x402-weather
Weather: Weather forecast for a location. 🆓 5 free trial calls per signed wallet
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | No | ||
| lon | No | ||
| city | No | ||
| location | No |
Weather: Weather forecast for a location. 🆓 5 free trial calls per signed wallet
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | No | ||
| lon | No | ||
| city | No | ||
| location | No |
Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Input schema / properties / city / descriptionRemoved value: -"City to process"Input schema / properties / lat / descriptionRemoved value: -"Lat to process"Input schema / properties / location / descriptionRemoved value: -"Location to process"Input schema / properties / lon / descriptionRemoved value: -"Lon to process"Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
No annotations are supplied, so the description carries the full burden. It does disclose the payment model ('5 free trial calls per signed wallet'), which is genuinely useful auth context, but it says nothing about forecast horizon, data source, error behavior, or output shape for a tool with four optional parameters.
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?
Very short and front-loaded, but the leading 'Weather: Weather forecast' restates itself, and the emoji-plus-pricing sentence sits where functional detail is needed.
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?
No annotations, no output schema, and four undocumented parameters leave the definition short of what an agent needs to invoke it correctly. The one piece of added context, the free-trial payment model, is helpful but not sufficient.
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?
Schema description coverage is 0% across four parameters, and the description does not explain lat/lon versus city versus location or whether they are alternatives or combinable. With zero required parameters, the agent has no way to know which identifier form actually produces a forecast.
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?
States a specific verb and resource: a weather forecast for a location. An agent can tell this is a weather-lookup tool. It does not distinguish itself from near-duplicate siblings such as x402-temperature, x402-weather-anywhere, or x402-publish-1793365247901-weather-anywhere, which leaves real ambiguity in this catalog.
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?
There is no when-to-use guidance, no conditions under which to prefer this over the many other weather/temperature siblings, and no statement of what input form is expected. The only extra sentence is a pricing/trial note, which is not usage guidance.
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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