Retrieve Daily Record top stories in structured JSON, including titles, URLs, summaries, publication times, and images to monitor news coverage.
Get Daily Record top stories. Returns the current Daily Record top stories. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time and image. Takes no parameters; use dailyrecord-headlines for a single section.
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Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
v1.17.5Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?
No annotations are provided, so the description carries the full behavioral burden. It usefully discloses that the tool takes no parameters and enumerates the returned fields (title, URL, summary, publication time, image), but says nothing about freshness/latency, rate limits, or whether results are cached.
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?
Short and front-loaded, with the routing hint at the end where it belongs. The first two sentences are near-duplicates ('Get Daily Record top stories' / 'Returns the current Daily Record top stories'), which is mild redundancy.
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 output schema and no parameters, the description adequately covers what comes back by listing the item fields, and it identifies the alternative tool. Only operational details (freshness, result count) are absent, which is a minor gap for a simple headline feed.
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?
The tool has zero parameters, so the baseline is 4. The description confirms this explicitly ('Takes no parameters'), leaving no ambiguity about how to invoke it.
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?
States a specific verb and resource (get Daily Record top stories) and scopes it to the current top stories rather than a section. It also names the sibling it is not, so an agent can distinguish it from dailyrecord_headlines without opening a schema.
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?
Explicitly routes section-scoped requests to the headlines alternative, which is real routing guidance. However, the sibling is written as `dailyrecord-headlines` while the actual tool id is `dailyrecord_headlines`, a minor imprecision that could confuse an agent resolving the name.
Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.