GovGazette

Read a federal record

detail

Read-onlyIdempotent

Retrieve a public record using the exact collection and id returned by search, never a page URL, title or slug. Supply the returned generation for a consistent result.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`id`	Yes	Exact stable record ID returned by search, not a page URL or slug.
`collection`	Yes	Public collection name returned by search.
`generation`	No	Retained generation UUID from search for a consistent record snapshot.

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description
`id`	Yes
`data`	Yes
`text`	Yes
`title`	Yes
`coverage`	No	Present for exclusions, including explicit source-age warnings.
`collection`	No	Absent for curated reference records.
`generation`	Yes
`text_length`	No	Total text characters; absent from internal brief notices.
`text_has_more`	No	Whether another text chunk is available.
`award_coverage`	No	Award snapshot age and latest official release evidence.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed4 schema fields changedOct 25, 2026

addedOutput schema / $defs / AwardAvailability / properties / failure_kind
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": [
+    "string",
+    "null"
+  ]
+}
```
addedOutput schema / $defs / AwardAvailability / properties / failure_retry_seconds
```
Added value: +{
+  "format": "uint64",
+  "minimum": 0,
+  "type": "integer"
+}
```
addedOutput schema / $defs / AwardAvailability / properties / failure_stage
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": [
+    "string",
+    "null"
+  ]
+}
```

changedOutput schema / $defs / AwardAvailability / required

Previous value: -[
-  "state",
-  "check_interval_seconds",
-  "max_check_age_seconds"
-]New value: +[
+  "state",
+  "check_interval_seconds",
+  "failure_retry_seconds",
+  "max_check_age_seconds"
+]

Changed3 schema fields changedOct 8, 2026

addedOutput schema / $defs / SourceFreshness / properties / attention_required
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "boolean"
+}
```

addedOutput schema / $defs / SourceFreshness / properties / warn_age_seconds

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Early-warning boundary, separate from the stale-source boundary.",
+  "format": "int64",
+  "type": "integer"
+}

changedOutput schema / $defs / SourceFreshness / required

Previous value: -[
-  "state",
-  "evaluated_at",
-  "max_age_seconds"
-]New value: +[
+  "state",
+  "evaluated_at",
+  "max_age_seconds",
+  "warn_age_seconds",
+  "attention_required"
+]

Changed4 schema fields changedOct 7, 2026

addedOutput schema / $defs / AwardAvailability

Added value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "artifact_http_status": {
+      "format": "uint16",
+      "maximum": 65535,
+      "minimum": 0,
+      "type": [
+        "integer",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "check_interval_seconds": {
+      "format": "uint64",
+      "minimum": 0,
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "checked_at": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "inventory_http_status": {
+      "format": "uint16",
+      "maximum": 65535,
+      "minimum": 0,
+      "type": [
+        "integer",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "latest_release_date": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "latest_release_url": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "max_check_age_seconds": {
+      "format": "int64",
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "state": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "state",
+    "check_interval_seconds",
+    "max_check_age_seconds"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / AwardCoverage

Added value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "dataset": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "freshness": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/AwardFreshness"
+    },
+    "source_date": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "source_url": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "dataset",
+    "source_date",
+    "source_url",
+    "freshness"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / AwardFreshness

Added value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "age_state": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "age_warning_after_days": {
+      "format": "int64",
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "effective_source_date": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "source_age_days": {
+      "format": "int64",
+      "type": [
+        "integer",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "upstream": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/AwardAvailability"
+    },
+    "warning": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "age_state",
+    "age_warning_after_days",
+    "upstream"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / award_coverage

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Award snapshot age and latest official release evidence.",
+  "items": {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/AwardCoverage"
+  },
+  "type": [
+    "array",
+    "null"
+  ]
+}

Changed4 schema fields changedOct 6, 2026

addedOutput schema / $defs / ExclusionCoverage

Added value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "freshness": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/SourceFreshness",
+      "description": "Fresh, stale, unknown or unavailable, with age and the 24-hour warning policy."
+    },
+    "observed_at": {
+      "description": "Observation time does not replace the official source timestamp.",
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "scope": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "sha256": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "source_date": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "source_url": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "status": {
+      "description": "Present as unavailable when no SAM coverage exists in this generation.",
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "freshness"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / FreshnessState

Added value: +{
+  "enum": [
+    "fresh",
+    "stale",
+    "unknown",
+    "unavailable"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / SourceFreshness

Added value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "evaluated_at": {
+      "description": "UTC time when age was evaluated; source and observation dates are unchanged.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "max_age_seconds": {
+      "description": "Explicit warning threshold for this daily snapshot. Not a scheduler promise.",
+      "format": "int64",
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "source_age_seconds": {
+      "description": "Age of the official source timestamp, never the import or enrichment timestamp.",
+      "format": "int64",
+      "type": [
+        "integer",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "state": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/FreshnessState"
+    },
+    "warning": {
+      "description": "User-facing warning, or null when within the warning threshold.",
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "state",
+    "evaluated_at",
+    "max_age_seconds"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / coverage

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/ExclusionCoverage"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ],
+  "description": "Present for exclusions, including explicit source-age warnings."
+}

Changed1 schema field changedOct 6, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / id / description

Previous value: -"Stable record ID returned by search."New value: +"Exact stable record ID returned by search, not a page URL or slug."

Changed4 schema fields changedSep 24, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / collection / description

Added value: +"Public collection name returned by search."

addedInput schema / properties / generation / description

Added value: +"Retained generation UUID from search for a consistent record snapshot."

addedInput schema / properties / id / description

Added value: +"Stable record ID returned by search."

changedOutput schema / (root)

Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "$defs": {
+    "JsonObject": {
+      "description": "Source-specific JSON map. The envelope is stable; map keys vary by official source.",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "properties": {
+    "collection": {
+      "description": "Absent for curated reference records.",
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "data": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/JsonObject"
+    },
+    "generation": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "id": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "text": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "text_has_more": {
+      "description": "Whether another text chunk is available.",
+      "type": [
+        "boolean",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "text_length": {
+      "description": "Total text characters; absent from internal brief notices.",
+      "format": "uint",
+      "minimum": 0,
+      "type": [
+        "integer",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "title": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "generation",
+    "id",
+    "title",
+    "text",
+    "data"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

AddedSep 22, 2026

TDQS

A3.8/5.0

Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive, and openWorld, so safety behavior is covered. The description adds real value by warning that synthesized identifiers (URLs/slugs/titles) will fail and that generation pins a consistent snapshot, but it says nothing about what happens on a stale generation or missing record.

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?

Two tight sentences with zero filler; the identity constraint is front-loaded and the optional consistency parameter follows. Every clause carries actionable information.

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

Completeness4/5

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

With an output schema present and rich annotations, the description needs only to cover the call contract, which it does: where identifiers come from and why to pass generation. Minor omission is failure-mode guidance for stale generations or unknown IDs.

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 all three parameters are already documented, including the constraint against URLs/slugs and the snapshot purpose of generation. The description restates those same semantics rather than adding new detail, so it lands at the baseline.

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

Purpose4/5

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

Uses a specific verb+resource combination ("Retrieve a public record") reinforced by the title "Read a federal record." It is distinguishable from the search-based siblings because it describes a single-record fetch, though the generic tool name "detail" needs the description to carry that distinction.

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?

Explicitly states the precondition that collection and id must come from a prior search call, and explicitly forbids page URLs, titles, or slugs. It does not name a specific alternative sibling, but the search→detail workflow is made unambiguous.

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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