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Upcoming fixtures

get_fixtures
Read-onlyIdempotent

Returns the upcoming matches of one league, earliest first: kick-off date and time, teams, a match slug, and the model's calibrated probabilities (home and away win, over/under goal lines, both teams to score, half-time lines; the draw probability is 1 - home - away) with team attack and defence ratings. The probabilities come from a baseline statistical model of past results (no injuries, motivation or weather) and are not bookmaker prices.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
leagueYesLeague key as listed by list_leagues, e.g. 'premier' (England), 'spain1', 'brazil1', 'sweden1', 'wgermany1' (women). Not the display name.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
countNo
leagueNo
matchesNo
attributionNoCite as "Data by football-charts.com"

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / properties / matches / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "items": {
-      "additionalProperties": true,
-      "properties": {
-        "away_team": {
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "country": {
-          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-        },
-        "home_team": {
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "league": {
-          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-        },
-        "match_date": {
-          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-        },
-        "model_predictions": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "additionalProperties": true,
-              "properties": {
-                "dc_v2": {
-                  "anyOf": [
-                    {
-                      "additionalProperties": true,
-                      "properties": {
-                        "calibrated": {
-                          "anyOf": [
-                            {
-                              "additionalProperties": true,
-                              "description": "Probabilities 0–1. The draw is NOT a field: draw = 1 − home − away.",
-                              "properties": {
-                                "away": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "btts_yes": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "expected_away_goals": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "expected_home_goals": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "expected_ht_goals": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "home": {},
-                                "ht_over_0.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "ht_over_1.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "over_0.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "over_1.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "over_2.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "over_3.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                },
-                                "over_4.5": {
-                                  "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
-                                }
-                              },
-                              "type": "object"
-                            },
-                            {
-                              "type": "null"
-                            }
-                          ],
-                          "description": "Use these. Calibrated on settled matches."
-                        },
-                        "computed_at": {
-                          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-                        },
-                        "data_through": {
-                          "$ref": "#/properties/league",
-                          "description": "Last match date the model has seen"
-                        },
-                        "model": {
-                          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      "type": "object"
-                    },
-                    {
-                      "type": "null"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "type": "object"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "real_league_name": {
-          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-        },
-        "slug": {
-          "description": "Input to get_match",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "status": {
-          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-        },
-        "time": {
-          "$ref": "#/properties/league"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "slug",
-        "home_team",
-        "away_team"
-      ],
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    "type": "array"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "items": {
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "properties": {
+        "away_team": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "country": {},
+        "home_team": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "league": {},
+        "match_date": {},
+        "model_predictions": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "additionalProperties": true,
+              "properties": {
+                "dc_v2": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "additionalProperties": true,
+                      "properties": {
+                        "calibrated": {
+                          "anyOf": [
+                            {
+                              "additionalProperties": true,
+                              "description": "Probabilities 0–1. The draw is NOT a field: draw = 1 − home − away.",
+                              "properties": {
+                                "away": {},
+                                "btts_yes": {},
+                                "expected_away_goals": {},
+                                "expected_home_goals": {},
+                                "expected_ht_goals": {},
+                                "home": {},
+                                "ht_over_0.5": {},
+                                "ht_over_1.5": {},
+                                "over_0.5": {},
+                                "over_1.5": {},
+                                "over_2.5": {},
+                                "over_3.5": {},
+                                "over_4.5": {}
+                              },
+                              "type": "object"
+                            },
+                            {
+                              "type": "null"
+                            }
+                          ],
+                          "description": "Use these. Calibrated on settled matches."
+                        },
+                        "computed_at": {},
+                        "data_through": {
+                          "description": "Last match date the model has seen"
+                        },
+                        "model": {}
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "type": "null"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "real_league_name": {},
+        "slug": {
+          "description": "Input to get_match",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "status": {},
+        "time": {}
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "slug",
+        "home_team",
+        "away_team"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "type": "array"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]
  2. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / league / description
      Previous value: -"League key from list_leagues, e.g. 'premier' (England), 'spain1', 'brazil1', 'sweden1', 'wgermany1' (women). Not the display name."New value: +"League key as listed by list_leagues, e.g. 'premier' (England), 'spain1', 'brazil1', 'sweden1', 'wgermany1' (women). Not the display name."
  3. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "additionalProperties": true,
+  "properties": {
+    "attribution": {
+      "description": "Cite as \"Data by football-charts.com\"",
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "count": {},
+    "league": {},
+    "matches": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "items": {
+            "additionalProperties": true,
+            "properties": {
+              "away_team": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "country": {
+                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+              },
+              "home_team": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "league": {
+                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+              },
+              "match_date": {
+                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+              },
+              "model_predictions": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "additionalProperties": true,
+                    "properties": {
+                      "dc_v2": {
+                        "anyOf": [
+                          {
+                            "additionalProperties": true,
+                            "properties": {
+                              "calibrated": {
+                                "anyOf": [
+                                  {
+                                    "additionalProperties": true,
+                                    "description": "Probabilities 0–1. The draw is NOT a field: draw = 1 − home − away.",
+                                    "properties": {
+                                      "away": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "btts_yes": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "expected_away_goals": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "expected_home_goals": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "expected_ht_goals": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "home": {},
+                                      "ht_over_0.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "ht_over_1.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "over_0.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "over_1.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "over_2.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "over_3.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      },
+                                      "over_4.5": {
+                                        "$ref": "#/properties/matches/anyOf/0/items/properties/model_predictions/anyOf/0/properties/dc_v2/anyOf/0/properties/calibrated/anyOf/0/properties/home"
+                                      }
+                                    },
+                                    "type": "object"
+                                  },
+                                  {
+                                    "type": "null"
+                                  }
+                                ],
+                                "description": "Use these. Calibrated on settled matches."
+                              },
+                              "computed_at": {
+                                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+                              },
+                              "data_through": {
+                                "$ref": "#/properties/league",
+                                "description": "Last match date the model has seen"
+                              },
+                              "model": {
+                                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+                              }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                          },
+                          {
+                            "type": "null"
+                          }
+                        ]
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "real_league_name": {
+                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+              },
+              "slug": {
+                "description": "Input to get_match",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "status": {
+                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+              },
+              "time": {
+                "$ref": "#/properties/league"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "slug",
+              "home_team",
+              "away_team"
+            ],
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}
  4. First observed

TDQS

A4.2/5.0
Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already declare the safe read-only, idempotent profile, but the description goes well beyond them: it discloses the data provenance (baseline statistical model of past results), the exclusions (no injuries, motivation or weather), that values are not bookmaker prices, and the draw-probability derivation (1 - home - away). This is exactly the behavioral context an agent needs to interpret the numbers correctly.

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?

Two sentences, front-loaded with the primary return value before the caveats. Dense but every clause carries information (ordering, fields, probability caveats); the probability enumeration is slightly list-heavy but justified for a data-return tool.

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?

With a rich output schema, an existing schema-documented parameter, and full annotations covering the safety profile, the description needs only to add interpretation context, which it does via the model provenance and draw-probability rule. Nothing required to invoke or interpret the tool is missing.

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 description coverage is 100%, so the league parameter is fully documented in the schema (key format, examples, 'not the display name'). The description adds only the constraint that fixtures are scoped to 'one league', so the schema does the heavy lifting.

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 ('Returns the upcoming matches of one league, earliest first') plus the exact payload contents. The scope ('upcoming', single league, chronological ordering) cleanly separates it from siblings like get_results and get_league_table without needing to name them.

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?

Usage is implied rather than stated: 'upcoming matches' and the fact that it takes a single league key suggest when it applies, but there is no explicit when-to-use guidance or named alternative (e.g. get_results for past matches, list_leagues for discovering keys). An agent can infer the right context but nothing routes it definitively.

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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