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Devops Watch Stack

devops_watch_stack
Idempotent

Check the health of a named vendor stack — a saved list of vendors representing your infrastructure dependencies. On the first call, provide vendors to define the stack; subsequent calls can omit vendors to reuse the persisted list. Returns a unified health snapshot with an aggregate rollup plus per-vendor detail. A vendor that cannot be resolved or reached is reported in its own row and left out of the saved stack, so one bad entry never discards the sweep. Every vendor with an active problem gets a pre-filled devops_suggest_action call in nextToolSuggestions. Ideal for morning status checks or pre-deploy sweeps. Multiple stacks can coexist (e.g., "production", "staging").

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
modeNosummary: indicator + degraded components + active incidents. detailed: adds component lists and maintenance windows.summary
vendorsNoVendor slugs (e.g., "github", "aws") or raw Atlassian Statuspage base URLs. When provided, saves this list as the stack. When omitted, uses the previously saved list for stack_name.
stack_nameNoName for this vendor stack. Defaults to "default". Use distinct names to manage multiple stacks (e.g., "production", "data-layer"). Letters, digits, hyphens, and underscores, optionally separated by single dots or slashes ("prod.eu", "team/prod"); 1-64 characters. No spaces or colons.default
component_limitNoMaximum components returned per vendor in detailed mode (1-500). Large status pages publish hundreds of components, so a full stack at a high limit returns a very large response; narrow with component_filter instead where possible.
component_filterNoCase-insensitive substring matched against component names in detailed mode (e.g., "api" to check just the API components). Applied before component_limit, so it is the way to reach a component that the cap would otherwise omit. Ignored in summary mode.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
capNoThe per-vendor component_limit that was applied. Present only when truncated.
errorNoPresent when the call failed. Absent on success.
shownNoComponents returned across the stack. Present only when truncated.
healthNoAggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, maintenance = at least one vendor in a scheduled window and nothing worse open, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage, unknown = at least one vendor could not be checked (unresolvable entry, blocked target, or failed fetch) and no checked vendor reported a worse issue. Never all_operational when any vendor errored or is in a window.
noticeNoPlain-language explanation of the capped component lists — how many components were omitted and how to reach them (component_filter to target one, component_limit to raise the cap). Present only when truncated.
summaryNoAggregate health counts across all checked vendors. Buckets partition the stack: operational + degraded + down + maintenance + unavailable = total.
vendorsNoPer-vendor status results.
truncatedNoTrue when at least one vendor's component list was capped at component_limit. Absent when nothing was capped.
checked_atNoISO 8601 UTC timestamp of this check.
stack_nameNoName of the stack checked.
totalCountNoComponents matching component_filter across the stack before the cap. Present only when truncated.
omitted_vendorsNoEntries that could not be resolved or whose URL was blocked; they still appear in vendors[] with an error. A call that saved the stack left them out of the write; a call that reused a saved stack leaves them in it until you re-provide the vendors list. Empty when every entry resolved.
stack_persistedNoTrue when the vendor list was saved to state on this call. Only the vendors that resolved are saved — see omitted_vendors.
nextToolSuggestionsNoOne devops_suggest_action call per vendor with an active problem — an indicator of minor, major, or critical, or an open incident of that impact even while the indicator reads none or maintenance — with its arguments filled from that vendor's result. Vendors that could not be checked never appear. Empty when no checked vendor has an active problem.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed3 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / active_incidents / items / properties / started_at / description
      Previous value: -"ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when the incident started, or null/absent if not set by the vendor."New value: +"ISO 8601 timestamp, with the vendor's UTC offset (Z, +00:00, or a local offset such as -07:00), when the incident started, or null/absent if not set by the vendor."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / scheduled_maintenances / items / properties / scheduled_for / description
      Previous value: -"ISO 8601 UTC start time."New value: +"ISO 8601 start time, with the vendor's UTC offset."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / scheduled_maintenances / items / properties / scheduled_until / description
      Previous value: -"ISO 8601 UTC end time."New value: +"ISO 8601 end time, with the vendor's UTC offset."
  2. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
      -  {
      -    "not": {
      -      "required": [
      -        "error"
      -      ]
      -    },
      -    "required": [
      -      "stack_name",
      -      "health",
      -      "summary",
      -      "vendors",
      -      "stack_persisted",
      -      "omitted_vendors",
      -      "checked_at"
      -    ]
      -  },
      -  {
      -    "required": [
      -      "error"
      -    ]
      -  }
      -]New value: +[
      +  {
      +    "not": {
      +      "required": [
      +        "error"
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    "required": [
      +      "stack_name",
      +      "health",
      +      "summary",
      +      "vendors",
      +      "stack_persisted",
      +      "omitted_vendors",
      +      "checked_at",
      +      "nextToolSuggestions"
      +    ]
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "required": [
      +      "error"
      +    ]
      +  }
      +]
    • addedOutput schema / properties / nextToolSuggestions
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "One devops_suggest_action call per vendor with an active problem — an indicator of minor, major, or critical, or an open incident of that impact even while the indicator reads none or maintenance — with its arguments filled from that vendor's result. Vendors that could not be checked never appear. Empty when no checked vendor has an active problem.",
      +  "items": {
      +    "additionalProperties": false,
      +    "description": "A recommended follow-up tool call with pre-filled arguments.",
      +    "properties": {
      +      "args": {
      +        "additionalProperties": {},
      +        "description": "Ready-to-use devops_suggest_action arguments: vendor (registry slug, or the normalized status page URL for a raw URL), vendor_indicator (only for minor, major, or critical), affected_components (degraded components outside a maintenance window), incident_summary (title of the most recently started open incident rated minor or worse).",
      +        "propertyNames": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "type": "object"
      +      },
      +      "reason": {
      +        "description": "Why the vendor qualifies: its reported indicator, or the open incident behind it.",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "toolName": {
      +        "description": "Tool to call next — \"devops_suggest_action\".",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      }
      +    },
      +    "required": [
      +      "toolName",
      +      "reason",
      +      "args"
      +    ],
      +    "type": "object"
      +  },
      +  "type": "array"
      +}
  3. Changed4 schema fields changed
    • removedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / active_incidents / items / properties / started_at / anyOf
      Removed value: -[
      -  {
      -    "type": "string"
      -  },
      -  {
      -    "type": "null"
      -  }
      -]
    • addedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / active_incidents / items / properties / started_at / type
      Added value: +[
      +  "string",
      +  "null"
      +]
    • removedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / all_components / items / properties / description / anyOf
      Removed value: -[
      -  {
      -    "type": "string"
      -  },
      -  {
      -    "type": "null"
      -  }
      -]
    • addedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / all_components / items / properties / description / type
      Added value: +[
      +  "string",
      +  "null"
      +]
  4. Changed10 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / $schema
      Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
    • addedInput schema / additionalProperties
      Added value: +false
    • changedInput schema / properties / stack_name / description
      Previous value: -"Name for this vendor stack. Defaults to \"default\". Use distinct names to manage multiple stacks (e.g., \"production\", \"data-layer\")."New value: +"Name for this vendor stack. Defaults to \"default\". Use distinct names to manage multiple stacks (e.g., \"production\", \"data-layer\"). Letters, digits, hyphens, and underscores, optionally separated by single dots or slashes (\"prod.eu\", \"team/prod\"); 1-64 characters. No spaces or colons."
    • addedInput schema / properties / stack_name / maxLength
      Added value: +64
    • addedInput schema / properties / stack_name / minLength
      Added value: +1
    • addedInput schema / properties / stack_name / pattern
      Added value: +"^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+([./][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)*$"
    • changedOutput schema / $schema
      Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
    • addedOutput schema / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "not": {
      +      "required": [
      +        "error"
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    "required": [
      +      "stack_name",
      +      "health",
      +      "summary",
      +      "vendors",
      +      "stack_persisted",
      +      "omitted_vendors",
      +      "checked_at"
      +    ]
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "required": [
      +      "error"
      +    ]
      +  }
      +]
    • addedOutput schema / properties / error
      Added value: +{
      +  "additionalProperties": {},
      +  "description": "Present when the call failed. Absent on success.",
      +  "properties": {
      +    "code": {
      +      "description": "JSON-RPC error code for this failure.",
      +      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      +      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      +      "type": "integer"
      +    },
      +    "data": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "properties": {
      +        "reason": {
      +          "description": "Machine-readable failure mode. Declared by this tool: `no_stack`: No vendors provided and no saved stack found for stack_name. `vendor_not_found`: No vendor in the stack could be checked and the first failure was a slug that is not in the registry and is not a valid URL. `target_blocked`: No vendor in the stack could be checked and the first failure was a raw URL resolving to a private, loopback, or cloud-metadata address. Other values are possible when a failure originates below the handler.",
      +          "examples": [
      +            "no_stack",
      +            "vendor_not_found",
      +            "target_blocked"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "recovery": {
      +          "additionalProperties": {},
      +          "description": "Actionable next step for the caller.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "hint": {
      +              "type": "string"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "required": [
      +            "hint"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        "retryable": {
      +          "description": "Whether retrying may succeed.",
      +          "type": "boolean"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "message": {
      +      "description": "Human-readable description of what went wrong.",
      +      "type": "string"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "required": [
      +    "code",
      +    "message"
      +  ],
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
    • removedOutput schema / required
      Removed value: -[
      -  "stack_name",
      -  "health",
      -  "summary",
      -  "vendors",
      -  "stack_persisted",
      -  "omitted_vendors",
      -  "checked_at"
      -]
  5. Changed8 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / health / description
      Previous value: -"Aggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage, unknown = at least one vendor could not be checked (unresolvable entry, blocked target, or failed fetch) and no checked vendor reported a worse issue. Never all_operational when any vendor errored."New value: +"Aggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, maintenance = at least one vendor in a scheduled window and nothing worse open, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage, unknown = at least one vendor could not be checked (unresolvable entry, blocked target, or failed fetch) and no checked vendor reported a worse issue. Never all_operational when any vendor errored or is in a window."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / health / enum
      Previous value: -[
      -  "all_operational",
      -  "degraded",
      -  "partial_outage",
      -  "major_outage",
      -  "unknown"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "all_operational",
      +  "maintenance",
      +  "degraded",
      +  "partial_outage",
      +  "major_outage",
      +  "unknown"
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / description
      Previous value: -"Aggregate health counts across all checked vendors. Buckets partition the stack: operational + degraded + down + unavailable = total."New value: +"Aggregate health counts across all checked vendors. Buckets partition the stack: operational + degraded + down + maintenance + unavailable = total."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / summary / properties / maintenance
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Vendors with indicator = maintenance — in a scheduled window the vendor published. Counted apart from degraded and down, which are faults.",
      +  "type": "number"
      +}
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / required
      Previous value: -[
      -  "total",
      -  "operational",
      -  "degraded",
      -  "down",
      -  "unavailable"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "total",
      +  "operational",
      +  "degraded",
      +  "down",
      +  "maintenance",
      +  "unavailable"
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / degraded_components / description
      Previous value: -"Components not in operational state. Empty when all clear."New value: +"Every component not in an operational state, uncapped — a vendor with a large edge-node fleet routinely publishes dozens. Includes in-progress maintenance windows (status under_maintenance) alongside genuine outages; read status to tell a planned window from a fault. Empty when all clear."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / indicator / description
      Previous value: -"Overall health indicator: none = all clear, minor = some degradation, major = significant outage, critical = complete outage."New value: +"Overall health indicator: none = all clear, minor = some degradation, major = significant outage, critical = complete outage, maintenance = scheduled window in progress, planned rather than a fault."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / indicator / enum
      Previous value: -[
      -  "none",
      -  "minor",
      -  "major",
      -  "critical"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "none",
      +  "minor",
      +  "major",
      +  "critical",
      +  "maintenance"
      +]
  6. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedOutput schema / properties / notice
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Plain-language explanation of the capped component lists — how many components were omitted and how to reach them (component_filter to target one, component_limit to raise the cap). Present only when truncated.",
      +  "type": "string"
      +}
  7. Changed15 schema fields changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / component_filter
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Case-insensitive substring matched against component names in detailed mode (e.g., \"api\" to check just the API components). Applied before component_limit, so it is the way to reach a component that the cap would otherwise omit. Ignored in summary mode.",
      +  "type": "string"
      +}
    • addedInput schema / properties / component_limit
      Added value: +{
      +  "default": 50,
      +  "description": "Maximum components returned per vendor in detailed mode (1-500). Large status pages publish hundreds of components, so a full stack at a high limit returns a very large response; narrow with component_filter instead where possible.",
      +  "maximum": 500,
      +  "minimum": 1,
      +  "type": "integer"
      +}
    • changedInput schema / properties / mode / description
      Previous value: -"summary: indicator + degraded components + active incidents. detailed: adds full component lists and maintenance windows."New value: +"summary: indicator + degraded components + active incidents. detailed: adds component lists and maintenance windows."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / cap
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "The per-vendor component_limit that was applied. Present only when truncated.",
      +  "type": "number"
      +}
    • changedOutput schema / properties / health / description
      Previous value: -"Aggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage, unknown = at least one vendor could not be checked (fetch error) and no checked vendor reported a worse issue. Never all_operational when any vendor errored."New value: +"Aggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage, unknown = at least one vendor could not be checked (unresolvable entry, blocked target, or failed fetch) and no checked vendor reported a worse issue. Never all_operational when any vendor errored."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / omitted_vendors
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Entries that could not be resolved or whose URL was blocked; they still appear in vendors[] with an error. A call that saved the stack left them out of the write; a call that reused a saved stack leaves them in it until you re-provide the vendors list. Empty when every entry resolved.",
      +  "items": {
      +    "description": "A vendor entry that cannot be part of a usable stack.",
      +    "type": "string"
      +  },
      +  "type": "array"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / shown
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Components returned across the stack. Present only when truncated.",
      +  "type": "number"
      +}
    • changedOutput schema / properties / stack_persisted / description
      Previous value: -"True when the vendor list was saved to state on this call."New value: +"True when the vendor list was saved to state on this call. Only the vendors that resolved are saved — see omitted_vendors."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / properties / operational / description
      Previous value: -"Vendors with indicator = none and no fetch error."New value: +"Vendors with indicator = none and no error."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / properties / unavailable / description
      Previous value: -"Vendors whose status could not be fetched (carry an error). Counted as unknown — never operational."New value: +"Vendors that could not be checked (carry an error) — unresolvable entry, blocked target, or failed status fetch. Counted as unknown, never operational."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / totalCount
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Components matching component_filter across the stack before the cap. Present only when truncated.",
      +  "type": "number"
      +}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / truncated
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "True when at least one vendor's component list was capped at component_limit. Absent when nothing was capped.",
      +  "type": "boolean"
      +}
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / all_components / description
      Previous value: -"All components including operational ones. Present in detailed mode only."New value: +"Components including operational ones, capped at component_limit per vendor and narrowed by component_filter when given. Present in detailed mode only."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / all_components_total
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Components matching component_filter for this vendor before the component_limit cap. Larger than the length of all_components when this vendor was capped. Present in detailed mode only.",
      +  "type": "number"
      +}
    • changedOutput schema / required
      Previous value: -[
      -  "stack_name",
      -  "health",
      -  "summary",
      -  "vendors",
      -  "stack_persisted",
      -  "checked_at"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "stack_name",
      +  "health",
      +  "summary",
      +  "vendors",
      +  "stack_persisted",
      +  "omitted_vendors",
      +  "checked_at"
      +]
  8. Changed3 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / active_incidents / items / properties / impact / description
      Previous value: -"Severity level: none = informational, minor = degraded performance, major = partial outage, critical = full outage."New value: +"Severity level: none = informational, minor = degraded performance, major = partial outage, critical = full outage, maintenance = scheduled window folded into incident history."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / active_incidents / items / properties / impact / enum
      Previous value: -[
      -  "none",
      -  "minor",
      -  "major",
      -  "critical"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "none",
      +  "minor",
      +  "major",
      +  "critical",
      +  "maintenance"
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / error / description
      Previous value: -"Fetch error message. Absent when the vendor was fetched successfully."New value: +"Why this vendor could not be checked — unreachable status API, timeout, non-2xx, or a response that is not a Statuspage payload. Reported here rather than thrown so one bad vendor does not fail the batch. Absent when the vendor was fetched successfully."
  9. Changed6 schema fields changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / health / description
      Previous value: -"Aggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage."New value: +"Aggregate health rollup: all_operational = everything clear, degraded = at least one minor issue, partial_outage = at least one major issue, major_outage = at least one critical outage, unknown = at least one vendor could not be checked (fetch error) and no checked vendor reported a worse issue. Never all_operational when any vendor errored."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / health / enum
      Previous value: -[
      -  "all_operational",
      -  "degraded",
      -  "partial_outage",
      -  "major_outage"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "all_operational",
      +  "degraded",
      +  "partial_outage",
      +  "major_outage",
      +  "unknown"
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / description
      Previous value: -"Aggregate health counts across all checked vendors."New value: +"Aggregate health counts across all checked vendors. Buckets partition the stack: operational + degraded + down + unavailable = total."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / properties / operational / description
      Previous value: -"Vendors with indicator = none."New value: +"Vendors with indicator = none and no fetch error."
    • addedOutput schema / properties / summary / properties / unavailable
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Vendors whose status could not be fetched (carry an error). Counted as unknown — never operational.",
      +  "type": "number"
      +}
    • changedOutput schema / properties / summary / required
      Previous value: -[
      -  "total",
      -  "operational",
      -  "degraded",
      -  "down"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "total",
      +  "operational",
      +  "degraded",
      +  "down",
      +  "unavailable"
      +]
  10. Changed4 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / vendors / description
      Previous value: -"Vendor slugs or raw Statuspage URLs. When provided, saves this list as the stack. When omitted, uses the previously saved list for stack_name."New value: +"Vendor slugs (e.g., \"github\", \"aws\") or raw Atlassian Statuspage base URLs. When provided, saves this list as the stack. When omitted, uses the previously saved list for stack_name."
    • changedInput schema / properties / vendors / items / description
      Previous value: -"A vendor slug (e.g., \"github\") or raw Statuspage base URL."New value: +"A vendor slug (e.g., \"github\") or raw Atlassian Statuspage base URL."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / active_incidents / items / properties / id / description
      Previous value: -"Unique incident identifier from Statuspage."New value: +"Unique incident identifier from the vendor's status API."
    • changedOutput schema / properties / vendors / items / properties / statuspage_url / description
      Previous value: -"Statuspage base URL used for this vendor."New value: +"Status page base URL used for this vendor."
  11. Added

TDQS

A4.5/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already provide idempotentHint, openWorldHint, readOnlyHint=false, and destructiveHint=false, and the description adds substantial behavioral context beyond those: unreachable vendors are 'reported in its own row and left out of the saved stack', ensuring 'one bad entry never discards the sweep', and active problems trigger pre-filled devops_suggest_action calls. This is rich, non-obvious behavior that an agent needs to know. No contradiction with annotations.

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?

The description is front-loaded with the core purpose, then covers lifecycle, return shape, error handling, follow-up suggestions, and multi-stack support. Each of the seven sentences adds distinct value, and none repeat schema field descriptions verbatim. It is appropriately sized for a tool with this much behavioral nuance.

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?

Given the output schema and 100% parameter coverage, the description still provides the non-obvious context an agent needs: stack definition vs reuse, degraded-vendor isolation, the nextToolSuggestions behavior, and typical use cases. There is no critical missing behavioral or usage context.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description reinforces the vendors lifecycle ('subsequent calls can omit vendors to reuse the persisted list') and stack coexistability, but it does not add meaning beyond the schema's already-detailed parameter descriptions. It neither hurts nor significantly improves this dimension.

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?

The description states a specific verb and resource: 'Check the health of a named vendor stack', and immediately clarifies what a stack is ('a saved list of vendors'). It also distinguishes the tool from generic health checks by describing the aggregate rollup plus per-vendor detail and the persisted-list lifecycle.

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

Usage Guidelines4/5

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

The description gives explicit lifecycle guidance: 'On the first call, provide vendors to define the stack; subsequent calls can omit vendors to reuse the persisted list.' It also names an intended use case ('Ideal for morning status checks or pre-deploy sweeps'). However, it never explicitly contrasts this tool with siblings like devops_status_check or devops_check_certs, so the agent must infer when to choose one over the other.

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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