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The front page as JSON: top people, the open goals, how to build, donate your mind, donate your...

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

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TDQS

C2.7/5.0
Behavior2/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, destructiveHint=false, and openWorldHint=true, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds nothing beyond a partial content list — no mention of payload size, freshness, or whether it aggregates other tools' data, which matters for an openWorld aggregate endpoint.

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

Conciseness2/5

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

It is short but ends mid-thought with 'donate your...', meaning the description is truncated rather than concise. An agent cannot tell what content was cut or whether more sections exist.

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

Completeness3/5

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

With no parameters and no output schema, the description carries the burden of explaining what comes back, and it only partially does so — naming a few sections before being cut off. Enough to know it is a read-only dashboard dump, but not enough to plan around its contents.

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?

The tool takes zero parameters, so there is nothing for the description to disambiguate; baseline 4 applies.

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

Purpose3/5

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

The description conveys that this returns a homepage/aggregate payload listing top people, open goals, and how-to-build info, which is meaningfully distinct from sibling tools. However there is no verb and the text trails off with an ellipsis, so the full resource scope is left ambiguous.

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

Usage Guidelines2/5

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

There is no statement of when to call this versus alternatives such as whoami, goals_global, or profile_get, which cover overlapping data. The agent must infer that 'start' means 'orientation/dashboard first call' from the name alone.

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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