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Analyze a code repository to propose deterministic ontology node candidates from structure, README, and package evidence, with no vault writes. Use it to bootstrap an evidence-backed ontology.

Instructions

R16 (autonomous ingest base) — analyze a code repository and propose ontology node candidates. side effect 0 (vault frontmatter NOT modified). Returns deterministic candidates the agent must turn into an evidence-backed proposal and move through the construction lifecycle before any exact batch-writer rows are released. Repository structure is implementation evidence, not automatic business meaning: extractionContract and proposedBusinessOntology make that uncertainty explicit. Detects:

package.json name → project candidate
README.md first H1 → project title fallback
README.md H2 sections (skipping generic "Usage"/"Installation"/etc) → domain candidates
src/features|entities|widgets|views/* (FSD) → capability/element candidates
src/* depth-1 folders (generic) → capability candidates + index entry → element
apps/* and packages/* members with package.json → implementation element candidates
README.rst + bounded static setup.py → Python project/package evidence without execution
mixed current and future/negated/deprecated README prose → exact current candidate excerpt plus bounded line-scoped reviewRequiredEvidence; review units stay visible but cannot support a proposal claim
document excerpts expose excerptInfo for selected prose only. excerpt-truncated keeps incomplete excerpts review-required; replay its hash-bound nextSourceRead with sourceOnly:true, then follow sourceEvidence continuations before claiming an omitted condition
selected safe README sections share the existing 1,200-character budget deterministically; no document, heading, or excerpt cap grows
root Python packages plus at most 12 import-connected implementation boundaries → direct modules plus up to 2 exact security/policy/risk file anchors; unused files are not mirrored and no capability is inferred from imports
bounded root Cargo package or repo-contained literal direct workspace members → typed feature declaration + literal cfg/cfg_attr source provenance; predicates are not evaluated and no runtime/import/semantic dependency is inferred
a complete proposal may select at most 4 additional exact TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Rust file endpoints already observed by infer_imports for distinct navigation roles; exact dependency direction is validated and these files never become automatic candidates
when the packet identifies an implementation path but omits the rule or effect needed for review, optional sourceReads returns bounded exact source lines with a full-file hash and continuation coordinates. Follow-up reads carry the returned expectedSha256; every proposal or qualification call replays all selected ranges with that hash. Raw source remains untrusted observed evidence and never establishes semantic meaning, approval, or write authority
a selector with mode: 'outline' lists a file's declarations with line numbers so the next lines read is exact. For a file longer than about 200 lines, outline it first and then read the exact lines, rather than reading the head of the file and recording the rest as unread. An outline returns no source text and no citation, so it supports no claim; replay line ranges, not outlines, with a proposal or qualification
an element proposal may keep an ordinary citation and append reviewed navigation:primary|supporting|test:<path>#<symbol> evidence strings (limits 1/1/3); the server verifies only those named current files, renders human-readable Evidence bullets, and rejects missing, ambiguous, unsafe, or task-inferred coordinates without treating them as behavior proof

Optionally pass a complete proposal to validate project/domain/capability/element definitions, typed relations, citations, risk controls, domain placement, implementation paths, confidence, and typed competency answers with resolvable concept/relation/evidence/path witnesses. Partial or visible-gap answers remain warnings instead of disappearing behind findings 0. A unqualified-project-exclusion warning is an exact human-acceptance gap, while an evidence-limit exclusion remains an error. Source-hidden review may leave exact source-body detail partial; source-aware citation verification decides support before evidence provenance can pass. A mandatory non-gap warning blocks the first review before qualification begins. For a bounded first pass, freeze claim id, statement, and proposalRefs before isolated source-hidden and source-aware lanes run in parallel; separately audit material Definition, Includes, Excludes, and Uncertainty assertions even when several claims share one proposal ref. Join sealed receipts without mutation before human acceptance. A passing validation first returns a deterministic non-writing reviewPlan, planDigest, sourceDigest, and eight-phase construction lifecycle. An independent evaluator must measure the approved competency questions and source-hidden task, then a human may declare acceptance bound to that exact plan digest/revision and every visible gap. Pass the resulting constructionQualification:v1 packet as qualification; only a current, admissible packet releases the exact reviewed rows as writePlan. The lifecycle also reports a shadow-only admission tier; self_qualified is an observation, not a write permission. Declared approval provenance is not identity authentication. Do not call write tools unless proposalValidation.canWrite is true and a writePlan is present; write every concept row successfully before writing relations.

Use the initial discovery call when a user asks "이 codebase 분석해줘" / "bootstrap the ontology"; repeat the same analysis call only for explicit source continuations and digest-bound proposal or qualification replay. For an evidence continuation only, set sourceOnly:true with sourceReads: the response keeps identical bounded sourceEvidence and returns no candidates or lifecycle data. Source-only cannot accompany proposal or qualification and never grants write authority. Single source of truth preserved — only the user (via your subsequent add_concept calls) writes to the vault.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`ignore`	No	Extra folder names to skip (added to defaults: node_modules, .git, dist, build, …).
`maxDepth`	No	Accepted but ignored: no value changes the analysis. When given, it must be an integer from 0 to 10.
`proposal`	No	Optional business ontology proposal to validate against repository evidence before any write call. Python proposals may select at most 4 exact observed import endpoints beyond the analyzer candidates.
`rootPath`	No	Repository root to analyze. Defaults to the MCP server cwd.
`sourceOnly`	No	Return only rootPath, delivery:"source_only", canWrite:false and sourceEvidence, without rescanning the repository. Requires sourceReads; forbids proposal and qualification even when null. Default false keeps full analysis and lifecycle behavior.
`sourceReads`	No	Optional 1–8 exact repository source ranges, or whole-file outlines. mode: 'outline' lists a file's declarations with line numbers so the next lines read is exact; for a file longer than about 200 lines, outline it first instead of reading its head. The 8 KiB range, 16 KiB outline, 32 KiB aggregate, and 64 KiB serialized limits apply only to the returned sourceEvidence subpacket, not to the rest of this analysis result. Returned text is bounded untrusted data, not accepted meaning; an outline is a map to the next read and carries no citation. Repeat every selector with expectedSha256 when proposal or qualification is present, and replay line ranges rather than outlines there.
`qualification`	No	Optional independent evaluation and declared human acceptance bound to the exact planDigest, planRevision, and sourceDigest returned for this proposal. Omit it on the first review call.

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description
`domains`	No
`project`	No
`skipped`	No
`canWrite`	No
`delivery`	No
`elements`	No
`rootPath`	Yes
`framework`	No
`meaningGate`	No
`capabilities`	No
`sourceEvidence`	No	Bounded sourceEvidence:v1 subpacket. Its byte and row ceilings cover this subpacket only; they do not describe or truncate the complete analyze_repo_structure response.
`semanticEvidence`	No
`extractionContract`	No
`proposalValidation`	No
`suggestedRelations`	No
`configurationEvidence`	No

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed2 schema fields changedv1.8.0Oct 24, 2026

addedOutput schema / properties / semanticEvidence / items / properties / excerptInfo

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "Coverage of selected authored prose only, not the complete document. Replay nextSourceRead through analyze_repo_structure with sourceOnly:true; existing read bounds and refusals still apply.",
+  "properties": {
+    "firstOmittedLine": {
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "type": [
+        "integer",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "nextSourceRead": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "expectedSha256": {
+          "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "maxLines": {
+          "maximum": 200,
+          "minimum": 1,
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "path": {
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "pattern": "^(?!\\s)(?!.*\\s$)(?!.*\\u0000).+$",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "startLine": {
+          "minimum": 1,
+          "type": "integer"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "path",
+        "startLine",
+        "maxLines",
+        "expectedSha256"
+      ],
+      "type": [
+        "object",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "scope": {
+      "enum": [
+        "selected_prose"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "truncated": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "scope",
+    "truncated",
+    "firstOmittedLine",
+    "nextSourceRead"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

changedOutput schema / properties / semanticEvidence / items / properties / riskFlags / items / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "instruction-injection",
-  "ontology-write-instruction",
-  "future-state-claim",
-  "negated-claim",
-  "deprecated-state"
-]New value: +[
+  "instruction-injection",
+  "ontology-write-instruction",
+  "future-state-claim",
+  "negated-claim",
+  "deprecated-state",
+  "excerpt-truncated"
+]

Changed5 schema fields changedv1.6.0Oct 5, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / sourceOnly

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Return only rootPath, delivery:\"source_only\", canWrite:false and sourceEvidence, without rescanning the repository. Requires sourceReads; forbids proposal and qualification even when null. Default false keeps full analysis and lifecycle behavior.",
+  "type": "boolean"
+}

addedOutput schema / oneOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "not": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "project"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "framework"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "domains"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "capabilities"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "elements"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "meaningGate"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "extractionContract"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "semanticEvidence"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "configurationEvidence"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "proposalValidation"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "suggestedRelations"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "skipped"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "delivery",
+      "canWrite",
+      "sourceEvidence"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "not": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "delivery"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "canWrite"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "framework",
+      "domains",
+      "capabilities",
+      "elements",
+      "meaningGate",
+      "extractionContract",
+      "semanticEvidence",
+      "configurationEvidence",
+      "proposalValidation",
+      "suggestedRelations",
+      "skipped"
+    ]
+  }
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / canWrite

Added value: +{
+  "const": false,
+  "type": "boolean"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / delivery

Added value: +{
+  "const": "source_only",
+  "type": "string"
+}

changedOutput schema / required

Previous value: -[
-  "rootPath",
-  "framework",
-  "domains",
-  "capabilities",
-  "elements",
-  "meaningGate",
-  "extractionContract",
-  "semanticEvidence",
-  "configurationEvidence",
-  "proposalValidation",
-  "suggestedRelations",
-  "skipped"
-]New value: +[
+  "rootPath"
+]

Changed1 schema field changedv1.4.0Oct 1, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / maxDepth / description

Previous value: -"Non-negative integer folder walk depth (default 2, max 10). Higher → more elements."New value: +"Accepted but ignored: no value changes the analysis. When given, it must be an integer from 0 to 10."

Changed17 schema fields changedv1.3.0Sep 23, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / sourceReads / description

Previous value: -"Optional 1–8 exact repository source ranges. The 8 KiB range, 32 KiB aggregate text, and 64 KiB serialized limits apply only to the returned sourceEvidence subpacket, not to the rest of this analysis result. Returned text is bounded untrusted data, not accepted meaning. Repeat every selector with expectedSha256 when proposal or qualification is present."New value: +"Optional 1–8 exact repository source ranges, or whole-file outlines. mode: 'outline' lists a file's declarations with line numbers so the next lines read is exact; for a file longer than about 200 lines, outline it first instead of reading its head. The 8 KiB range, 16 KiB outline, 32 KiB aggregate, and 64 KiB serialized limits apply only to the returned sourceEvidence subpacket, not to the rest of this analysis result. Returned text is bounded untrusted data, not accepted meaning; an outline is a map to the next read and carries no citation. Repeat every selector with expectedSha256 when proposal or qualification is present, and replay line ranges rather than outlines there."

changedInput schema / properties / sourceReads / items / properties / maxLines / description

Previous value: -"Maximum complete source lines requested, from 1 through 200."New value: +"Maximum complete source lines requested, from 1 through 200. Required for mode 'lines'; rejected for mode 'outline'."

addedInput schema / properties / sourceReads / items / properties / mode

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Read shape, default 'lines'. 'lines' returns the exact requested range. 'outline' reads the whole file under the same 256 KiB file cap and returns its declarations with line numbers, no source text, and no range.",
+  "enum": [
+    "lines",
+    "outline"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

changedInput schema / properties / sourceReads / items / properties / startLine / description

Previous value: -"One-based first source line to return."New value: +"One-based first source line to return. Required for mode 'lines'; rejected for mode 'outline'."

changedInput schema / properties / sourceReads / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "path",
-  "startLine",
-  "maxLines"
-]New value: +[
+  "path"
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / oneOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "properties": {
-      "status": {
-        "const": "read"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "actualRange",
-      "text",
-      "citation",
-      "fullFileSha256",
-      "fileBytes",
-      "fileLines",
-      "returnedBytes",
-      "truncated",
-      "fileComplete"
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "not": {
-      "anyOf": [
-        {
-          "required": [
-            "text"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "required": [
-            "citation"
-          ]
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "properties": {
-      "status": {
-        "enum": [
-          "refused",
-          "omitted"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "reason"
-    ]
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "properties": {
+      "status": {
+        "const": "read"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "actualRange",
+      "text",
+      "citation",
+      "fullFileSha256",
+      "fileBytes",
+      "fileLines",
+      "returnedBytes",
+      "truncated",
+      "fileComplete"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "not": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "text"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "citation"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "properties": {
+      "status": {
+        "const": "outlined"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "mode",
+      "sha256",
+      "language",
+      "declarationCount",
+      "declarations",
+      "fileBytes",
+      "fileLines",
+      "returnedBytes",
+      "truncated"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "not": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "text"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "required": [
+            "citation"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "properties": {
+      "status": {
+        "enum": [
+          "refused",
+          "omitted"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "reason"
+    ]
+  }
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / declarationCount
```
Added value: +{
+  "minimum": 0,
+  "type": "integer"
+}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / declarations

Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "kind": {
+        "enum": [
+          "function",
+          "method",
+          "class",
+          "type",
+          "interface",
+          "struct",
+          "enum",
+          "const",
+          "export",
+          "section"
+        ],
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "line": {
+        "minimum": 1,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "name": {
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "pattern": "^(?!\\s)(?!.*\\s$)(?!.*\\u0000).+$",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "signature": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "line",
+      "kind",
+      "name",
+      "signature"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / language

Added value: +{
+  "minLength": 1,
+  "pattern": "^(?!\\s)(?!.*\\s$)(?!.*\\u0000).+$",
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / mode
```
Added value: +{
+  "enum": [
+    "outline"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}
```
removedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / requestedRange / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```

addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / requestedRange / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  },
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "maxLines": {
+        "maximum": 200,
+        "minimum": 1,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "startLine": {
+        "minimum": 1,
+        "type": "integer"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "startLine",
+      "maxLines"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  }
+]

removedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / requestedRange / properties

Removed value: -{
-  "maxLines": {
-    "maximum": 200,
-    "minimum": 1,
-    "type": "integer"
-  },
-  "startLine": {
-    "minimum": 1,
-    "type": "integer"
-  }
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / requestedRange / required
```
Removed value: -[
-  "startLine",
-  "maxLines"
-]
```
removedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / requestedRange / type
```
Removed value: -"object"
```
addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / sha256
```
Added value: +{
+  "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

changedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence / properties / rows / items / properties / status / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "read",
-  "refused",
-  "omitted"
-]New value: +[
+  "read",
+  "outlined",
+  "refused",
+  "omitted"
+]

Changed5 schema fields changedv1.2.5Sep 15, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / qualification / properties / purposeAuthority / properties / decisions / minItems
```
Added value: +1
```
addedInput schema / properties / qualification / properties / purposeAuthority / properties / nonGoals / minItems
```
Added value: +1
```
addedInput schema / properties / qualification / properties / purposeAuthority / properties / sourceRefs / minItems
```
Added value: +1
```

addedInput schema / properties / sourceReads

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Optional 1–8 exact repository source ranges. The 8 KiB range, 32 KiB aggregate text, and 64 KiB serialized limits apply only to the returned sourceEvidence subpacket, not to the rest of this analysis result. Returned text is bounded untrusted data, not accepted meaning. Repeat every selector with expectedSha256 when proposal or qualification is present.",
+  "items": {
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "expectedSha256": {
+        "description": "Optional 64-character lowercase SHA-256 of the complete file. Required on every selector when proposal or qualification is present.",
+        "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "maxLines": {
+        "description": "Maximum complete source lines requested, from 1 through 200.",
+        "maximum": 200,
+        "minimum": 1,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "path": {
+        "description": "Literal repository-relative source path, at most 1,024 Unicode characters; no glob or directory traversal.",
+        "maxLength": 1024,
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "startLine": {
+        "description": "One-based first source line to return.",
+        "minimum": 1,
+        "type": "integer"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "path",
+      "startLine",
+      "maxLines"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  "maxItems": 8,
+  "minItems": 1,
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / sourceEvidence

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "Bounded sourceEvidence:v1 subpacket. Its byte and row ceilings cover this subpacket only; they do not describe or truncate the complete analyze_repo_structure response.",
+  "properties": {
+    "contract": {
+      "enum": [
+        "sourceEvidence:v1"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "coverage": {
+      "enum": [
+        "requested-ranges-only"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "limits": {
+      "additionalProperties": {
+        "minimum": 1,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "repositoryComplete": {
+      "enum": [
+        false
+      ],
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "rows": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "oneOf": [
+          {
+            "properties": {
+              "status": {
+                "const": "read"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "actualRange",
+              "text",
+              "citation",
+              "fullFileSha256",
+              "fileBytes",
+              "fileLines",
+              "returnedBytes",
+              "truncated",
+              "fileComplete"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "not": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "required": [
+                    "text"
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "required": [
+                    "citation"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "properties": {
+              "status": {
+                "enum": [
+                  "refused",
+                  "omitted"
+                ]
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "reason"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "actualRange": {
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "endLine": {
+                "minimum": 1,
+                "type": "integer"
+              },
+              "startLine": {
+                "minimum": 1,
+                "type": "integer"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "startLine",
+              "endLine"
+            ],
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          "citation": {
+            "minLength": 1,
+            "pattern": "^(?!\\s)(?!.*\\s$)(?!.*\\u0000).+$",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "fileBytes": {
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          "fileComplete": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+          },
+          "fileLines": {
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          "fullFileSha256": {
+            "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "next": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "properties": {
+                  "expectedSha256": {
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$",
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  "maxLines": {
+                    "maximum": 200,
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "type": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "path": {
+                    "minLength": 1,
+                    "pattern": "^(?!\\s)(?!.*\\s$)(?!.*\\u0000).+$",
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  "startLine": {
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "type": "integer"
+                  }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "startLine",
+                  "maxLines",
+                  "expectedSha256"
+                ],
+                "type": "object"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "path": {
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+}

First observedv0.13.0Sep 11, 2026

TDQS

A4/5.0

Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true and destructiveHint=false, yet the description still adds substantial non-obvious behavior: exact response-size caps (8 KiB range, 16 KiB outline, 32 KiB aggregate, 64 KiB serialized), that returned source is 'bounded untrusted data, not accepted meaning', that sourceOnly never grants write authority, and that warnings vs errors gate the review differently. It also discloses the eight-phase lifecycle and the writePlan prerequisite, which no annotation conveys.

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

Conciseness2/5

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

The first sentence is well front-loaded, but the body expands into roughly 900 words of detection-rule bullets, lifecycle prose, and qualification mechanics that belong in documentation, not a tool-selection blurb. Bullet nesting mixes unrelated concerns (Cargo cfg provenance, outline mode, FDE audience authority) with no priority ordering. An agent must read the whole thing to find the two or three sentences that determine correct invocation.

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?

For a 7-parameter tool with nested proposal/qualification objects and an output schema, the description leaves nothing essential unstated: write gating, digest binding, lifecycle ordering, and evidence trust boundaries are all covered. The gap is not missing information but surplus; the density makes it harder, not easier, to act on the completeness it provides.

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

Parameters4/5

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

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, and the description goes beyond it for the high-risk parameters: it explains the proposal/qualification replay contract, the expectedSha256 continuation protocol, and sourceOnly's mutual exclusion with proposal and qualification. Some parameters (ignore, rootPath, maxDepth) get no description text, relying entirely on schema, which keeps this from a 5.

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?

The opening states a concrete verb and resource: 'analyze a code repository and propose ontology node candidates', plus a side-effect guarantee. The 'R16 (autonomous ingest base)' prefix is unexplained internal jargon that costs the reader before the real purpose lands. It does route toward siblings ('add_concept calls', 'infer_imports'), but the differentiation is scattered through the body rather than stated up front.

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?

Explicit triggering guidance is present: 'Use the initial discovery call when a user asks "이 codebase 분석해줘" / "bootstrap the ontology"' and 'repeat the same analysis call only for explicit source continuations and digest-bound proposal or qualification replay'. It also states a hard prohibition ('Do not call write tools unless proposalValidation.canWrite is true'). The guidance is real but buried in the middle of a very long body, so an agent skimming the first paragraph may miss the when-not conditions.

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