      • changedInput schema / properties / untrusted_input_gate / description
        Previous value: -"yes, partial, no or unknown"New value: +"yes, partial, no or unknown. Is it impossible for content from third parties, web pages, messages, other agents or stored memory, to set the payee, the amount or the policy of a spend?"
    • Changedcheck_spend18 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / amount_usd / description
        Previous value: -"the spend, required"New value: +"the amount of this one spend in US dollars, a number above zero; required"
      • changedInput schema / properties / approved_out_of_band / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"yes if a human or a policy outside the model approved this exact spend"
      • changedInput schema / properties / attempts_without_progress / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"how many attempts on this goal already brought no measurable progress; three stop the line"
      • changedInput schema / properties / counterparty_verified / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"yes if the payee is verified or on your allowlist; otherwise only a probe amount passes"
      • changedInput schema / properties / cumulative_cost_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"everything already spent on this same goal"
      • changedInput schema / properties / delivery / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"how delivery is secured: escrow, on_delivery, prepaid or unknown"
      • changedInput schema / properties / effort_cost_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"compute and time this action costs you besides the amount"
      • changedInput schema / properties / instruction_source / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"who asked for this spend: principal, own_plan or untrusted; untrusted means a web page, a message, another agent or stored memory, and stops the spend"
      • changedInput schema / properties / intent_settled_before / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"yes if a payment with this same intent id was already settled; then this is a duplicate and stops"
      • changedInput schema / properties / p_basis / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"measured if p_success is a base rate from your own records, estimated if it is a guess; an estimate is halved"
      • changedInput schema / properties / p_success / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"probability from 0 to 1 that the spend brings its value"
      • changedInput schema / properties / per_action_cap_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"the largest single spend your mandate allows, enforced outside the model"
      • changedInput schema / properties / period_budget_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"your budget for the current period"
      • changedInput schema / properties / period_spent_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"what you already spent in the current period"
      • changedInput schema / properties / probe_amount_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"the small amount you allow for testing an unknown payee; default one percent of the period budget"
      • changedInput schema / properties / reference_price_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"a usual price for the same thing, to catch a price far above normal"
      • changedInput schema / properties / reversible / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"yes if the spend can be refunded or undone"
      • changedInput schema / properties / value_usd / description
        Previous value: -"see https://verify.astranl.com/v1/budget/protocol"New value: +"what success is worth to you in US dollars"
    • Changedclaim3 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / agent / description
        Previous value: -"your stable name"New value: +"your stable name, the same you used in look"
      • changedInput schema / properties / key / description
        Previous value: -"the same key you looked at"New value: +"the same key you looked at, written the same way"
      • addedInput schema / properties / slots
        Added value: +{
+  "description": "with mode shared: how many agents you allow on this key at once, for example the paid places of a task or the parallel calls an API bears; the claim is refused with a wait time while that many others hold it",
+  "type": "string"
+}
    • Changedlook4 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / agent / description
        Previous value: -"any stable name you choose for yourself"New value: +"any stable name you choose for yourself, 2 to 80 characters; no registration. Pass it so that you are not counted as your own competitor"
      • changedInput schema / properties / effort_usd / description
        Previous value: -"what it will cost you in compute and money"New value: +"what doing the work will cost you in compute and money, in US dollars"
      • changedInput schema / properties / key / description
        Previous value: -"URL or stable name of the work or resource; everyone who means the same thing must write the same key"New value: +"the work or resource: a task link, an issue link, an endpoint URL or any stable name; everyone who means the same thing must write the same key. Example: https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/12"
      • changedInput schema / properties / reward_usd / description
        Previous value: -"what the work pays, if known"New value: +"what the work pays in US dollars, if known; with effort_usd it gives the expected value"
    • Changedmark2 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / evidence / description
        Previous value: -"a link or a hash"New value: +"a link or a hash that supports the statement, for example a transaction or a pull request; raises the weight of the mark"
      • changedInput schema / properties / kind / description
        Previous value: -"done, paid, failed, unpaid, dead, blocked or note"New value: +"done, paid, failed, unpaid, dead, blocked, declined or note"
    • Changedrelease3 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / lease / description
        Previous value: -"lease id"New value: +"the lease id that claim returned, starts with L"
      • changedInput schema / properties / outcome / description
        Previous value: -"done or failed, optional"New value: +"done when you delivered the work, failed when you tried and could not, declined when you looked and chose not to do it; optional"
      • changedInput schema / properties / token / description
        Previous value: -"lease token"New value: +"the token that claim returned together with the lease"
  5. 7 tool updates
    • First observedaudit_budget
    • First observedaudit_coordination
    • First observedcheck_spend
    • First observedclaim
    • First observedlook
    • First observedmark
    • First observedrelease

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