x402-guardian
x402-guardian: Security guardian service. 🆓 5 free trial calls per signed wallet
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | No | Url to process | |
| target | No | Target to process |
x402-guardian: Security guardian service. 🆓 5 free trial calls per signed wallet
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | No | Url to process | |
| target | No | Target to process |
Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Input schema / properties / urlAdded value: +{
+ "description": "Url to process",
+ "type": "string"
+}Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
No annotations are provided, so the description carries the full burden, and it discloses nothing behavioral: no read/write nature, no auth requirements beyond a 'signed wallet' pricing mention, no side effects, no rate limits, no output shape. A 'guardian' service could plausibly be a mutation, a scan, or a gatekeeper, and the description leaves all of that unresolved.
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?
Two short lines, so it is not bloated, but it is not front-loaded with meaning either: the first clause merely repeats the tool name and the second is a promotional pricing note that does no descriptive work.
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?
With no annotations, no output schema, zero required parameters, and two opaque parameters, the description should carry substantial explanatory weight. Instead it gives a name restatement and a trial-call promotion, leaving purpose, inputs, safety profile, and behavior entirely unspecified.
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 nominally 100%, but the field descriptions are tautological ('Url to process', 'Target to process') and the tool description adds nothing about what url/target represent for a security service. It is unclear whether these are the asset being guarded, the caller's endpoint, or a policy target, so the schema does not actually do the documentation work the 100% figure implies.
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 restates the tool name as a 'Security guardian service' without naming any verb, resource, or operation. An agent cannot tell what the tool actually does or how it differs from hundreds of sibling x402-* tools, several of which are also security-related (x402-token-security, x402-contract-scan, x402-secret-scan). The only concrete content is a pricing note.
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, when-not-to-use, or alternative guidance. The free-trial clause describes billing, not invocation context, so the agent has no basis for choosing this tool over any sibling.
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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