Check website security controls
check_website_securityReview the security controls a site exposes in its public responses, including security headers, cookie attributes, and CORS policy.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| target | Yes |
check_website_securityReview the security controls a site exposes in its public responses, including security headers, cookie attributes, and CORS policy.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| target | Yes |
Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, destructiveHint=false, and openWorldHint=true, so the safety profile and external-network nature are covered. The description contributes by framing the operation as observing what a site 'exposes in its public responses', implying passive, non-invasive inspection, but it says nothing about timeouts, redirect handling, or what an unreachable or TLS-broken target yields.
Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.
Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?
One sentence, front-loaded with the verb and the core scope, with the checked surfaces listed after. No filler, though the brevity leaves room that could have been spent on the target format rather than padding.
Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.
Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?
For a simple single-parameter read tool with annotations covering the safety profile, the description is adequate at the level of 'what it inspects'. It falls short on the parameter's expected form and, with no output schema present, gives no hint of the shape of the findings returned.
Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.
Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?
There is a single required parameter 'target' with 0% schema description coverage, and the description never states whether it expects a bare hostname, a full URL with scheme, a URL including path, or a host:port pair. That format ambiguity is the one thing an agent most needs and the description does not supply it.
Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.
Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?
Names a specific verb ('Review') and a precisely scoped resource: the security controls exposed in a site's public responses, enumerated as security headers, cookie attributes, and CORS policy. That enumeration clearly separates it from siblings like check_tls_configuration, check_security_txt, and check_http_chain, though it never names those siblings explicitly.
Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.
Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?
Usage is only implied by the phrase 'public responses' – an agent can infer this is a passive header/cookie/CORS inspection. There is no statement of when to prefer it over adjacent checks (TLS configuration, security.txt, HTTP chain) and no stated preconditions such as the site being reachable or requiring a live host.
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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