Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
Annotations already declare readOnlyHint and openWorldHint, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds operationally useful context beyond that: it performs a live GET, does not follow redirects (a real behavioral trait that affects results), and is free of charge. It doesn't describe output shape, but that is minor given the explicit header list.
Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.