x402-text-toolkit
Text Toolkit: Text toolkit — clean, transform, and analyze.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | No | Text to process | |
| content | No | Content to process |
Text Toolkit: Text toolkit — clean, transform, and analyze.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | No | Text to process | |
| content | No | Content to process |
Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Input schema / properties / textAdded value: +{
+ "description": "Text 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: no indication of which transformations run, whether the input is mutated or returned, what the output shape is, or any limits. 'Clean, transform, and analyze' names categories without committing to any behavior.
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 short, but brevity here reflects under-specification rather than economy. It also redundantly repeats the tool name twice within a single line.
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?
For a two-parameter tool with no annotations, no output schema, and ambiguous parameter names, the description supplies none of the missing information an agent would need to call it correctly. Nothing about ops, input expectations, or results is present.
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 both descriptions are uninformative placeholders ('Text to process' / 'Content to process') for two parameters that appear to be near-duplicates. The description does not clarify the difference between text and content, nor which one is expected, so it fails to compensate for a genuinely ambiguous schema.
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 name almost verbatim: 'Text Toolkit: Text toolkit — clean, transform, and analyze.' It names a resource but no specific operation, and 'clean, transform, and analyze' is a generic catch-all that could describe dozens of siblings (x402-text-clean, x402-text-stats, x402-text-report). An agent cannot tell what one call actually does.
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, and no mention of alternatives. Given the sibling list contains highly specific single-purpose text tools (x402-text-clean, x402-text-stats, x402-strip-html, x402-text-wrap), the absence of any routing guidance is a serious gap.
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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