Payments Law — EU payments legislation

Find an EU payments reading pathway

get_orientation

Read-onlyIdempotent

Use this for a starting reading order in EU payments legislation when a relevant curated pathway exists. For other subjects use search_legislation. Curated reading pathways into the corpus for a stated audience: ordered waypoints with cite anchors every other tool can open, related defined terms and known pitfalls. The prose is editorial and labelled as such — it maps the reading order, never legal weight. Omit the pathway argument for the catalogue; an unknown id is refused with the catalogue, nothing substituted. Catalogue entries and pathway waypoints paginate whole: follow pagination.next_cursor with the same pathway and limit until complete.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`limit`	No	Maximum catalogue entries or pathway waypoints per page; whole-item byte bounds may return fewer.
`cursor`	No	pagination.next_cursor from this tool; repeat the same pathway and limit.
`pathway`	No	Pathway id from the catalogue. Omit for the catalogue.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`data`	Yes
`error`	Yes
`coverage`	Yes
`warnings`	Yes
`pagination`	Yes
`provenance`	Yes
`derivations`	Yes
`corpus_release`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed4 schema fields changedOct 4, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / cursor / anyOf

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+    "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$",
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removedInput schema / properties / cursor / type
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Removed value: -[
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-]
```

addedInput schema / properties / pathway / anyOf

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+    "type": "string"
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removedInput schema / properties / pathway / type
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Removed value: -[
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Changed6 schema fields changedSep 20, 2026

removedInput schema / properties / cursor / anyOf

Removed value: -[
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-  {
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-  }
-]

addedInput schema / properties / cursor / type
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removedInput schema / properties / pathway / anyOf

Removed value: -[
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addedInput schema / properties / pathway / type
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Added value: +[
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```

changedOutput schema / properties / data / anyOf

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-  {
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-]New value: +[
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+                }
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+                "title"
+              ],
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+      "stages": {
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+          {
+            "items": {
+              "additionalProperties": {},
+              "properties": {
+                "stage_id": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "title": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "waypoints": {
+                  "items": {
+                    "additionalProperties": {},
+                    "properties": {
+                      "cite": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "why": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "required": [
+                      "cite",
+                      "why"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "object"
+                  },
+                  "type": "array"
+                }
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+              "required": [
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+                "title",
+                "waypoints"
+              ],
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "type": "array"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
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+    "type": "object"
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+  {
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+  }
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changedOutput schema / properties / pagination / anyOf

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-      "next_cursor"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "complete": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      },
+      "next_cursor": {
+        "type": [
+          "string",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "total": {
+        "type": "number"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "complete",
+      "next_cursor"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

Changed2 schema fields changedSep 7, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / cursor

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "description": "pagination.next_cursor from this tool; repeat the same pathway and limit."
+}

addedInput schema / properties / limit

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "maximum": 100,
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "description": "Maximum catalogue entries or pathway waypoints per page; whole-item byte bounds may return fewer."
+}

First observedSep 6, 2026

TDQS

A4.6/5.0

Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive/closed-world, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuinely non-schema behaviour: unknown ids are refused with the catalogue and nothing is substituted, pagination is whole-item, and the prose is editorial rather than legal weight. It stops short of auth or rate-limit context, so a 4 rather than 5.

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

Conciseness4/5

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

Front-loads the usage decision and alternative before describing the payload. Dense but every sentence carries routing, error, or pagination information; only the 'editorial prose' clause is slightly wordy.

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

Completeness5/5

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

An output schema exists, so return shape needn't be restated; the description covers the remaining gaps an agent needs — pagination protocol, invalid-id behaviour, and the editorial nature of the content.

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?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, and the description exceeds it by explaining the pathway/cursor semantics in context: omitting pathway yields the catalogue, and cursor must be replayed with the same pathway and limit. That is meaning beyond the schema's per-field text.

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

Purpose5/5

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

States a specific verb and resource ('starting reading order in EU payments legislation') and explicitly carves out the sibling boundary by naming search_legislation for other subjects. An agent can distinguish this from fetch, get_instrument, and the list/search siblings without opening a schema.

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

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Gives explicit when-to-use ('when a relevant curated pathway exists'), the alternative for other cases ('use search_legislation'), and the null-pathway behaviour ('omit the pathway argument for the catalogue'). Nothing is left to inference.

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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