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capabilities_get

Read-onlyIdempotent

Current safe operations and effective entitlements.

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Output Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
levelYes
scopesYes
uploadsYes
apiEnabledYes
operationsYes
transitionsYes
providerReadyNo
organizationIdYes
workspaceEnabledNo
metaOrganizationIdYes
campaignGenerationReadyNo
providerReadinessReasonNo
campaignGenerationReadinessReasonNo

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. First observed

TDQS

B3/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, idempotentHint=true, destructiveHint=false and openWorldHint=false, so the safety profile is fully covered structurally. The description adds only the qualifiers 'Current' and 'effective', which imply the result is computed at call time and scoped to the caller's entitlements — useful but thin; nothing is said about freshness, caching, or what happens if entitlements are missing.

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?

Seven words with zero waste, but the economy comes at the cost of completeness — it is a sentence fragment rather than a front-loaded statement of action. Brevity here reads as under-specification rather than discipline.

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?

The tool is simple (no params, output schema present, rich annotations), so the description does not need to explain return values or safety. What is missing is the one thing only prose can supply: why an agent would call this and how to use the result, which the terse fragment does not address.

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. The empty schema with additionalProperties=false is consistent with the description, which correctly implies no input is needed.

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 phrase 'Current safe operations and effective entitlements' expands the name 'capabilities' into what the payload contains, so it is not a pure tautology, but it is a noun fragment with no verb and no statement of what the tool actually does (return? compute? list?). An agent can guess it reports what the caller is permitted to do, but the purpose remains vague relative to siblings like organizations_get or templates_get.

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 indication of when to call this versus any alternative — no mention of prerequisites, no reference to sibling tools, no note that it should be checked before attempting operations. The agent is left to infer the use case entirely from the phrase 'safe operations'.

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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