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Analyze Data Flow

analyze-data-flow
Read-onlyIdempotent

Trace value origins and destinations in C# code for an exact expression, a complete statement, or a contiguous statement range.

Instructions

Analyzes data flow for an exact expression, complete statement, or contiguous statement range.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
locationYesAn exact expression, complete statement or contiguous statement range to analyze.
workspaceNoProvide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.
expectedSnapshotNoEcho the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request.
symbolsPerCategoryLimitNoMaximum number of symbols to return in each data-flow category.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed1 schema field changedv1.0.4
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
      +  "$defs": {
      +    "warningInfo": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "code": {
      +          "description": "The stable machine-readable warning code.",
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "message": {
      +          "description": "The human-readable warning message.",
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "code",
      +        "message"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "oneOf": [
      +    {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "data": {
      +          "description": "Tool-specific result payload.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "captured": {
      +              "description": "The captured symbols.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/variablesDeclared/properties/items",
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {}
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            "dataFlowsIn": {
      +              "description": "The symbols flowing into the region.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/variablesDeclared/properties/items",
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {}
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            "dataFlowsOut": {
      +              "description": "The symbols flowing out of the region.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/variablesDeclared/properties/items",
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {}
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            "readInside": {
      +              "description": "The symbols read within the region.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/variablesDeclared/properties/items",
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {}
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            "region": {
      +              "description": "The analyzed region.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "column": {
      +                  "description": "The one-based column number.",
      +                  "type": "integer"
      +                },
      +                "document": {
      +                  "description": "The resolved document.",
      +                  "properties": {
      +                    "documentId": {
      +                      "description": "The document identifier.",
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    },
      +                    "path": {
      +                      "description": "The normalized document path.",
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    },
      +                    "projectId": {
      +                      "description": "The owning project identifier.",
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  },
      +                  "required": [
      +                    "documentId",
      +                    "path",
      +                    "projectId"
      +                  ],
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "object",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                "line": {
      +                  "description": "The one-based line number.",
      +                  "type": "integer"
      +                },
      +                "selector": {
      +                  "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
      +                  "properties": {
      +                    "span": {
      +                      "properties": {
      +                        "document": {
      +                          "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId.",
      +                          "properties": {
      +                            "documentId": {
      +                              "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
      +                              "type": [
      +                                "string",
      +                                "null"
      +                              ]
      +                            },
      +                            "path": {
      +                              "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
      +                              "type": [
      +                                "string",
      +                                "null"
      +                              ]
      +                            },
      +                            "project": {
      +                              "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
      +                              "properties": {
      +                                "name": {
      +                                  "type": [
      +                                    "string",
      +                                    "null"
      +                                  ]
      +                                },
      +                                "path": {
      +                                  "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
      +                                  "type": [
      +                                    "string",
      +                                    "null"
      +                                  ]
      +                                },
      +                                "projectId": {
      +                                  "type": [
      +                                    "string",
      +                                    "null"
      +                                  ]
      +                                },
      +                                "targetFramework": {
      +                                  "type": [
      +                                    "string",
      +                                    "null"
      +                                  ]
      +                                }
      +                              },
      +                              "type": [
      +                                "object",
      +                                "null"
      +                              ]
      +                            }
      +                          },
      +                          "type": "object"
      +                        },
      +                        "range": {
      +                          "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
      +                          "properties": {
      +                            "length": {
      +                              "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
      +                              "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                              "minimum": 0,
      +                              "type": "integer"
      +                            },
      +                            "start": {
      +                              "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
      +                              "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                              "minimum": 0,
      +                              "type": "integer"
      +                            }
      +                          },
      +                          "type": "object"
      +                        }
      +                      },
      +                      "required": [
      +                        "document",
      +                        "range"
      +                      ],
      +                      "type": "object"
      +                    }
      +                  },
      +                  "required": [
      +                    "span"
      +                  ],
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "object",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                "snapshot": {
      +                  "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
      +                  "properties": {
      +                    "snapshotId": {
      +                      "format": "uuid",
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    },
      +                    "transactionRevision": {
      +                      "type": [
      +                        "integer",
      +                        "null"
      +                      ]
      +                    },
      +                    "workspaceEpoch": {
      +                      "type": "integer"
      +                    },
      +                    "workspaceId": {
      +                      "format": "uuid",
      +                      "type": "string"
      +                    }
      +                  },
      +                  "required": [
      +                    "workspaceId",
      +                    "workspaceEpoch",
      +                    "snapshotId",
      +                    "transactionRevision"
      +                  ],
      +                  "type": "object"
      +                },
      +                "span": {
      +                  "description": "The resolved text span.",
      +                  "properties": {
      +                    "length": {
      +                      "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
      +                      "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                      "minimum": 0,
      +                      "type": "integer"
      +                    },
      +                    "start": {
      +                      "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
      +                      "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                      "minimum": 0,
      +                      "type": "integer"
      +                    }
      +                  },
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "object",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "required": [
      +                "snapshot"
      +              ],
      +              "type": [
      +                "object",
      +                "null"
      +              ]
      +            },
      +            "variablesDeclared": {
      +              "description": "The variables declared within the region.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {
      +                    "properties": {
      +                      "displayName": {
      +                        "description": "The display name of the symbol.",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      },
      +                      "documentationCommentId": {
      +                        "description": "The documentation comment identifier, when available.",
      +                        "type": [
      +                          "string",
      +                          "null"
      +                        ]
      +                      },
      +                      "kind": {
      +                        "description": "The symbol kind.",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      },
      +                      "location": {
      +                        "description": "The optional source location of the symbol.",
      +                        "properties": {
      +                          "column": {
      +                            "description": "The one-based column number.",
      +                            "type": "integer"
      +                          },
      +                          "document": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/region/properties/document",
      +                            "description": "The resolved document."
      +                          },
      +                          "line": {
      +                            "description": "The one-based line number.",
      +                            "type": "integer"
      +                          },
      +                          "selector": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/region/properties/selector",
      +                            "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again."
      +                          },
      +                          "snapshot": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/region/properties/snapshot",
      +                            "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location."
      +                          },
      +                          "span": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/region/properties/span",
      +                            "description": "The resolved text span."
      +                          }
      +                        },
      +                        "required": [
      +                          "snapshot"
      +                        ],
      +                        "type": [
      +                          "object",
      +                          "null"
      +                        ]
      +                      }
      +                    },
      +                    "required": [
      +                      "displayName",
      +                      "kind"
      +                    ],
      +                    "type": "object"
      +                  },
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "array",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            "writtenInside": {
      +              "description": "The symbols written within the region.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/variablesDeclared/properties/items",
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {}
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "type": [
      +            "object",
      +            "null"
      +          ]
      +        },
      +        "ok": {
      +          "const": true,
      +          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
      +        },
      +        "snapshot": {
      +          "description": "Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "snapshotId": {
      +              "format": "uuid",
      +              "type": "string"
      +            },
      +            "transactionRevision": {
      +              "type": [
      +                "integer",
      +                "null"
      +              ]
      +            },
      +            "workspaceEpoch": {
      +              "type": "integer"
      +            },
      +            "workspaceId": {
      +              "format": "uuid",
      +              "type": "string"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "required": [
      +            "workspaceId",
      +            "workspaceEpoch",
      +            "snapshotId",
      +            "transactionRevision"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        "warnings": {
      +          "description": "Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.",
      +          "items": {
      +            "$ref": "#/$defs/warningInfo"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "ok",
      +        "data",
      +        "snapshot"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "continuation": {
      +          "description": "Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing.",
      +          "oneOf": [
      +            {
      +              "additionalProperties": false,
      +              "properties": {
      +                "instruction": {
      +                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
      +                  "minLength": 1,
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                "kind": {
      +                  "const": "CallTool",
      +                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
      +                },
      +                "tool": {
      +                  "description": "Tool to call before continuing the original request.",
      +                  "minLength": 1,
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "required": [
      +                "kind",
      +                "tool",
      +                "instruction"
      +              ],
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            {
      +              "additionalProperties": false,
      +              "properties": {
      +                "instruction": {
      +                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
      +                  "minLength": 1,
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                "kind": {
      +                  "const": "ChooseTool",
      +                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
      +                },
      +                "tools": {
      +                  "description": "Allowed tool choices from which the agent must select one.",
      +                  "items": {
      +                    "description": "Name of a tool the agent may choose.",
      +                    "minLength": 1,
      +                    "type": "string"
      +                  },
      +                  "minItems": 1,
      +                  "type": "array",
      +                  "uniqueItems": true
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "required": [
      +                "kind",
      +                "tools",
      +                "instruction"
      +              ],
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            {
      +              "additionalProperties": false,
      +              "properties": {
      +                "instruction": {
      +                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
      +                  "minLength": 1,
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                "kind": {
      +                  "const": "RetryRequest",
      +                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "required": [
      +                "kind",
      +                "instruction"
      +              ],
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            {
      +              "additionalProperties": false,
      +              "properties": {
      +                "instruction": {
      +                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
      +                  "minLength": 1,
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                "kind": {
      +                  "const": "ReviseRequest",
      +                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "required": [
      +                "kind",
      +                "instruction"
      +              ],
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            {
      +              "additionalProperties": false,
      +              "properties": {
      +                "instruction": {
      +                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
      +                  "minLength": 1,
      +                  "type": "string"
      +                },
      +                "kind": {
      +                  "const": "ResolveExternally",
      +                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "required": [
      +                "kind",
      +                "instruction"
      +              ],
      +              "type": "object"
      +            }
      +          ]
      +        },
      +        "diagnostics": {
      +          "description": "Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation.",
      +          "items": {
      +            "properties": {
      +              "id": {
      +                "description": "The diagnostic identifier.",
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              "location": {
      +                "description": "The optional source location of the diagnostic.",
      +                "properties": {
      +                  "column": {
      +                    "description": "The one-based column number.",
      +                    "type": "integer"
      +                  },
      +                  "document": {
      +                    "description": "The resolved document.",
      +                    "properties": {
      +                      "documentId": {
      +                        "description": "The document identifier.",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      },
      +                      "path": {
      +                        "description": "The normalized document path.",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      },
      +                      "projectId": {
      +                        "description": "The owning project identifier.",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    },
      +                    "required": [
      +                      "documentId",
      +                      "path",
      +                      "projectId"
      +                    ],
      +                    "type": [
      +                      "object",
      +                      "null"
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  "line": {
      +                    "description": "The one-based line number.",
      +                    "type": "integer"
      +                  },
      +                  "selector": {
      +                    "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
      +                    "properties": {
      +                      "span": {
      +                        "properties": {
      +                          "document": {
      +                            "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId.",
      +                            "properties": {
      +                              "documentId": {
      +                                "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
      +                                "type": [
      +                                  "string",
      +                                  "null"
      +                                ]
      +                              },
      +                              "path": {
      +                                "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
      +                                "type": [
      +                                  "string",
      +                                  "null"
      +                                ]
      +                              },
      +                              "project": {
      +                                "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
      +                                "properties": {
      +                                  "name": {
      +                                    "type": [
      +                                      "string",
      +                                      "null"
      +                                    ]
      +                                  },
      +                                  "path": {
      +                                    "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
      +                                    "type": [
      +                                      "string",
      +                                      "null"
      +                                    ]
      +                                  },
      +                                  "projectId": {
      +                                    "type": [
      +                                      "string",
      +                                      "null"
      +                                    ]
      +                                  },
      +                                  "targetFramework": {
      +                                    "type": [
      +                                      "string",
      +                                      "null"
      +                                    ]
      +                                  }
      +                                },
      +                                "type": [
      +                                  "object",
      +                                  "null"
      +                                ]
      +                              }
      +                            },
      +                            "type": "object"
      +                          },
      +                          "range": {
      +                            "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
      +                            "properties": {
      +                              "length": {
      +                                "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
      +                                "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                                "minimum": 0,
      +                                "type": "integer"
      +                              },
      +                              "start": {
      +                                "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
      +                                "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                                "minimum": 0,
      +                                "type": "integer"
      +                              }
      +                            },
      +                            "type": "object"
      +                          }
      +                        },
      +                        "required": [
      +                          "document",
      +                          "range"
      +                        ],
      +                        "type": "object"
      +                      }
      +                    },
      +                    "required": [
      +                      "span"
      +                    ],
      +                    "type": [
      +                      "object",
      +                      "null"
      +                    ]
      +                  },
      +                  "snapshot": {
      +                    "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
      +                    "properties": {
      +                      "snapshotId": {
      +                        "format": "uuid",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      },
      +                      "transactionRevision": {
      +                        "type": [
      +                          "integer",
      +                          "null"
      +                        ]
      +                      },
      +                      "workspaceEpoch": {
      +                        "type": "integer"
      +                      },
      +                      "workspaceId": {
      +                        "format": "uuid",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      }
      +                    },
      +                    "required": [
      +                      "workspaceId",
      +                      "workspaceEpoch",
      +                      "snapshotId",
      +                      "transactionRevision"
      +                    ],
      +                    "type": "object"
      +                  },
      +                  "span": {
      +                    "description": "The resolved text span.",
      +                    "properties": {
      +                      "length": {
      +                        "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
      +                        "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                        "minimum": 0,
      +                        "type": "integer"
      +                      },
      +                      "start": {
      +                        "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
      +                        "maximum": 2147483647,
      +                        "minimum": 0,
      +                        "type": "integer"
      +                      }
      +                    },
      +                    "type": [
      +                      "object",
      +                      "null"
      +                    ]
      +                  }
      +                },
      +                "required": [
      +                  "snapshot"
      +                ],
      +                "type": [
      +                  "object",
      +                  "null"
      +                ]
      +              },
      +              "message": {
      +                "description": "The diagnostic message.",
      +                "type": "string"
      +              },
      +              "severity": {
      +                "description": "The diagnostic severity.",
      +                "enum": [
      +                  "Hidden",
      +                  "Info",
      +                  "Warning",
      +                  "Error"
      +                ],
      +                "type": "string"
      +              }
      +            },
      +            "required": [
      +              "id",
      +              "message"
      +            ],
      +            "type": "object"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        "error": {
      +          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "code": {
      +              "description": "Stable machine-readable error code.",
      +              "type": "string"
      +            },
      +            "correlationId": {
      +              "description": "Correlation identifier for matching the failure to server-side diagnostics, when available.",
      +              "type": [
      +                "string",
      +                "null"
      +              ]
      +            },
      +            "message": {
      +              "description": "Human-readable explanation of the failure.",
      +              "type": "string"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "required": [
      +            "code",
      +            "message"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        "ok": {
      +          "const": false,
      +          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
      +        },
      +        "warnings": {
      +          "description": "Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.",
      +          "items": {
      +            "$ref": "#/$defs/warningInfo"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "ok",
      +        "error"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "diagnostics": {
      +          "description": "Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "detailsAvailable": {
      +              "const": true
      +            },
      +            "detailsTool": {
      +              "const": "get-error-details"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "required": [
      +            "detailsAvailable",
      +            "detailsTool"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        "error": {
      +          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "code": {
      +              "const": "UnhandledException"
      +            },
      +            "correlationId": {
      +              "format": "uuid",
      +              "type": "string"
      +            },
      +            "message": {
      +              "const": "Tool execution failed."
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "required": [
      +            "code",
      +            "message",
      +            "correlationId"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "object"
      +        },
      +        "ok": {
      +          "const": false,
      +          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
      +        },
      +        "reporting": {
      +          "description": "Error-reporting workflow available for an unhandled failure.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "canPrepare": {
      +              "type": "boolean"
      +            },
      +            "prepareTool": {
      +              "type": [
      +                "string",
      +                "null"
      +              ]
      +            },
      +            "state": {
      +              "enum": [
      +                "Available",
      +                "AlwaysApproved",
      +                "DisabledByConfiguration",
      +                "ApprovalUnavailable"
      +              ],
      +              "type": "string"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "required": [
      +            "state"
      +          ],
      +          "type": "object"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "ok",
      +        "error",
      +        "diagnostics"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    }
      +  ],
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
  2. First observedv1.0.2

TDQS

B3.3/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, idempotentHint=true, destructiveHint=false, and openWorldHint=false, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds only the input-scope constraint and says nothing about snapshot consistency, workspace requirements, or operational behavior beyond annotations.

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

Conciseness5/5

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

A single front-loaded sentence with no filler; the purpose is stated immediately and every word earns its place.

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

Completeness3/5

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

With a rich input schema, an output schema, and annotations covering safety, the description need not explain return values or destructive behavior. However, it does not disambiguate from close siblings such as analyze-control-flow, analyze-nullability, and analyze-async, nor does it mention the expectedSnapshot consistency requirement.

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 fully documents parameters including nested location, workspace, expectedSnapshot, and symbolsPerCategoryLimit. The description merely restates the location granularity already present in the schema description, adding no parameter syntax or format detail.

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

Purpose4/5

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

States a specific verb ('Analyzes') and resource ('data flow') and names the accepted input granularity (exact expression, complete statement, contiguous statement range). This distinguishes it from siblings like analyze-control-flow, but does not explicitly route away from alternatives.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines2/5

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

Provides no when-to-use guidance, prerequisites, or alternative tools. The only context is the accepted input granularity, leaving selection between this and other analyze-* tools to inference from the tool name.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.