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getCollections

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Retrieve a list of collections from a Polarion project, with optional Lucene query filters, sorting, field selection, and pagination to manage large result sets.

Instructions

Returns a list of Collections. Cardinality: targets the full collection or a batch. For a single item by ID, use getCollection instead.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
sortNoComma-separated list of fields to sort by, in priority order; prefix a field with `-` for descending order (e.g. `-updated,title`).
queryNoPolarion Lucene-style query string to filter results: field:value clauses combined with AND/OR, phrases in quotes. Exact supported field names depend on the resource type being queried.
fieldsNoSparse fieldset selector: an object keyed by resource type (e.g. `workitems`) whose value is a comma-separated list of attribute names to return (e.g. `id,title,status`), reducing payload size. Omit to return the default field set.
includeNoComma-separated list of related resource types to embed in the response (e.g. `author,attachments`) so they don't require a separate follow-up call. Omit to return only the primary resource.
revisionNoA specific repository revision (e.g. `1234`) to read the resource as it existed at that revision instead of the current HEAD. Omit to use the latest revision.
projectIdYesThe Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project; call getProjects to list valid IDs.
page_size_NoMaximum number of items to return in this page (e.g. `100`). Use together with `page[number]` to paginate through a large result set.
page_number_No1-based page number to fetch when the result set is paginated (e.g. `2` for the second page). Combine with `page[size]`; omit to fetch the first page.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
dataNo
metaNo
linksNo
includedNoRelated entities might be returned, see <a href="https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/230235217/PL20250606201928474.polarion_help_sc.xid2134849/xid2134871" target="_blank">REST API User Guide</a>.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed8 schema fields changedv1.2.0
    • changedInput schema / properties / fields / description
      Previous value: -"Filter returned resource fields. See <a href=\"https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/230235217/PL20250606201928474.polarion_help_sc.xid2134849/xid2134871\" target=\"_blank\">REST API User Guide</a> for details."New value: +"Sparse fieldset selector: an object keyed by resource type (e.g. `workitems`) whose value is a comma-separated list of attribute names to return (e.g. `id,title,status`), reducing payload size. Omit to return the default field set."
    • changedInput schema / properties / include / description
      Previous value: -"Include related entities. See <a href=\"https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/230235217/PL20250606201928474.polarion_help_sc.xid2134849/xid2134871\" target=\"_blank\">REST API User Guide</a> for details."New value: +"Comma-separated list of related resource types to embed in the response (e.g. `author,attachments`) so they don't require a separate follow-up call. Omit to return only the primary resource."
    • changedInput schema / properties / page_number_ / description
      Previous value: -"Specify the page number to be returned. Counting starts from 1. See <a href=\"https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/230235217/PL20250606201928474.polarion_help_sc.xid2134849/xid2134871\" target=\"_blank\">REST API User Guide</a> for details."New value: +"1-based page number to fetch when the result set is paginated (e.g. `2` for the second page). Combine with `page[size]`; omit to fetch the first page."
    • changedInput schema / properties / page_size_ / description
      Previous value: -"Limit the number of entities returned in a single response. See <a href=\"https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/230235217/PL20250606201928474.polarion_help_sc.xid2134849/xid2134871\" target=\"_blank\">REST API User Guide</a> for details."New value: +"Maximum number of items to return in this page (e.g. `100`). Use together with `page[number]` to paginate through a large result set."
    • changedInput schema / properties / projectId / description
      Previous value: -"The Project ID."New value: +"The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project; call getProjects to list valid IDs."
    • changedInput schema / properties / query / description
      Previous value: -"The query string."New value: +"Polarion Lucene-style query string to filter results: field:value clauses combined with AND/OR, phrases in quotes. Exact supported field names depend on the resource type being queried."
    • changedInput schema / properties / revision / description
      Previous value: -"The revision ID."New value: +"A specific repository revision (e.g. `1234`) to read the resource as it existed at that revision instead of the current HEAD. Omit to use the latest revision."
    • changedInput schema / properties / sort / description
      Previous value: -"The sort string."New value: +"Comma-separated list of fields to sort by, in priority order; prefix a field with `-` for descending order (e.g. `-updated,title`)."
  2. Changed1 schema field changedv1.1.0
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "data": {
+      "items": {
+        "properties": {
+          "attributes": {
+            "properties": {
+              "closedOn": {
+                "example": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+                "format": "date-time",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "created": {
+                "example": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+                "format": "date-time",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "description": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "enum": [
+                      "text/html",
+                      "text/plain"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  "value": {
+                    "example": "My text value",
+                    "type": "string"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "id": {
+                "example": "ID",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "name": {
+                "example": "Name",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "updated": {
+                "example": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+                "format": "date-time",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "id": {
+            "example": "MyProjectId/MyCollectionId",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "links": {
+            "properties": {
+              "portal": {
+                "example": "server-host-name/application-path/polarion/redirect/project/MyProjectId/collection?id=MyCollectionId&revision=1234",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "self": {
+                "example": "server-host-name/application-path/projects/MyProjectId/collections/MyCollectionId?revision=1234",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "meta": {
+            "properties": {
+              "errors": {
+                "items": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "detail": {
+                      "description": "Human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.",
+                      "example": "Unexpected token, BEGIN_ARRAY expected, but was : BEGIN_OBJECT (at $.data)",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "source": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "parameter": {
+                          "description": "String indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.",
+                          "example": "revision",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "pointer": {
+                          "description": "JSON Pointer to the associated entity in the request document.",
+                          "example": "$.data",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "resource": {
+                          "description": "Resource causing the error.",
+                          "properties": {
+                            "id": {
+                              "example": "MyProjectId/id",
+                              "type": "string"
+                            },
+                            "type": {
+                              "example": "type",
+                              "type": "string"
+                            }
+                          },
+                          "type": "object"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "status": {
+                      "description": "HTTP status code applicable to this problem.",
+                      "example": "400",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "title": {
+                      "description": "Short, human-readable summary of the problem.",
+                      "example": "Bad Request",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                },
+                "type": "array"
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "relationships": {
+            "properties": {
+              "author": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "id": {
+                        "example": "MyUserId",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "revision": {
+                        "example": "1234",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "type": {
+                        "enum": [
+                          "users"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "documents": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "id": {
+                          "example": "MyProjectId/MySpaceId/MyDocumentId",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "revision": {
+                          "example": "1234",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "type": {
+                          "enum": [
+                            "documents"
+                          ],
+                          "type": "string"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "meta": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "totalCount": {
+                        "format": "int32",
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "downstreamCollections": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "id": {
+                          "example": "MyProjectId/MyCollectionId",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "revision": {
+                          "example": "1234",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "type": {
+                          "enum": [
+                            "collections"
+                          ],
+                          "type": "string"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "meta": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "totalCount": {
+                        "format": "int32",
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "project": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "id": {
+                        "example": "MyProjectId",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "revision": {
+                        "example": "1234",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "type": {
+                        "enum": [
+                          "projects"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "reusedFrom": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "id": {
+                        "example": "MyProjectId/MyCollectionId",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "revision": {
+                        "example": "1234",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "type": {
+                        "enum": [
+                          "collections"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "string"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "richPages": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "id": {
+                          "example": "MyProjectId/MySpaceId/MyRichPageId",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "revision": {
+                          "example": "1234",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "type": {
+                          "enum": [
+                            "pages"
+                          ],
+                          "type": "string"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "meta": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "totalCount": {
+                        "format": "int32",
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "testRuns": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "id": {
+                          "example": "MyProjectId/MyTestRunId",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "revision": {
+                          "example": "1234",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "type": {
+                          "enum": [
+                            "testruns"
+                          ],
+                          "type": "string"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "meta": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "totalCount": {
+                        "format": "int32",
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              "upstreamCollections": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "data": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "id": {
+                          "example": "MyProjectId/MyCollectionId",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "revision": {
+                          "example": "1234",
+                          "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "type": {
+                          "enum": [
+                            "collections"
+                          ],
+                          "type": "string"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "meta": {
+                    "properties": {
+                      "totalCount": {
+                        "format": "int32",
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                  }
+                },
+                "type": "object"
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "revision": {
+            "example": "1234",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": {
+            "enum": [
+              "collections"
+            ],
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "included": {
+      "description": "Related entities might be returned, see <a href=\"https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/230235217/PL20250606201928474.polarion_help_sc.xid2134849/xid2134871\" target=\"_blank\">REST API User Guide</a>.",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "links": {
+      "properties": {
+        "first": {
+          "example": "server-host-name/application-path/projects/MyProjectId/collections?page%5Bsize%5D=10&page%5Bnumber%5D=1",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "last": {
+          "example": "server-host-name/application-path/projects/MyProjectId/collections?page%5Bsize%5D=10&page%5Bnumber%5D=9",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "next": {
+          "example": "server-host-name/application-path/projects/MyProjectId/collections?page%5Bsize%5D=10&page%5Bnumber%5D=6",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "portal": {
+          "example": "server-host-name/application-path/polarion/redirect/project/MyProjectId/collections",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "prev": {
+          "example": "server-host-name/application-path/projects/MyProjectId/collections?page%5Bsize%5D=10&page%5Bnumber%5D=4",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "self": {
+          "example": "server-host-name/application-path/projects/MyProjectId/collections?page%5Bsize%5D=10&page%5Bnumber%5D=5",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "meta": {
+      "properties": {
+        "totalCount": {
+          "format": "int32",
+          "type": "integer"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}
  3. Added

TDQS

A4.2/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, so the description appropriately avoids restating that. It adds the cardinality note, but no deeper behavioral detail (e.g., pagination semantics, response size implications, or open-world behavior) beyond what the schema already conveys. This is adequate but not rich.

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?

Two sentences with the core purpose front-loaded and the alternative guidance concisely stated. No filler or redundancy—each sentence earns its place.

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?

Given the tool's complexity (8 parameters, nested fields object, output schema exists), the description covers the essential decision point (when to use vs getCollection) and cardinality. The remaining details are well captured in the schema and output schema, so nothing critical is missing.

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

Parameters3/5

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

Schema description coverage is 100%, so every parameter is already documented in the input schema. The description adds no parameter-specific information, which meets the baseline but provides no additional value.

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

Purpose5/5

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

States 'Returns a list of Collections' with a specific verb and resource. It explicitly clarifies cardinality (full list or batch) and names the sibling `getCollection` for single items, making the purpose unambiguous and well-differentiated.

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

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Explicitly instructs to use `getCollection` for a single item by ID, providing clear when-to-use arguments against the most relevant alternative. Also clarifies the cardinality scope, so an agent knows this tool is for list/batch retrieval.

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

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