Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
Beyond the annotations, the description discloses that success activates the account and unlocks billable actions, that the code is the same token as the email link, and what to do on expiry. These are meaningful behavioral details not captured by readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, or destructiveHint.
Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.