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Answers to common questions: technical skills needed, where clients talk to the assistant, payments, changes by description, ownership of the assistant and client list, languages, integrations.

Input Schema

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Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. First observed

TDQS

A3.6/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, destructiveHint=false, and openWorldHint=false, so the safety profile is fully covered structurally. The description adds only content-scope context (which questions are answered) and says nothing about response format or freshness — acceptable given the annotation coverage, but not additive.

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?

A single front-loaded sentence naming the resource first, then a compact list of covered topics. Efficient with no filler, though the trailing list is a comma run-on rather than structured.

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?

For a no-argument, no-output-schema content retrieval tool, the description tells the agent exactly what subject matter comes back, which is the main thing needed to decide whether to call it. The only missing piece is disambiguation against sibling tools covering similar topics.

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

Parameters4/5

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

The tool takes zero parameters, so the schema carries no semantics to explain and the baseline of 4 applies. The description's topic list is the only parameter-like information and it is not needed for invocation.

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?

States a specific resource (FAQ answers) and enumerates the topic coverage — technical skills, payments, ownership, languages, integrations. This lets an agent match a user question to the tool, though it never explicitly distinguishes itself from overlapping siblings such as get_pricing (which likely also covers payments) or get_overview.

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 only implied via the topic list: if the question concerns one of the listed subjects, this tool fits. There is no explicit when-to-use rule and no exclusions, so the overlap with get_pricing on 'payments' and with get_overview on general topics is left unresolved for the agent.

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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