emt_catalog
Current GPU offers. Prices in USD micro-units per GPU/hour; unknown metrics remain null. Paginated to keep responses small.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | ||
| model | No | ||
| offset | No |
Current GPU offers. Prices in USD micro-units per GPU/hour; unknown metrics remain null. Paginated to keep responses small.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | ||
| model | No | ||
| offset | No |
Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
The annotations already establish read-only, non-destructive, idempotent external access, while the description adds meaningful response behavior: USD micro-units per GPU/hour, nulls for unknown metrics, and pagination to limit response size. It does not further explain data freshness, result ordering, or how callers detect the final page.
Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.
Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?
Three compact statements front-load the resource and then convey pricing units, null handling, and pagination without filler. Each statement contributes useful information.
Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.
Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?
This is sufficient for a basic safe read and for interpreting offer prices, with annotations covering the safety profile. However, the absence of an output schema and parameter descriptions leaves offer fields, model-filter behavior, page-completion semantics, and the catalog's relationship to quoting or renting insufficiently explained.
Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.
Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?
With 0% schema description coverage, the description needed to compensate, but "Paginated" only indirectly clarifies limit and offset. It adds nothing about the model parameter beyond its schema name, leaving whether it performs exact, partial, or case-sensitive GPU-model filtering unclear.
Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.
Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?
"Current GPU offers" clearly identifies the resource and its freshness, implying a catalog retrieval operation. It relies on a noun phrase rather than an explicit list/get verb and does not distinguish the catalog from siblings such as emt_quote or emt_templates.
Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.
Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?
The emphasis on current offers and pagination implies use for browsing available GPUs and retrieving additional pages. There is no explicit when-to-use or when-not guidance, nor any routing between this tool and the quote, rent, cluster, or template siblings.
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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