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Get Code Context

get-code-context
Read-onlyIdempotent

Retrieve a bounded code window with enclosing semantic context for a selected C# location to inspect symbols, diagnostics, and surrounding code.

Instructions

Returns a bounded code window with the enclosing semantic context for a selected location.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
locationYesThe location selector.
workspaceNoProvide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.
afterLinesNoThe optional number of lines to include after the selected location.
beforeLinesNoThe optional number of lines to include before the selected location.
diagnosticsLimitNoMaximum number of diagnostics to return.
expectedSnapshotNoEcho the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request.
includeDiagnosticsNoWhether diagnostics should be included for the selected span.
enclosingSymbolsLimitNoMaximum number of enclosing symbols to return.
includeEnclosingSymbolsNoWhether the enclosing symbol chain should be included.

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: +{
      +  "$defs": {
      +    "warningInfo": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "code": {
      +          "description": "The stable machine-readable warning code.",
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "message": {
      +          "description": "The human-readable warning message.",
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "code",
      +        "message"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "oneOf": [
      +    {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "data": {
      +          "description": "Tool-specific result payload.",
      +          "properties": {
      +            "diagnostics": {
      +              "description": "The diagnostics projected for the selected location.",
      +              "properties": {
      +                "hasMore": {
      +                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
      +                  "type": "boolean"
      +                },
      +                "items": {
      +                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
      +                  "items": {
      +                    "properties": {
      +                      "id": {
      +                        "description": "The diagnostic identifier.",
      +                        "type": "string"
      +                      },
      +                      "location": {
      +                        "description": "The optional source location of the diagnostic.",
      +                        "properties": {
      +                          "column": {
      +                            "description": "The one-based column number.",
      +                            "type": "integer"
      +                          },
      +                          "document": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/properties/document",
      +                            "description": "The resolved document."
      +                          },
      +                          "line": {
      +                            "description": "The one-based line number.",
      +                            "type": "integer"
      +                          },
      +                          "selector": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/properties/selector",
      +                            "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again."
      +                          },
      +                          "snapshot": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/properties/snapshot",
      +                            "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location."
      +                          },
      +                          "span": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/properties/span",
      +                            "description": "The resolved text span."
      +                          }
      +                        },
      +                        "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",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                },
      +                "totalCount": {
      +                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
      +                  "type": [
      +                    "integer",
      +                    "null"
      +                  ]
      +                }
      +              },
      +              "type": "object"
      +            },
      +            "enclosingSymbols": {
      +              "description": "The enclosing symbol chain from the innermost symbol outward.",
      +              "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/location/properties/document",
      +                            "description": "The resolved document."
      +                          },
      +                          "line": {
      +                            "description": "The one-based line number.",
      +                            "type": "integer"
      +                          },
      +                          "selector": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/properties/selector",
      +                            "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again."
      +                          },
      +                          "snapshot": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/properties/snapshot",
      +                            "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location."
      +                          },
      +                          "span": {
      +                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/location/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"
      +            },
      +            "location": {
      +              "description": "The resolved source location.",
      +              "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"
      +              ]
      +            },
      +            "text": {
      +              "description": "The bounded source text.",
      +              "type": "string"
      +            }
      +          },
      +          "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

B3.2/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, idempotentHint=true, and destructiveHint=false, so the safety profile is fully covered and the description cannot contradict it. The description adds a modest behavioral detail ("bounded" window, "enclosing" semantic context), but says nothing about diagnostic/symbol inclusion toggles or snapshot staleness semantics, which are the real behavioral questions for this tool.

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?

A single front-loaded sentence with no filler or repetition. It is appropriately terse for a tool whose output schema and 9 fully-documented parameters carry the rest, though it leaves room for one routing clause without bloat.

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

Completeness4/5

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

With an output schema present and 100% parameter coverage, the description needn't explain return values or field syntax, and it correctly avoids doing so. Its only real gap is the absence of selection guidance among many similar sibling tools, but for a call-correctness standpoint the definition is adequate.

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% with rich nested-object and per-field descriptions (UTF-16 offsets, workspace-relative paths, defaults for beforeLines/afterLines), so the schema does the heavy lifting. The description adds no parameter-level meaning beyond "selected location," so baseline 3 applies.

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 concrete verb ("Returns") and a specific resource ("a bounded code window with the enclosing semantic context"), which distinguishes it from pure symbol lookups. However, it never names or contrasts with sibling tools like get-document-outline, get-symbol-info, or go-to-definition, so an agent must infer the boundary from the schema alone.

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?

The phrase "for a selected location" hints at the required input, but there is no explicit when-to-use, when-not-to-use, or alternative-tool guidance. Given ~45 siblings in the code-navigation space, an agent gets no help routing to this tool versus get-symbol-info or get-document-outline.

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