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DC Hub Intelligence

Market Intelligence

get_market_intel
Read-onlyIdempotent

Retrieve data-center market intelligence for a metro: supply, tracked MW, operator mix, pipeline, recent facilities and lease pricing. Compare two markets to assess siting and pricing context.

Instructions

Use this whenever the user asks about a data-center market: supply, operators, pipeline or pricing context for a metro. Call when the user asks about one data-center market: facility count, tracked MW, status mix, top providers, recent facilities or lease pricing. Pass market as a slug (e.g. northern-virginia). Returns stats, by_status, top_providers, recent_facilities, market_pricing (quote its basis). Verdict: use get_market_dcpi_rank. Keyless: a trimmed preview; a free key gets more. Ex: "1 MW colo price in Los Angeles?"

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
marketNoMarket slug (metro), e.g. northern-virginia, dallas, frankfurt, singapore — valid slugs come from rank_markets / get_market_dcpi_rank
metricNoOptional single metric to focus on, e.g. vacancy, pricing, absorption, pipeline
periodNoOptional time window for the metric, e.g. ttm, 12mo, ytd
compare_toNoOptional second market slug to compare against, e.g. dallas

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
quotaNoCaller quota state (remaining calls, tier) when available.
statsNoHeadline market stats
_gatedNotrue when parts of the payload were withheld by tier
marketNoThe market identity block
_entityNoPayload class discriminator (e.g. facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response) — branch on this before parsing the rest.
successNotrue when the market lookup succeeded
citationNoMachine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload. Normally an OBJECT {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}; a bare string is accepted and carries the attribution line itself.
by_statusNoFacility counts keyed by status (Operational, Under Construction, Planned, Announced, active)
provenanceNoCollection-level provenance block: {source, method, as_of, verification_counts, cite_url_template, license, cite_as}. Quote the verification level when citing.
_front_doorNoIn-band front-door hint (first workflow-entry tool of a session): call plan_query(intent) first for the ordered multi-step plan.
_return_loopNoSuggested next-session delta call (get_changes since=24h) so you pull only what changed.
related_intelNoRAG-grounded related intelligence passages (cited)
top_providersNoDominant operators, largest first
recent_facilitiesNoRecently added / discovered facilities in the market
site_evaluation_handoffNoPre-built follow-up calls (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates — an array of {tool, parameters, why} entries.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • removedInput schema / $schema
      Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
    • removedOutput schema / $schema
      Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
  2. Changed5 schema fields changedv2.3.20
    • removedOutput schema / properties / citation / additionalProperties
      Removed value: -{}
    • addedOutput schema / properties / citation / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "additionalProperties": {},
      +    "properties": {},
      +    "type": "object"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "type": "string"
      +  }
      +]
    • changedOutput schema / properties / citation / description
      Previous value: -"Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload."New value: +"Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload. Normally an OBJECT {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}; a bare string is accepted and carries the attribution line itself."
    • removedOutput schema / properties / citation / properties
      Removed value: -{}
    • removedOutput schema / properties / citation / type
      Removed value: -"object"
  3. Changed1 schema field changedv2.3.12
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
      +  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
      +  "additionalProperties": {},
      +  "description": "One-market intelligence read: identity, stats, status mix, operators, recent facilities, cited related intel — alongside the DC Hub envelope keys.",
      +  "properties": {
      +    "_entity": {
      +      "description": "Payload class discriminator (e.g. facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response) — branch on this before parsing the rest.",
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "_front_door": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "In-band front-door hint (first workflow-entry tool of a session): call plan_query(intent) first for the ordered multi-step plan.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "_gated": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "boolean"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "true when parts of the payload were withheld by tier"
      +    },
      +    "_return_loop": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Suggested next-session delta call (get_changes since=24h) so you pull only what changed.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "by_status": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "additionalProperties": {},
      +          "properties": {},
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "Facility counts keyed by status (Operational, Under Construction, Planned, Announced, active)"
      +    },
      +    "citation": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "market": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "additionalProperties": {},
      +          "properties": {
      +            "cities": {
      +              "description": "Cities composing the market"
      +            },
      +            "id": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Market slug"
      +            },
      +            "name": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Market display name"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "The market identity block"
      +    },
      +    "provenance": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Collection-level provenance block: {source, method, as_of, verification_counts, cite_url_template, license, cite_as}. Quote the verification level when citing.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "quota": {
      +      "additionalProperties": {},
      +      "description": "Caller quota state (remaining calls, tier) when available.",
      +      "properties": {},
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "recent_facilities": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "items": {
      +            "additionalProperties": {},
      +            "properties": {
      +              "city": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "City"
      +              },
      +              "discovered_at": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "When DC Hub first tracked it"
      +              },
      +              "id": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "anyOf": [
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "number"
      +                      },
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Facility id"
      +              },
      +              "name": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Facility name"
      +              },
      +              "power_mw": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "anyOf": [
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "number"
      +                      },
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Capacity, MW"
      +              },
      +              "provider": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Operator"
      +              },
      +              "status": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Facility status"
      +              }
      +            },
      +            "type": "object"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "Recently added / discovered facilities in the market"
      +    },
      +    "related_intel": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "items": {
      +            "additionalProperties": {},
      +            "properties": {
      +              "citation": {
      +                "description": "Citation payload"
      +              },
      +              "cosine": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "anyOf": [
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "number"
      +                      },
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Retrieval similarity score"
      +              },
      +              "kind": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Passage kind"
      +              },
      +              "source": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Source name"
      +              },
      +              "text": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Cited passage text"
      +              },
      +              "title": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Passage title"
      +              },
      +              "url": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Source URL"
      +              }
      +            },
      +            "type": "object"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "RAG-grounded related intelligence passages (cited)"
      +    },
      +    "site_evaluation_handoff": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "items": {
      +            "additionalProperties": {},
      +            "properties": {},
      +            "type": "object"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "additionalProperties": {},
      +          "properties": {},
      +          "type": "object"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "Pre-built follow-up calls (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates — an array of {tool, parameters, why} entries."
      +    },
      +    "stats": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "additionalProperties": {},
      +          "properties": {
      +            "avg_power_mw": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "anyOf": [
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "number"
      +                    },
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Average facility capacity, MW"
      +            },
      +            "facility_count": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "anyOf": [
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "number"
      +                    },
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Tracked facilities in the market"
      +            },
      +            "provider_count": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "anyOf": [
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "number"
      +                    },
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Distinct operators"
      +            },
      +            "total_power_mw": {
      +              "anyOf": [
      +                {
      +                  "anyOf": [
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "number"
      +                    },
      +                    {
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                {
      +                  "type": "null"
      +                }
      +              ],
      +              "description": "Total tracked capacity, MW"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "Headline market stats"
      +    },
      +    "success": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "type": "boolean"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "true when the market lookup succeeded"
      +    },
      +    "top_providers": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {
      +          "items": {
      +            "additionalProperties": {},
      +            "properties": {
      +              "facilities": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "anyOf": [
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "number"
      +                      },
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Facility count"
      +              },
      +              "name": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Operator name"
      +              },
      +              "power_mw": {
      +                "anyOf": [
      +                  {
      +                    "anyOf": [
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "number"
      +                      },
      +                      {
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  {
      +                    "type": "null"
      +                  }
      +                ],
      +                "description": "Aggregate capacity, MW"
      +              }
      +            },
      +            "type": "object"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ],
      +      "description": "Dominant operators, largest first"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
  4. Changed4 schema fields changedv2.3.6
    • addedInput schema / properties / compare_to / description
      Added value: +"Optional second market slug to compare against, e.g. dallas"
    • addedInput schema / properties / market / description
      Added value: +"Market slug (metro), e.g. northern-virginia, dallas, frankfurt, singapore — valid slugs come from rank_markets / get_market_dcpi_rank"
    • addedInput schema / properties / metric / description
      Added value: +"Optional single metric to focus on, e.g. vacancy, pricing, absorption, pipeline"
    • addedInput schema / properties / period / description
      Added value: +"Optional time window for the metric, e.g. ttm, 12mo, ytd"
  5. First observedv2.1.19

TDQS

A4.4/5.0
Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive/openWorld=false, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuinely new behavioral context: keyless access returns a trimmed preview while a free key unlocks more, and market_pricing should be quoted with its basis. It doesn't disclose rate limits or freshness, hence not a 5.

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?

The first sentence front-loads the primary use case and every clause carries information (returns list, sibling routing, access tiers, example). The opening two sentences overlap somewhat, both restating the 'user asks about a market' trigger, which is minor redundancy but not waste.

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?

For a read-only analytics tool with annotations, full schema coverage, and an output schema, the description covers triggers, the required slug form, the returned fields, access-tier behavior, and sibling routing. Nothing an agent needs to select or invoke it correctly is missing.

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

Parameters3/5

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

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents all four parameters including slug examples and the source of valid slugs. The description only restates the market slug rule and adds nothing for metric, period, or compare_to, so the baseline 3 applies.

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?

The description names a specific retrieval resource and enumerates its contents (facility count, tracked MW, status mix, top providers, recent facilities, lease pricing), which lets an agent distinguish it from market siblings like get_market_context or predict_market_trajectory. It also explicitly routes the 'verdict' case to get_market_dcpi_rank, sharpening the boundary.

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?

Two explicit trigger conditions are given ('whenever the user asks about a data-center market', 'when the user asks about one data-center market'), plus a concrete worked example ('1 MW colo price in Los Angeles?'). It names the alternative (get_market_dcpi_rank) for the verdict use case, so the when-not path is covered too.

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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