Polarion MCP Server

getFieldsMetadataForWorkItem

Read-only

Returns field definitions for a specific Work Item, including labels, types, and custom fields, so you can validate field keys and value types before writing to it.

Instructions

Returns the field definitions that apply to one specific Work Item, keyed by field ID: each field's label and type kind (primitive such as string/date/text/html, list, structure, or enumeration with its enum name), including the custom fields configured for its type. Use it before writing to the Work Item to learn which field keys and value types are valid. For the allowed values of one enum field, follow up with getAvailableEnumOptionsForWorkItem. For the project-wide definitions of a resource type without a concrete instance, use getProjectFieldsMetadata; for global defaults, getGlobalFieldsMetadata.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`projectId`	Yes	The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project. If the ID is unknown, ask the user; getProjects lists IDs only with global read access.
`workItemId`	Yes	The Work Item's ID within its project (e.g. `WI-123`), not the combined `project/id` path used in some link payloads.
`response_format`	No	Response detail level. concise removes redundant HTML and JSON:API metadata and may use a small default fieldset on large lists; detailed preserves the complete response. Defaults to detailed.	detailed

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`data`	No
`links`	No

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed1 schema field changedv1.4.4Oct 29, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / projectId / description

Previous 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."New value: +"The Polarion project ID (its URL segment, e.g. `myproject`), case-sensitive. Required to scope the request to one project. If the ID is unknown, ask the user; getProjects lists IDs only with global read access."

Changed1 schema field changedv1.4.0Oct 24, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / response_format

Added value: +{
+  "default": "detailed",
+  "description": "Response detail level. concise removes redundant HTML and JSON:API metadata and may use a small default fieldset on large lists; detailed preserves the complete response. Defaults to detailed.",
+  "enum": [
+    "concise",
+    "detailed"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

Changed54 schema fields changedv1.3.1Oct 22, 2026
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / label / example
```
Removed value: -"field-label"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / label / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / properties / enumContext / example
```
Removed value: -"enum-context"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / properties / enumContext / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / properties / enumName / example
```
Removed value: -"enum-name"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / properties / enumName / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / properties / kind / example
```
Removed value: -"enumeration"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / properties / kind / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / enumField / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / label / example
```
Removed value: -"field-label"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / label / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / itemType / properties / kind / properties / enum / items / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "string",
-  "text",
-  "text/html",
-  "integer",
-  "float",
-  "currency",
-  "time",
-  "date",
-  "date-time",
-  "boolean",
-  "structure",
-  "relationship"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / itemType / properties / kind / properties / enum / items / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / itemType / properties / kind / properties / enum / type
```
Previous value: -"array"New value: +[
+  "array",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / itemType / properties / kind / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / itemType / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / kind / example
```
Removed value: -"list"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / properties / kind / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / listField / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / label / example
```
Removed value: -"field-label"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / label / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / type / properties / kind / properties / enum / items / enum
```
Removed value: -[
-  "string",
-  "text",
-  "text/html",
-  "integer",
-  "float",
-  "currency",
-  "time",
-  "date",
-  "date-time",
-  "boolean"
-]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / type / properties / kind / properties / enum / items / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / type / properties / kind / properties / enum / type
```
Previous value: -"array"New value: +[
+  "array",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / type / properties / kind / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / primitiveField / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / label / example
```
Removed value: -"field-label"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / label / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / type / properties / kind / example
```
Removed value: -"structure"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / type / properties / kind / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / type / properties / structureName / example
```
Removed value: -"structureId"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / type / properties / structureName / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / properties / structField / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / attributes / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / label / example
```
Removed value: -"field-label"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / label / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / kind / example
```
Removed value: -"relationship"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / kind / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / multi / example
```
Removed value: -true
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / multi / type
```
Previous value: -"boolean"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / targetResourceTypes / items / example
```
Removed value: -"resource-type"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / targetResourceTypes / items / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / properties / targetResourceTypes / type
```
Previous value: -"array"New value: +[
+  "array",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / properties / type / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / properties / relationshipField / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / properties / relationships / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / data / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```
- removedOutput schema / properties / links / properties / self / example
```
Removed value: -"https://example.com/polarion/rest/v1/projects/MyProjectId/actions/getFieldsMetadata?resourceType=MyResourceType&targetType=MyTargetType"
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / links / properties / self / type
```
Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
+  "string",
+  "number",
+  "integer",
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```
- changedOutput schema / properties / links / type
```
Previous value: -"object"New value: +[
+  "object",
+  "null"
+]
```

Changed2 schema fields changedv1.2.0Sep 17, 2026

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 / workItemId / description

Previous value: -"The Work Item ID."New value: +"The Work Item's ID within its project (e.g. `WI-123`), not the combined `project/id` path used in some link payloads."

Changed1 schema field changedv1.1.0Sep 11, 2026

changedOutput schema / (root)

Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "properties": {
+    "data": {
+      "properties": {
+        "attributes": {
+          "properties": {
+            "enumField": {
+              "properties": {
+                "label": {
+                  "example": "field-label",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "enumContext": {
+                      "example": "enum-context",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "enumName": {
+                      "example": "enum-name",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "kind": {
+                      "example": "enumeration",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "listField": {
+              "properties": {
+                "label": {
+                  "example": "field-label",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "itemType": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "kind": {
+                          "properties": {
+                            "enum": {
+                              "items": {
+                                "enum": [
+                                  "string",
+                                  "text",
+                                  "text/html",
+                                  "integer",
+                                  "float",
+                                  "currency",
+                                  "time",
+                                  "date",
+                                  "date-time",
+                                  "boolean",
+                                  "structure",
+                                  "relationship"
+                                ],
+                                "type": "string"
+                              },
+                              "type": "array"
+                            }
+                          },
+                          "type": "object"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "kind": {
+                      "example": "list",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "primitiveField": {
+              "properties": {
+                "label": {
+                  "example": "field-label",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "kind": {
+                      "properties": {
+                        "enum": {
+                          "items": {
+                            "enum": [
+                              "string",
+                              "text",
+                              "text/html",
+                              "integer",
+                              "float",
+                              "currency",
+                              "time",
+                              "date",
+                              "date-time",
+                              "boolean"
+                            ],
+                            "type": "string"
+                          },
+                          "type": "array"
+                        }
+                      },
+                      "type": "object"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "structField": {
+              "properties": {
+                "label": {
+                  "example": "field-label",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "kind": {
+                      "example": "structure",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "structureName": {
+                      "example": "structureId",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "relationships": {
+          "properties": {
+            "relationshipField": {
+              "properties": {
+                "label": {
+                  "example": "field-label",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": {
+                  "properties": {
+                    "kind": {
+                      "example": "relationship",
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "multi": {
+                      "example": true,
+                      "type": "boolean"
+                    },
+                    "targetResourceTypes": {
+                      "items": {
+                        "example": "resource-type",
+                        "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "type": "array"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "object"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "links": {
+      "properties": {
+        "self": {
+          "example": "https://example.com/polarion/rest/v1/projects/MyProjectId/actions/getFieldsMetadata?resourceType=MyResourceType&targetType=MyTargetType",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}

AddedSep 7, 2026

TDQS

A4.4/5.0

Behavior4/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true/openWorldHint=true, so safety is covered; the description adds the useful behavior that custom fields for the item's type are included and points to the enum follow-up call. It stops short of noting pagination or size characteristics (relevant given response_format mentions large lists), so not a 5.

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?

Three dense sentences, front-loaded with the core behavior before the alternative routing. The type-kind enumeration is slightly verbose given an output schema exists, but every sentence carries routing or scope information.

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

Completeness5/5

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

An output schema exists and annotations cover the read-only profile, so the description only needs purpose, routing, and follow-up paths — all present. Nothing an agent needs in order to call this correctly 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 coverage is 100% and each parameter carries its own description, so the schema does the heavy lifting. The description adds nothing about parameters — it never mentions projectId scoping, workItemId format, or the response_format trade-off, which the schema already handles better.

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?

Specific verb+resource+scope: 'Returns the field definitions that apply to one specific Work Item, keyed by field ID', and it enumerates the payload shape (label, type kind, enum name, custom fields). It clearly distinguishes itself from getProjectFieldsMetadata and getGlobalFieldsMetadata, which appear in the sibling list.

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?

Explicit when-to-use ('Use it before writing to the Work Item to learn which field keys and value types are valid') plus three named alternatives with their selecting conditions: getAvailableEnumOptionsForWorkItem for enum values, getProjectFieldsMetadata for project-wide definitions, getGlobalFieldsMetadata for global defaults.

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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