DC Hub: Data Center, Power Grid & Energy Intelligence

M&A Transactions

list_transactions

Read-onlyIdempotent

Filter 1,800+ tracked data center M&A and capital deals by date range, minimum value, region, buyer, or seller. Retrieve deal name, buyer, seller, value, and type to answer acquisition and deal-value questions.

Instructions

Use this when the user asks about data center M&A, acquisitions or capital deals — 1,800+ tracked deals (2019-present), each with its disclosed value where public (many private deals are undisclosed). Returns deal name, buyer, seller, value, date, market, target operator, type (acquisition/JV/refinance/recap). Filter by date range (date_from/date_to, ISO-8601), min_value_usd, region, buyer, or seller. Answers "which data-center deals closed this year", "what was that acquisition worth". Try: list_transactions date_from=2026-01-01 min_value_usd=1000000000. There is no year parameter — use date_from/date_to. Broad M&A and capital-deal flow with filters; do NOT use for hyperscaler-specific lease/PPA/JV activity (use hyperscaler_deals) or a single-deal post-mortem (use deal_autopsy). limit 1-500 (free 10), offset 0-100000; total_count is the full match count. Empty = loosen buyer/seller/value filters.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`buyer`	No	Filter by acquiring company name, e.g. Blackstone, KKR, Digital Realty
`limit`	No	Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool)
`offset`	No	Pagination offset, 0-based (skip this many results)
`region`	No	Geographic region filter, e.g. us, eu, apac, americas
`seller`	No	Filter by selling/target company name, e.g. CyrusOne
`date_to`	No	Latest deal date, ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
`date_from`	No	Earliest deal date, ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
`deal_type`	No	Deal type filter, e.g. acquisition, jv, refinance, recap
`max_value_usd`	No	Maximum disclosed deal value in US dollars
`min_value_usd`	No	Minimum disclosed deal value in US dollars, e.g. 1000000000 for $1B+

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`note`	No
`tier`	No
`count`	No
`cached`	No
`success`	No
`data_source`	No
`total_count`	No
`total_value`	No
`transactions`	No
`total_value_unit`	No

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed29 schema fields changedv2.12.45Oct 22, 2026

changedOutput schema / additionalProperties
```
Previous value: -{}New value: +true
```

removedOutput schema / description

Removed value: -"Data-center M&A / capital transactions: `transactions` rows with buyer/seller/value/date — alongside the DC Hub envelope keys."

removedOutput schema / properties / _entity

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Payload class (facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response); branch on it.",
-  "type": "string"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / _front_door

Removed value: -{
-  "additionalProperties": {},
-  "description": "First-tool hint: plan_query(intent) returns the ordered plan.",
-  "properties": {},
-  "type": "object"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / _return_loop

Removed value: -{
-  "additionalProperties": {},
-  "description": "Next-session delta call (get_changes).",
-  "properties": {},
-  "type": "object"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / cached / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "boolean"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / cached / description

Removed value: -"Whether the response was served from cache"

removedOutput schema / properties / citation

Removed value: -{
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "additionalProperties": {},
-      "properties": {},
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "string"
-    }
-  ],
-  "description": "How to attribute DC Hub: {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}, or the attribution line as a string."
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / count / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "anyOf": [
-      {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / count / description
```
Removed value: -"Rows returned in THIS response"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / data_source / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / data_source / description
```
Removed value: -"Where the deal set comes from"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / note / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / note / description
```
Removed value: -"Serving note"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / provenance

Removed value: -{
-  "additionalProperties": {},
-  "description": "Source, method, as_of, verification_counts, license, cite_as; quote it when citing.",
-  "properties": {},
-  "type": "object"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / quota

Removed value: -{
-  "additionalProperties": {},
-  "description": "Caller quota state (remaining calls, tier).",
-  "properties": {},
-  "type": "object"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff

Removed value: -{
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "items": {
-        "additionalProperties": {},
-        "properties": {},
-        "type": "object"
-      },
-      "type": "array"
-    },
-    {
-      "additionalProperties": {},
-      "properties": {},
-      "type": "object"
-    }
-  ],
-  "description": "Follow-up calls [{tool, parameters, why}] when the payload carries coordinates."
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / success / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "boolean"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / success / description
```
Removed value: -"true when the deal query succeeded"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / tier / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / tier / description
```
Removed value: -"Tier the response was served at"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / total_count / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "anyOf": [
-      {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / total_count / description
```
Removed value: -"Total deals matching the filter"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / total_value / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "anyOf": [
-      {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / total_value / description

Removed value: -"Aggregate disclosed value across the returned set (null when not computed)"

removedOutput schema / properties / total_value_unit / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / total_value_unit / description
```
Removed value: -"Unit of total_value"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / transactions / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "items": {
-      "additionalProperties": {},
-      "properties": {
-        "buyer": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Acquirer"
-        },
-        "date": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Deal date (ISO-8601)"
-        },
-        "id": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "anyOf": [
-                {
-                  "type": "number"
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "string"
-                }
-              ]
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Deal id"
-        },
-        "market": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Market the deal touches"
-        },
-        "mw": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "anyOf": [
-                {
-                  "type": "number"
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "string"
-                }
-              ]
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Capacity involved, MW, when disclosed"
-        },
-        "region": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Region (us | eu | apac | americas …)"
-        },
-        "seller": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Seller / target"
-        },
-        "type": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "acquisition | jv | refinance | recap …"
-        },
-        "value": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "anyOf": [
-                {
-                  "type": "number"
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "string"
-                }
-              ]
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Deal value when disclosed (see value_unit)"
-        },
-        "value_confirmed": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "boolean"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Whether the value is confirmed vs reported"
-        },
-        "value_display": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Human-formatted value, e.g. \"$9.2B\" or \"Undisclosed\""
-        },
-        "value_unit": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Unit of `value` (e.g. USD)"
-        },
-        "year": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "anyOf": [
-                {
-                  "type": "number"
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "string"
-                }
-              ]
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Deal year"
-        }
-      },
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    "type": "array"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

removedOutput schema / properties / transactions / description
```
Removed value: -"M&A / capital-transaction rows"
```

Changed7 schema fields changedv2.12.43Oct 15, 2026

changedOutput schema / properties / _entity / description

Previous value: -"Payload class discriminator (e.g. facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response) — branch on this before parsing the rest."New value: +"Payload class (facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response); branch on it."

changedOutput schema / properties / _front_door / description

Previous value: -"In-band front-door hint (first workflow-entry tool of a session): call plan_query(intent) first for the ordered multi-step plan."New value: +"First-tool hint: plan_query(intent) returns the ordered plan."

changedOutput schema / properties / _return_loop / description

Previous value: -"Suggested next-session delta call (get_changes since=24h) so you pull only what changed."New value: +"Next-session delta call (get_changes)."

changedOutput schema / properties / citation / description

Previous 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."New value: +"How to attribute DC Hub: {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}, or the attribution line as a string."

changedOutput schema / properties / provenance / description

Previous value: -"Collection-level provenance block: {source, method, as_of, verification_counts, cite_url_template, license, cite_as}. Quote the verification level when citing."New value: +"Source, method, as_of, verification_counts, license, cite_as; quote it when citing."

changedOutput schema / properties / quota / description

Previous value: -"Caller quota state (remaining calls, tier) when available."New value: +"Caller quota state (remaining calls, tier)."

changedOutput schema / properties / site_evaluation_handoff / description

Previous value: -"Pre-built follow-up calls (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates — an array of {tool, parameters, why} entries."New value: +"Follow-up calls [{tool, parameters, why}] when the payload carries coordinates."

Changed2 schema fields changedAug 30, 2026

removedInput schema / $schema

Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"

removedOutput schema / $schema

Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"

Changed5 schema fields changedv2.3.20Aug 14, 2026

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"
```

Changed1 schema field changedv2.3.12Jul 28, 2026

changedOutput schema / (root)

Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "additionalProperties": {},
+  "description": "Data-center M&A / capital transactions: `transactions` rows with buyer/seller/value/date — 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"
+    },
+    "_return_loop": {
+      "additionalProperties": {},
+      "description": "Suggested next-session delta call (get_changes since=24h) so you pull only what changed.",
+      "properties": {},
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "cached": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Whether the response was served from cache"
+    },
+    "citation": {
+      "additionalProperties": {},
+      "description": "Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload.",
+      "properties": {},
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "count": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Rows returned in THIS response"
+    },
+    "data_source": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Where the deal set comes from"
+    },
+    "note": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Serving note"
+    },
+    "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"
+    },
+    "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."
+    },
+    "success": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "true when the deal query succeeded"
+    },
+    "tier": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Tier the response was served at"
+    },
+    "total_count": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Total deals matching the filter"
+    },
+    "total_value": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Aggregate disclosed value across the returned set (null when not computed)"
+    },
+    "total_value_unit": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "Unit of total_value"
+    },
+    "transactions": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "items": {
+            "additionalProperties": {},
+            "properties": {
+              "buyer": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Acquirer"
+              },
+              "date": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Deal date (ISO-8601)"
+              },
+              "id": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "anyOf": [
+                      {
+                        "type": "number"
+                      },
+                      {
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Deal id"
+              },
+              "market": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Market the deal touches"
+              },
+              "mw": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "anyOf": [
+                      {
+                        "type": "number"
+                      },
+                      {
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Capacity involved, MW, when disclosed"
+              },
+              "region": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Region (us | eu | apac | americas …)"
+              },
+              "seller": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Seller / target"
+              },
+              "type": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "acquisition | jv | refinance | recap …"
+              },
+              "value": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "anyOf": [
+                      {
+                        "type": "number"
+                      },
+                      {
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Deal value when disclosed (see value_unit)"
+              },
+              "value_confirmed": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Whether the value is confirmed vs reported"
+              },
+              "value_display": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Human-formatted value, e.g. \"$9.2B\" or \"Undisclosed\""
+              },
+              "value_unit": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Unit of `value` (e.g. USD)"
+              },
+              "year": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "anyOf": [
+                      {
+                        "type": "number"
+                      },
+                      {
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "description": "Deal year"
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": "M&A / capital-transaction rows"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}

Changed14 schema fields changedv2.3.6Jul 2, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / buyer / description

Added value: +"Filter by acquiring company name, e.g. Blackstone, KKR, Digital Realty"

addedInput schema / properties / date_from / description

Added value: +"Earliest deal date, ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)"

addedInput schema / properties / date_to / description

Added value: +"Latest deal date, ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)"

addedInput schema / properties / deal_type / description

Added value: +"Deal type filter, e.g. acquisition, jv, refinance, recap"

addedInput schema / properties / limit / description

Added value: +"Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool)"

changedInput schema / properties / limit / maximum

Previous value: -9007199254740991New value: +500

changedInput schema / properties / limit / minimum

Previous value: --9007199254740991New value: +1

addedInput schema / properties / max_value_usd / description

Added value: +"Maximum disclosed deal value in US dollars"

addedInput schema / properties / min_value_usd / description

Added value: +"Minimum disclosed deal value in US dollars, e.g. 1000000000 for $1B+"

addedInput schema / properties / offset / description

Added value: +"Pagination offset, 0-based (skip this many results)"

changedInput schema / properties / offset / maximum

Previous value: -9007199254740991New value: +100000

changedInput schema / properties / offset / minimum

Previous value: --9007199254740991New value: +0

addedInput schema / properties / region / description

Added value: +"Geographic region filter, e.g. us, eu, apac, americas"

addedInput schema / properties / seller / description

Added value: +"Filter by selling/target company name, e.g. CyrusOne"

First observedv2.1.19Jun 8, 2026

TDQS

A4.6/5.0

Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly/idempotent/non-destructive, so safety is covered; the description adds real context beyond that — undisclosed values on private deals, pagination bounds (limit 1-500, free 10, offset 0-100000), that total_count is the full match count, and that empty results mean loosening buyer/seller/value filters. Missing only rate-limit or freshness details.

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 the use case and scope, then filters, then a runnable example, then exclusions and pagination notes. Dense but nearly every clause carries operational value; a slightly long single block, but no filler sentences.

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 10-param filtered list tool with an output schema and full annotation coverage, the description supplies the routing cues, filter semantics, example invocation, and empty-result remediation. Nothing an agent needs to call it correctly is missing.

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: it flags the absence of a `year` parameter, gives a concrete min_value_usd example, and clarifies free-tier limit versus the schema's stated max. This compensates usefully rather than merely restating field docs.

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+resource (list M&A transactions / data center deals) with scope (1,800+ tracked deals, 2019-present) and enumerates returned fields. It explicitly distinguishes itself from siblings hyperscaler_deals and deal_autopsy, so an agent can route correctly without opening either 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?

Gives explicit when-to-use triggers ('user asks about data center M&A'), worked example queries, and clear when-not-to-use exclusions naming the two alternative tools. The note that there is no `year` parameter and to use date_from/date_to heads off a likely misuse.

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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