x402-acronym-expand
Acronym Expand: Expand an acronym to its full form.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| term | No | Term to process | |
| input | No | Input to process | |
| acronym | No | Acronym to process |
Acronym Expand: Expand an acronym to its full form.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| term | No | Term to process | |
| input | No | Input to process | |
| acronym | No | Acronym to process |
Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
No annotations are provided, so the description carries the full burden of behavioral disclosure. It does not say whether the tool looks up expansions from a dictionary, infers them from provided text, or extracts an acronym from an 'input' field and then expands it. It also does not state any side effects, return type, or edge-case behavior (e.g., unknown acronyms). The two-word phrase 'Acronym Expand' adds no behavioral context beyond the tool name.
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?
The description is extremely short, which is usually good, but here it is just the tool name restated with 'Expand' instead of 'expand'—'Expand an acronym to its full form' adds no new information. A conciseness score rewards compactness only when the text still conveys meaning; this one is minimal without being informative. There is no front-loading of useful scoping or parameter clarification because no such content exists.
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?
Given three ambiguous optional-looking string parameters, no output schema, no annotations, and a massive sibling list containing very close relatives (x402-acronym-find, x402-abbreviation, x402-initialism), this is severely under-specified. The description never tells the agent which field(s) to supply, what counts as an acronym, whether expanded terms are returned as a single string or a mapping, or how unknown acronyms are handled. Except for the most trivial guess, the tool is not safely invocable based on this definition.
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 coverage is 100%, but only in the trivial sense that every parameter has the exact same boilerplate description ('Term to process', 'Input to process', 'Acronym to process'). Those descriptions add no real meaning: they do not differentiate the roles of 'term' vs 'input' vs 'acronym', do not state which is required, and do not explain formats. With zero required params and no description-level guidance, an agent cannot tell whether to pass one, two, or all three fields or how they combine.
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?
The description uses a specific verb ('Expand') and names the target resource ('an acronym'), so the core action is clear. However, it is repetitive with the tool name x402-acronym-expand and gives no operational detail about direction (e.g., whether it maps an acronym string to its full phrase or expands embedded acronyms in a larger text). Crucially, there is a very close sibling called x402-acronym-find and an x402-abbreviation tool, and the description does nothing to differentiate among them; an agent cannot reliably choose which one to invoke.
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?
No guidance is given about when to use this tool versus the near-identical x402-acronym-find or the closely related x402-abbreviation. The description implies 'use this when you need an acronym expanded,' but it does not state what input forms are accepted, what output to expect, or which sibling covers finding/extracting acronyms. The schema shows three optional-looking string params but no statement about whether one, two, or all are required, so an agent has no way to know the correct invocation pattern.
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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The tool set is saturated with near-duplicates and synonyms: character-count vs char-count, clamp vs clamp-value, is-abundant vs is-abundant-num vs is-abundant-number, and fetch vs browser-scrape vs web-scrape vs text-scrape. Generic names like 'difference', 'normalize', 'range', and 'partition' make the boundaries even harder for an agent to determine.
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