get_technique_guide
Discover Context Engineering techniques for reasoning, workflow, code, or project tasks to identify the best tool for specific needs.
Instructions
Returns a guide to available Context Engineering techniques (The Librarian).
Use this to discover the best tool for a given task.
Args:
category: Filter by 'reasoning', 'workflow', 'code', 'project', or 'all'.Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | No | all |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- The core handler function for the 'get_technique_guide' tool, decorated with @mcp.tool() for automatic registration in the FastMCP server. It validates the 'category' input using TechniqueGuideInput and returns a comprehensive markdown guide listing available Context Engineering techniques, categorized by use case.
@mcp.tool() def get_technique_guide(category: str = "all") -> str: """ Returns a guide to available Context Engineering techniques (The Librarian). Use this to discover the best tool for a given task. Args: category: Filter by 'reasoning', 'workflow', 'code', 'project', or 'all'. """ try: _ = TechniqueGuideInput(category=category) except ValidationError as e: return f"Input Validation Error: {e}" guide = """ # Context Engineering Technique Guide | Category | Tool | Complexity | Best For | |----------|------|------------|----------| | **Architect** | `design_context_architecture` | Variable | **Constructor Mode**: Building custom agents/systems. | | **Router** | `analyze_task_complexity` | Low | **YOLO Mode**: Finding the right tool automatically. | | **Reasoning** | `reasoning.systematic` | High | Complex problems requiring step-by-step logic. | | **Reasoning** | `thinking.extended` | Very High | Deep exploration, trade-off analysis, simulation. | | **Workflow** | `workflow.test_driven` | High | Implementing features with TDD. | | **Code** | `code.analyze` | Medium | Understanding code structure and quality. | | **Project** | `project.explore` | Medium | Mapping a new codebase. | | **Basic** | `Standard Molecule` | Low | Simple pattern matching (use `get_molecular_template`). | **Usage:** - **YOLO Mode**: Call `analyze_task_complexity` to get a quick tool recommendation. - **Constructor Mode**: Call `design_context_architecture` to get a full system blueprint. """ # Simple filtering (mock implementation for now based on description) # Ideally, this would filter the text, but the current implementation returns static text. # The validation ensures 'category' is safe. return guide - Pydantic BaseModel defining the input schema for the get_technique_guide tool, enforcing valid categories via regex pattern and providing a default value.
class TechniqueGuideInput(BaseModel): category: str = Field( "all", pattern="^(reasoning|workflow|code|project|all)$", description="Filter category.", ) - src/context_engineering_mcp/server.py:142-142 (registration)The @mcp.tool() decorator line that registers the get_technique_guide function as an MCP tool in the FastMCP server instance 'mcp'.
@mcp.tool()