Senado BR — Brazilian Federal Senate Open Data

Autores em exercício

senado_autores_atuais

Read-onlyIdempotent

List authors of ongoing legislative processes, ranked by number of matters, and filter by state or partial name. Use for process authorship, not for sitting senators.

Instructions

Lista parlamentares autores de processos em tramitação, ordenados por produção (maior número de matérias primeiro). Atenção à semântica: 'atual' significa 'com processo AINDA EM TRAMITAÇÃO', não 'mandato vigente' — a lista mistura senadores, deputados e ex-parlamentares, e a mesma pessoa pode aparecer 2× com códigos distintos (ex.: como 'Senador' e como 'Deputado', pelo tratamento); não use como lista de senadores em exercício (para isso, senado_listar_senadores). Retorna { count, total, autores }, cada autor com codigo, nome, tratamento, uf e quantidadeMaterias. Filtros opcionais uf e nome (busca parcial sem acento); limite padrão 50 (máx. 1000). Use o codigo em senado_obter_senador ou senado_search_processos (codigoParlamentarAutor).

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`uf`	No	Filtrar por UF (ex: SP)
`nome`	No	Filtrar por nome (busca parcial)
`limite`	No	Máximo de resultados (padrão: 50)

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`provenance`	Yes	Bloco de proveniência do portfólio (projeção concise): source, source_url, data_vintage, retrieved_at (horário de Brasília), citation, license, revision e retrieval; field_sources só quando a resposta funde recortes, derived e derivation_note só nos modos de estatísticas. retrieval é o diagnóstico da ida à origem nesta chamada — requisições, tentativas com retentativas, anomalias superadas (timeout, network, rate_limited, http_5xx, http_4xx, malformed_body) e unstable (true quando algo precisou ser repetido) —, ou null quando não foi medido. Lista de blocos quando a chamada consulta várias fontes (índice do search).
`attribution`	Yes	URLs de origem dos dados (as source_url distintas dos blocos de proveniência, incluindo as de field_sources), para linkar a citação

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed2 schema fields changedv3.23.0Oct 29, 2026

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Added value: +"URLs de origem dos dados (as source_url distintas dos blocos de proveniência, incluindo as de field_sources), para linkar a citação"

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Added value: +"Bloco de proveniência do portfólio (projeção concise): source, source_url, data_vintage, retrieved_at (horário de Brasília), citation, license, revision e retrieval; field_sources só quando a resposta funde recortes, derived e derivation_note só nos modos de estatísticas. retrieval é o diagnóstico da ida à origem nesta chamada — requisições, tentativas com retentativas, anomalias superadas (timeout, network, rate_limited, http_5xx, http_4xx, malformed_body) e unstable (true quando algo precisou ser repetido) —, ou null quando não foi medido. Lista de blocos quando a chamada consulta várias fontes (índice do search)."

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+                  "anomalies": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "additionalProperties": false,
+                      "properties": {
+                        "count": {
+                          "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+                          "minimum": 1,
+                          "type": "integer"
+                        },
+                        "kind": {
+                          "enum": [
+                            "timeout",
+                            "network",
+                            "http_4xx",
+                            "http_5xx",
+                            "rate_limited",
+                            "malformed_body"
+                          ],
+                          "type": "string"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "required": [
+                        "kind",
+                        "count"
+                      ],
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "attempts": {
+                    "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "type": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "requests": {
+                    "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "type": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "unstable": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                  }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                  "requests",
+                  "attempts",
+                  "anomalies",
+                  "unstable"
+                ],
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "retrieved_at": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "source": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "source_url": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "source",
+          "source_url",
+          "data_vintage",
+          "retrieved_at",
+          "retrieval",
+          "citation",
+          "license"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "type": "array"
+    }
+  ]
+}

addedOutput schema / required

Added value: +[
+  "provenance",
+  "attribution"
+]

Changed3 schema fields changedv3.9.0Sep 24, 2026

changedInput schema / $schema

Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"

addedInput schema / additionalProperties
```
Added value: +false
```

changedOutput schema / $schema

Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"

Changed2 schema fields changedv3.3.3Jul 6, 2026
- removedInput schema / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```
- changedOutput schema / additionalProperties
```
Previous value: -trueNew value: +{}
```
First observedv3.3.1Jun 25, 2026

TDQS

A4.8/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already establish read-only/idempotent safety, and the description adds genuinely non-obvious behavior: 'atual' means still in tramitação rather than current mandate, the list mixes senadores/deputados/ex-parlamentares, and the same person can appear twice with different `tratamento`. Normalization caveats like these are exactly what an agent cannot infer from structured fields.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with purpose, then the critical semantic caveat, then return shape and filters — a sensible priority order with no filler sentences. It is dense and long for a single tool, but the length is justified by the disambiguation content; a small trim of the return-field enumeration (already covered by the output schema) would tighten it.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

Given an output schema exists, the description still provides the caveats the schema cannot: duplicate entries, mixed entity types, and the meaning of 'atual'. Combined with filter semantics and downstream usage, an agent has everything needed to call and interpret results correctly.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds meaning beyond it: `nome` is accent-insensitive partial search and `limite` defaults to 50 with a 1000 cap (matching but reinforcing the schema). It also names the returned fields the filters map onto. Slightly redundant with the schema rather than fully additive, hence 4 not 5.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('Lista parlamentares autores de processos em tramitação'), adds the sort order ('ordenados por produção'), and explicitly differentiates from the sibling `senado_listar_senadores`. An agent can distinguish it from every other author/senator tool 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.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Explicitly warns what the tool is NOT ('não use como lista de senadores em exercício') and names the alternative `senado_listar_senadores` for that case. It also tells the agent how to continue downstream (pass `codigo` to `senado_obter_senador` or `senado_search_processos`) — both when-to-use and when-not are covered.

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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