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List free calculators

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List the 14 free online pricing/business calculators (no sign-up), e.g. markup vs margin, food cost, cleaning price, self-employment tax, hourly rate.

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Schema Changelog

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TDQS

A3.9/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

readOnlyHint=true already declares the safety profile, and the description adds real context beyond that: the result set is a fixed 14 items and requires no sign-up/authentication. It stops short of saying what each entry contains (name only vs. link), which is the one remaining behavioral gap.

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?

A single front-loaded sentence: the count, the domain, the no-sign-up condition, then illustrative examples. No filler and nothing an agent must read past to get the point.

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 zero-parameter read-only listing with no output schema, the description supplies the cardinality, the domain, and the access condition. A brief note on what each item looks like (e.g. name plus URL) would close the last gap.

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; the baseline for a no-param tool is 4. The description correctly implies no filtering or paging options exist.

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 specific verb and resource ('List the 14 free online pricing/business calculators') and enumerates concrete examples, so an agent knows exactly what comes back. It doesn't explicitly contrast with search_catalog, the only sibling that could plausibly overlap, but the calculator domain makes the separation obvious in practice.

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

Usage Guidelines3/5

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

'(no sign-up)' implies the usage condition of wanting free, unauthenticated calculator references, but there is no explicit when-to-use or when-not-to-use guidance and no named alternative. Usage is inferable rather than stated.

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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