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get_submission_rule

Retrieve CDC specimen collection and submission rules for a specified disease, providing guidance for laboratory testing workflows. Returns submission criteria based on the disease name.

Instructions

CDC compatibility alias. decision_support_only=true; verify_current_official_source=true; not_validated_for_hospital_deployment=true; not_pre_submission_storage=true. 不得輸入病人資料。

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`disease`	Yes

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Default
`items`	Yes
`limit`	Yes
`notes`	Yes
`query`	Yes
`offset`	Yes
`safety`	Yes
`warnings`	Yes
`data_mode`	Yes
`operation`	Yes
`truncated`	Yes
`provenance`	Yes
`sample_only`	Yes
`availability`	Yes
`result_status`	Yes
`source_status`	Yes
`total_matches`	Yes
`returned_count`	Yes
`coverage_detail`	Yes
`coverage_status`	Yes
`evaluated_as_of`	Yes
`contract_version`	No	public-contract-v1
`evaluated_timezone`	Yes
`snapshot_traceable`	Yes
`replacement_operation`	Yes
`availability_reason_code`	Yes
`historical_truth_supported`	Yes
`currently_reproducible_from_upstream`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed5 schema fields changedv0.1.3Sep 17, 2026

addedOutput schema / $defs / CDCManualClauseRecord

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "One numbered clause, figure caption or appendix form of the manual, as printed.",
+  "properties": {
+    "block_kind": {
+      "enum": [
+        "clause",
+        "figure",
+        "appendix"
+      ],
+      "title": "Block Kind",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "chapter": {
+      "title": "Chapter",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "clause_number": {
+      "title": "Clause Number",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "record_type": {
+      "const": "cdc_manual_clause",
+      "default": "cdc_manual_clause",
+      "title": "Record Type",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "text": {
+      "title": "Text",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "block_kind",
+    "clause_number",
+    "chapter",
+    "text"
+  ],
+  "title": "CDCManualClauseRecord",
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / ItemEnvelope / properties / record / discriminator / mapping / cdc_manual_clause
```
Added value: +"#/$defs/CDCManualClauseRecord"
```

changedOutput schema / $defs / ItemEnvelope / properties / record / oneOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHIRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHISearchRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCSpecimenRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCTestingLocationRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCLabRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDARecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDASearchRecord"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHIRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHISearchRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCSpecimenRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCTestingLocationRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCManualClauseRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCLabRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDARecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDASearchRecord"
+  }
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / operation / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "get_data_status",
-  "search_disease",
-  "get_specimen_requirement",
-  "get_collection_method",
-  "get_container",
-  "get_transport_requirement",
-  "get_submission_rule",
-  "get_testing_location",
-  "find_authorized_lab",
-  "get_lab_scope",
-  "search_payment_items",
-  "search_lab_code",
-  "get_points",
-  "get_payment_rule",
-  "search_reviewed_ivd",
-  "search_ivd_candidates",
-  "search_ivd",
-  "get_license",
-  "find_manufacturer",
-  "list_matching_license_records",
-  "compare_products",
-  "standards_status",
-  "eqa_status"
-]New value: +[
+  "get_data_status",
+  "search_disease",
+  "get_specimen_requirement",
+  "get_collection_method",
+  "get_container",
+  "get_transport_requirement",
+  "get_submission_rule",
+  "get_testing_location",
+  "search_manual_procedure",
+  "find_authorized_lab",
+  "get_lab_scope",
+  "search_payment_items",
+  "search_lab_code",
+  "get_points",
+  "get_payment_rule",
+  "search_reviewed_ivd",
+  "search_ivd_candidates",
+  "search_ivd",
+  "get_license",
+  "find_manufacturer",
+  "list_matching_license_records",
+  "compare_products",
+  "standards_status",
+  "eqa_status"
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / replacement_operation / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "enum": [
-      "get_data_status",
-      "search_disease",
-      "get_specimen_requirement",
-      "get_collection_method",
-      "get_container",
-      "get_transport_requirement",
-      "get_submission_rule",
-      "get_testing_location",
-      "find_authorized_lab",
-      "get_lab_scope",
-      "search_payment_items",
-      "search_lab_code",
-      "get_points",
-      "get_payment_rule",
-      "search_reviewed_ivd",
-      "search_ivd_candidates",
-      "search_ivd",
-      "get_license",
-      "find_manufacturer",
-      "list_matching_license_records",
-      "compare_products",
-      "standards_status",
-      "eqa_status"
-    ],
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "enum": [
+      "get_data_status",
+      "search_disease",
+      "get_specimen_requirement",
+      "get_collection_method",
+      "get_container",
+      "get_transport_requirement",
+      "get_submission_rule",
+      "get_testing_location",
+      "search_manual_procedure",
+      "find_authorized_lab",
+      "get_lab_scope",
+      "search_payment_items",
+      "search_lab_code",
+      "get_points",
+      "get_payment_rule",
+      "search_reviewed_ivd",
+      "search_ivd_candidates",
+      "search_ivd",
+      "get_license",
+      "find_manufacturer",
+      "list_matching_license_records",
+      "compare_products",
+      "standards_status",
+      "eqa_status"
+    ],
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

Changed6 schema fields changedv0.1.2Sep 16, 2026

addedOutput schema / $defs / CDCReceivingUnitContact

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "One 7.9 receiving unit as the manual prints it (OD-18).",
+  "properties": {
+    "address": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Address"
+    },
+    "fax": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Fax"
+    },
+    "phone": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Phone"
+    },
+    "unit_name": {
+      "title": "Unit Name",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "unit_name",
+    "phone",
+    "fax",
+    "address"
+  ],
+  "title": "CDCReceivingUnitContact",
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / CDCTestingLocationRecord

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "One chapter 7 row: where a test is sent and how long it takes (OD-18).\n\nThe manual prints 檢驗期限 in most sections and 檢驗期間 in 7.7 (autopsy specimens), so the\ntwo official column names stay separate fields and are never merged into one duration.\n`receiving_unit_contacts` are the 7.9 rows whose unit name appears in this row's 收件單位\ntext; the join happens when the question is answered and every contact keeps its own page,\nsection and row hash in the item's evidence.",
+  "properties": {
+    "bsl_raw": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Bsl Raw"
+    },
+    "collecting_unit": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Collecting Unit"
+    },
+    "disease": {
+      "title": "Disease",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "method": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Method"
+    },
+    "notes": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Notes"
+    },
+    "receiving_unit": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Receiving Unit"
+    },
+    "receiving_unit_contacts": {
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCReceivingUnitContact"
+      },
+      "title": "Receiving Unit Contacts",
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "record_type": {
+      "const": "cdc_testing_location",
+      "default": "cdc_testing_location",
+      "title": "Record Type",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "specimen": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Specimen"
+    },
+    "testing_period_raw": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Testing Period Raw"
+    },
+    "turnaround_raw": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Turnaround Raw"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "disease",
+    "collecting_unit",
+    "specimen",
+    "method",
+    "turnaround_raw",
+    "testing_period_raw",
+    "receiving_unit",
+    "bsl_raw",
+    "notes",
+    "receiving_unit_contacts"
+  ],
+  "title": "CDCTestingLocationRecord",
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / $defs / ItemEnvelope / properties / record / discriminator / mapping / cdc_testing_location
```
Added value: +"#/$defs/CDCTestingLocationRecord"
```

changedOutput schema / $defs / ItemEnvelope / properties / record / oneOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHIRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHISearchRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCSpecimenRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCLabRecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDARecord"
-  },
-  {
-    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDASearchRecord"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHIRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/NHISearchRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCSpecimenRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCTestingLocationRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/CDCLabRecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDARecord"
+  },
+  {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/TFDASearchRecord"
+  }
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / operation / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "get_data_status",
-  "search_disease",
-  "get_specimen_requirement",
-  "get_collection_method",
-  "get_container",
-  "get_transport_requirement",
-  "get_submission_rule",
-  "find_authorized_lab",
-  "get_lab_scope",
-  "search_payment_items",
-  "search_lab_code",
-  "get_points",
-  "get_payment_rule",
-  "search_reviewed_ivd",
-  "search_ivd_candidates",
-  "search_ivd",
-  "get_license",
-  "find_manufacturer",
-  "list_matching_license_records",
-  "compare_products",
-  "standards_status",
-  "eqa_status"
-]New value: +[
+  "get_data_status",
+  "search_disease",
+  "get_specimen_requirement",
+  "get_collection_method",
+  "get_container",
+  "get_transport_requirement",
+  "get_submission_rule",
+  "get_testing_location",
+  "find_authorized_lab",
+  "get_lab_scope",
+  "search_payment_items",
+  "search_lab_code",
+  "get_points",
+  "get_payment_rule",
+  "search_reviewed_ivd",
+  "search_ivd_candidates",
+  "search_ivd",
+  "get_license",
+  "find_manufacturer",
+  "list_matching_license_records",
+  "compare_products",
+  "standards_status",
+  "eqa_status"
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / replacement_operation / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "enum": [
-      "get_data_status",
-      "search_disease",
-      "get_specimen_requirement",
-      "get_collection_method",
-      "get_container",
-      "get_transport_requirement",
-      "get_submission_rule",
-      "find_authorized_lab",
-      "get_lab_scope",
-      "search_payment_items",
-      "search_lab_code",
-      "get_points",
-      "get_payment_rule",
-      "search_reviewed_ivd",
-      "search_ivd_candidates",
-      "search_ivd",
-      "get_license",
-      "find_manufacturer",
-      "list_matching_license_records",
-      "compare_products",
-      "standards_status",
-      "eqa_status"
-    ],
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "enum": [
+      "get_data_status",
+      "search_disease",
+      "get_specimen_requirement",
+      "get_collection_method",
+      "get_container",
+      "get_transport_requirement",
+      "get_submission_rule",
+      "get_testing_location",
+      "find_authorized_lab",
+      "get_lab_scope",
+      "search_payment_items",
+      "search_lab_code",
+      "get_points",
+      "get_payment_rule",
+      "search_reviewed_ivd",
+      "search_ivd_candidates",
+      "search_ivd",
+      "get_license",
+      "find_manufacturer",
+      "list_matching_license_records",
+      "compare_products",
+      "standards_status",
+      "eqa_status"
+    ],
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

First observedv0.1.1Sep 15, 2026

TDQS

C2.8/5.0

Behavior3/5

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

With no annotations, the description carries the full burden, and it does add several behavioral caveats: decision-support-only use, verification of the current official source, lack of validation for hospital deployment, and prohibition of patient data. However, it never explains what the tool actually does or what response behavior to expect, leaving the behavioral picture incomplete.

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

Conciseness4/5

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

The description is compact and front-loaded, starting with the alias status followed by a tight semicolon-separated flag list and a short usage warning. It contains little filler, though the terse flag syntax is cryptic and would benefit from plain-language context.

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

Completeness2/5

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

For a one-parameter tool with an output schema, the description omits the core function and valid input semantics; it only provides compliance/validation flags and a privacy instruction. An agent would still be unsure what the tool returns and when it is appropriate to select it.

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

Parameters2/5

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

The schema has one required parameter, 'disease', with 0% schema description coverage and no enums. The description only warns against inputting patient data and does not specify accepted disease identifiers, formats, or how to determine valid values.

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

Purpose2/5

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

The description identifies the tool only as a 'CDC compatibility alias' and lists metadata flags; it does not state that it retrieves submission rules or define what a submission rule is. The operation must be inferred from the tool name, so it does not clearly distinguish this tool from siblings like get_payment_rule.

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

Usage Guidelines4/5

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

The description supplies explicit restrictions, including decision_support_only=true, not_validated_for_hospital_deployment=true, not_pre_submission_storage=true, and the instruction not to input patient data. These tell an agent when not to use it, though no positive use case or alternative sibling is named.

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