x402-web-retrieve
Web Retrieve: Fetch a webpage safely with SSRF protection and extract its clean text content plus title and meta tags. 🆓 5 free trial calls per signed wallet
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | No | ||
| maxLen | No | ||
| target | No |
Web Retrieve: Fetch a webpage safely with SSRF protection and extract its clean text content plus title and meta tags. 🆓 5 free trial calls per signed wallet
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | No | ||
| maxLen | No | ||
| target | No |
Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Input schema / properties / maxLen / descriptionRemoved value: -"MaxLen to process"Input schema / properties / target / descriptionRemoved value: -"Target to process"Input schema / properties / url / descriptionRemoved value: -"Url to process"Input schema / properties / urlAdded value: +{
+ "description": "Url to process",
+ "type": "string"
+}Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
With no annotations at all, the description carries the full behavioral burden. It does disclose useful traits — SSRF filtering on the fetch and the return shape (text, title, meta tags) — but says nothing about redirect handling, JS rendering, timeouts, error behavior, or what 'signed wallet' auth actually requires before a call succeeds.
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 sentences, front-loaded with the action and output, with no filler prose. The emoji and trial-call advert are marketing noise rather than operational information, which slightly dilutes an otherwise tight definition.
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?
Output contents and the SSRF safety property are covered, which is good for a fetch tool with no output schema. But three undocumented parameters, zero annotations, and an unexplained wallet/payment requirement leave meaningful gaps an agent must guess at before calling.
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 three parameters, so the description must compensate and it does not. 'url' is only implied, 'maxLen' is not explained (and is typed as a string, which makes its meaning and units non-obvious), and 'target' is completely opaque — an agent cannot confidently supply it from this text.
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?
Uses a specific verb and resource ('fetch a webpage') and states what comes back ('clean text content plus title and meta tags'), which is more than a restated name. However, it never distinguishes itself from the many other retrieval siblings such as x402-web-scrape, x402-text-scrape, x402-fetch, x402-html-text-extract, or x402-web2md.
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 or when-not guidance and no named alternative, despite a crowded field of near-identical retrieval tools. The only contextual note is a pricing/quota line ('5 free trial calls per signed wallet'), which tells the agent about cost, not about selection criteria.
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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