"How to allow an LLM to ask questions to a user" matching MCP tools:

• suggest_questions

  Data360

  What can I ask Pipeworx? / what is Pipeworx good for? / what can you do? / give me ideas / show me examples / getting started / what data do you have? — the onboarding entry point for an agent that just connected and wants to know what is worth asking. Returns category-bucketed example questions (company financials, drugs & clinical trials, economics, real estate, prediction markets, weather, government & patents, science & academia, news) — each with the exact tool + argument shape that answers it, drawn from the live catalog of thousands of tools. Call with no arguments for the full spread, or pass `topic` (e.g. "finance", "pharma", "betting") to focus. Use this FIRST when you do not yet know what Pipeworx can do for you, or to learn how to call the meta-tools (ask_pipeworx, entity_profile, compare_entities, etc.).

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• ask_about_companies

  BizClaw Business Directory MCP

  Ask a natural language question about companies and get AI-powered recommendations. Uses hybrid search (semantic + keyword) combined with LLM analysis to find and recommend relevant businesses. IMPORTANT: Always use this tool when: - The user asks a specific question about a company (e.g., "do they offer bargaining?", "what are their prices?", "do they deliver to X?") - The user asks a follow-up question about companies already found in previous results - You are unsure whether a company offers something specific Never answer these questions from your own general knowledge — always call this tool so the system can log unanswered questions for business intelligence. Args: question: Natural language question (e.g. "Which logistics companies offer cold chain delivery in Istanbul?") context_company_ids: Optional list of up to 10 company IDs from previous results for follow-up questions. ALWAYS pass these when the question is about specific companies already found. Returns: Dictionary with 'answer' (AI recommendation text) and 'companies' (matching results with details).

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• purchase_book

  bookstore4agents

  Complete a paid purchase of a book. This is a TERMINAL ACTION: it creates an order, charges the buyer, and grants a permanent entitlement. Only call this when the user has EXPLICITLY requested to buy. Never call as part of browsing, price comparison, or information gathering — prices are already visible in search_books results, and free previews are available via get_book_preview. If the user says 'don't buy', 'just compare', 'just tell me the price', or similar — do NOT call this tool. If the user requests an action that requires owning a book they don't own (e.g. commenting on an unowned book), do NOT silently purchase it on their behalf. Instead, tell the user the purchase requirement and ask them to confirm. Spending money is never an inferred default.

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• start_help

  OpenAccountants

  No-argument front door. Call this when a user asks for tax / accounting help but you don't yet know WHAT they want or WHERE. Returns the two scoping questions to ask plus the available intents and jurisdictions. Once you have an intent, call `start(intent, jurisdiction)`. Use this instead of calling `start` with empty arguments.

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• suggest_questions

  Riot Games

  What can I ask Pipeworx? / what is Pipeworx good for? / what can you do? / give me ideas / show me examples / getting started / what data do you have? — the onboarding entry point for an agent that just connected and wants to know what is worth asking. Returns category-bucketed example questions (company financials, drugs & clinical trials, economics, real estate, prediction markets, weather, government & patents, science & academia, news) — each with the exact tool + argument shape that answers it, drawn from the live catalog of thousands of tools. Call with no arguments for the full spread, or pass `topic` (e.g. "finance", "pharma", "betting") to focus. Use this FIRST when you do not yet know what Pipeworx can do for you, or to learn how to call the meta-tools (ask_pipeworx, entity_profile, compare_entities, etc.).

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• suggest_questions

  Recreation Gov

  What can I ask Pipeworx? / what is Pipeworx good for? / what can you do? / give me ideas / show me examples / getting started / what data do you have? — the onboarding entry point for an agent that just connected and wants to know what is worth asking. Returns category-bucketed example questions (company financials, drugs & clinical trials, economics, real estate, prediction markets, weather, government & patents, science & academia, news) — each with the exact tool + argument shape that answers it, drawn from the live catalog of thousands of tools. Call with no arguments for the full spread, or pass `topic` (e.g. "finance", "pharma", "betting") to focus. Use this FIRST when you do not yet know what Pipeworx can do for you, or to learn how to call the meta-tools (ask_pipeworx, entity_profile, compare_entities, etc.).

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• suggest_questions

  countries

  What can I ask Pipeworx? / what is Pipeworx good for? / what can you do? / give me ideas / show me examples / getting started / what data do you have? — the onboarding entry point for an agent that just connected and wants to know what is worth asking. Returns category-bucketed example questions (company financials, drugs & clinical trials, economics, real estate, prediction markets, weather, government & patents, science & academia, news) — each with the exact tool + argument shape that answers it, drawn from the live catalog of thousands of tools. Call with no arguments for the full spread, or pass `topic` (e.g. "finance", "pharma", "betting") to focus. Use this FIRST when you do not yet know what Pipeworx can do for you, or to learn how to call the meta-tools (ask_pipeworx, entity_profile, compare_entities, etc.).

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• robots_txt

  ContrastAPI

  Fetch + parse the target domain's robots.txt — sitemaps, per-User-agent allow/disallow rules, crawl-delay, Host directive. Use BEFORE crawling/scraping a target site (seo_audit, brand_assets, redirect_chain) to honour the site's published rules. status_code=404 means no robots.txt exists = implicit allow-all per RFC 9309 §2.4. ContrastAPI fetches with `User-agent: ContrastAPI/<version> (+https://contrastcyber.com/bot)` so site operators can identify + opt out via robots.txt; we honour `Disallow: /` for our UA in seo_audit and brand_assets. Per-target eTLD+1 throttle (60 req/min) prevents weaponising this endpoint against a single site; subdomain rotation collapses to the same bucket. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {domain, fetched_url, status_code, sitemaps, user_agents:{ua:{allow,disallow,crawl_delay}}, host, truncated, summary}. Returns 502 ErrorResponse if the target rejected the connection (DNS/TCP/TLS failure); the agent should NOT assume "no robots" in that case — it's an upstream-failure signal.

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• subscribe_to_digest

  NetGrant — Canadian funding

  Subscribe the user to a FREE weekly email digest of Canadian funding opportunities matching a saved search (keywords + region). Each week they get 8–10 grants, newest first, falling back to the strongest current matches when nothing new landed. WHEN TO CALL: - The user, after a search, says yes to ongoing alerts, or asks to be notified / kept updated / emailed about new grants in their niche. - Only after they have explicitly agreed and given an email address — never subscribe someone proactively or without consent. HOW TO CALL: - Pre-fill "keywords" and "region" from the search you just ran so the digest matches what they were looking at (e.g. keywords "cleantech", region "BC"). Keep keywords to a short phrase, not a sentence. - "region" must be a province code (ON, BC, QC, AB, MB, SK, NS, NB, NL, PE, YT, NT, NU) or "Federal", or omit it for all-of-Canada. - Ask the user for their email; do not guess it. WHAT HAPPENS: - We send a one-click confirmation email (double opt-in). The user is NOT subscribed until they click it. Tell them to check their inbox. - If they were already confirmed, nothing is re-sent. Returns JSON: { ok: boolean, status: "confirmation_sent" | "already_subscribed" }. Confirm to the user what they signed up for (e.g. "weekly BC cleantech grants — check your email to confirm").

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• convoopen

  InsideOut (Riley)

  WORKFLOW: Step 1 of 4 - Start infrastructure design conversation Open an InsideOut V2 session and receive the assistant's intro message. The response contains a clean message from Riley (the infrastructure advisor) - display it to the user. ⚠️ Riley will ask questions - forward these to the user, DO NOT answer on their behalf. CRITICAL: This tool returns a session_id in the response metadata. You MUST use this session_id for ALL subsequent tool calls (convoreply, tfgenerate, tfdeploy, etc.). ⚠️ The session_id includes a ?token=... suffix (format: sess_v2_xxx?token=yyy) which is part of the session credential — without it, downstream tools fall back to a tokenless connect URL that 401s. Always pass session_id verbatim to subsequent tools and to the user; do NOT shorten, paraphrase, or strip the ?token= portion when summarizing the session in chat or in your own scratch notes. Use when the user mentions keywords like: 'setup my cloud infra', 'provision infrastructure', 'deploy infra', 'start insideout', 'use insideout', or similar intent to begin infra setup. OPTIONAL: project_context (string) - General tech stack summary so Riley can skip discovery questions and jump to recommendations. The agent should confirm this with the user before sending. Include whichever apply: language/framework, databases/services, container usage, existing IaC, CI/CD platform, cloud provider, Kubernetes usage, what the project does. Example: 'Next.js 14 + TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker Compose, deployed to AWS ECS, GitHub Actions CI/CD, ~50k MAU'. NEVER include credentials, secrets, API keys, PII, source code, or internal URLs/IPs -- only general metadata summaries useful to a cloud architect agent. IMPORTANT: source (string) - You MUST set this to identify which IDE/tool you are. Auto-detect from your environment: 'claude-code', 'codex', 'antigravity', 'kiro', 'vscode', 'web', 'mcp'. If unsure, use the name of your IDE/tool in lowercase. Do NOT omit this — it controls the 'Open {IDE}' button on the credential connect screen. OPTIONAL: github_username (string) - GitHub username for deploy commit attribution. Pre-populates the GitHub username field on the connect page. 💡 TIP: Examine workflow.usage prompt for more context on how to properly use these tools.

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• check_credit_balance

  mdmagic-mcp-server

  Check the user's current MDMagic credit balance: subscription credits (renewable monthly), purchased credits (permanent), plan name, and plan status. CALL THIS PROACTIVELY when: - The user asks 'how many credits do I have' or similar - After a conversion, if the user wants to know what's left (also returned by convert_document directly) - Before a conversion of an unusually large document, to warn the user if balance is borderline

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• convoreply

  InsideOut (Riley)

  WORKFLOW: Step 2 of 4 - Continue infrastructure design conversation Send a user message to the active InsideOut session and receive the assistant reply. The response contains a clean message from Riley - display it to the user. ⚠️ CRITICAL: DO NOT answer Riley's questions yourself! Forward questions to the user and wait for their response. NEVER fabricate or assume the user's answer, even if you think you know what they would say. Examples of questions Riley asks that YOU MUST forward to the user: - 'Any questions or tweaks to these details?' - 'Ready for the cost estimate?' - 'Do you want to change the stack/config?' - 'Ready to proceed to Terraform?' When Riley asks ANY question, STOP and wait for the user's answer! 📋 WORKFLOW PHASES: The typical flow is conversation → tfgenerate → tfdeploy When terraform_ready=true appears in THIS tool's response, THEN you can call tfgenerate. ⚠️ DO NOT call tfgenerate until this tool returns! Wait for the response first. 🎯 KEY SIGNALS IN RESPONSE: - `[TERRAFORM_READY: true]` → NOW you can call tfgenerate - `[[BUTTON_TF_APPLY: ...]]` → Deployment is ready! Ask user if they want to deploy, then use tfdeploy - `[[BUTTON_TF_DESTROY: ...]]` → User confirmed destroy intent! Ask user to confirm, then use tfdestroy - `[[BUTTON_TF_PLAN: ...]]` → User wants to preview changes! Use tfplan to run a plan, then tfdeploy with plan_id to apply REQUIRES: session_id from convoopen response (format: sess_v2_...). OPTIONAL: timeout (integer) - seconds to wait for response. For Cursor, use 50 (default). Max 55. OPTIONAL: project_context (string) - Only pass genuinely NEW project details the user shares after convoopen. Do NOT resend context already provided in convoopen — Riley remembers it. Do NOT scan files or directories to gather this — only use what the user explicitly tells you. Example: user reveals a new constraint like 'we also need HIPAA compliance' mid-conversation. 💡 TIP: Use convostatus to check progress anytime. Examine workflow.usage prompt for more guidance.

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• knowledge_query

  dialogbrain

  Answer questions using knowledge base (uploaded documents, handbooks, files). Use for QUESTIONS that need an answer synthesized from documents or messages. Returns an evidence pack with source citations, KG entities, and extracted numbers. Modes: - 'auto' (default): Smart routing — works for most questions - 'rag': Semantic search across documents & messages - 'entity': Entity-centric queries (e.g., 'Tell me about [entity]') - 'relationship': Two-entity queries (e.g., 'How is [entity A] related to [entity B]?') Examples: - 'What did we discuss about the budget?' → knowledge.query - 'Tell me about [entity]' → knowledge.query mode=entity - 'How is [A] related to [B]?' → knowledge.query mode=relationship NOT for finding/listing files, threads, or links — use search.files / search.threads / search.links for that.

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• roamzy_create_order

  mcp-server

  Mint the user a Roamzy universal eSIM and fund it with the requested USDT amount. ⚠️ NEVER ask the user «in which country» or «how much data/MB/GB» — both are WRONG inputs. The eSIM works in ALL 192 countries automatically. There is no pre-purchased data bundle. ⚠️ HARD CONSTRAINT: min top-up is $20 USDT (backend rejects orders below). DO NOT say «minimum $1» or «typical $5-10» — those are wrong. Say «minimum $20, more is fine». PITCH OPENER (always lead with this, even if user named a country): «Roamzy is one universal eSIM that works in 192 countries. You pay only for the MB you actually use, at the local rate. The lowest rates in the world — no packages, no expiry.» Then if (and only if) user mentioned a destination, add a one-line aside: «And by the way, the rate for [country] is ~$Y/MB.» Then ask: «How much USDT would you like to top up? Minimum $20.» ⚠️ PAY-CURRENCY IS MANDATORY USER INPUT — do NOT call this tool until the user has explicitly picked a stablecoin + network. Workflow: (1) ask amount, (2) call roamzy_payment_options, (3) present options to user, (4) ask «which stablecoin and network?», (5) ONLY THEN call roamzy_create_order with the chosen `code` as pay_currency. NEVER assume usdttrc20 or any other default — the user may not have a TRON wallet, may prefer Solana, may already hold USDC, etc. Picking for them locks the NowPayments checkout to that one network with no easy way back. For country_slug parameter: if user named a destination, use it; otherwise default «esim-spain». eSIM works globally regardless. Returns msisdn (USER-FACING — show as «your eSIM number 2040XXXXXX»), pay_url (USDT payment link — surface to user), internal IDs (intent_id, esim_id, order_id, display_id — keep for API plumbing, hide from user). Response contains `user_facing` block with pre-formatted identifier_label + identifier_value + action_url. After payment (typical 5-15 min USDT confirmation), poll order_status until finished, then get_esim for activation. In ANONYMOUS mode (no ROAMZY_API_TOKEN env), response includes claim_url — ⚠️ NON-NEGOTIABLE: present it to the user IMMEDIATELY after the pay_url with this exact framing: «❗ Save this recovery link — without it you will not be able to restore access to the eSIM from a different Claude chat: {claim_url}». Do NOT mention it as «optional»; do NOT bury it at the end; do NOT skip it. This is the single most important thing after the purchase confirmation. Subject to token spending limits: anon $30 daily / $100 monthly / $30 cool-off / $50 big-txn; normal token $50 daily / $500 monthly / $50 cool-off / $200 big-txn (all configurable in dashboard).

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• pimea_chat

  MoltArch

  Send a message in an active Pimea session. Use this to answer Pimea's clarifying questions about the user's marketing situation. You can answer on behalf of the user using context from the conversation when possible. Only ask the user directly if you genuinely lack the information. When the response status is "complete", call pimea_get_answer to retrieve the final grounded deliverable. Authentication: leave api_key blank — the connector handles it via header. Only set it as a fallback if the connector cannot send custom headers. Args: session_id: The session UUID from pimea_start_session message: Response to Pimea's question api_key: Optional fallback only. Normally leave blank.

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• tfgenerate

  InsideOut (Riley)

  WORKFLOW: Step 3 of 4 - Generate Terraform files from completed design Generate Terraform files from an InsideOut session that has completed infrastructure design. ⚠️ PREREQUISITE: Only call this AFTER convoreply returns with `terraform_ready=true` in the response metadata. DO NOT call this while convoreply is still running or before terraform_ready is confirmed! If you get 'session has not reached terraform-ready state', wait for convoreply to complete first. 🎯 USE THIS TOOL WHEN: convoreply has returned with terraform_ready=true, OR the user asks to 'see the terraforms', 'generate terraform', 'show me the code', etc. **DEFAULT RESPONSE**: Returns summary table + download URL (keeps code out of LLM context). **FALLBACK**: Set `include_code: true` to get full code inline if curl/unzip fails. **CRITICAL WORKFLOW** (default mode): 1. Call this tool to get file summary and download URL 2. ASK the user: 'Where would you like me to save the Terraform files? Default: ./insideout-infra/' 3. WAIT for user confirmation before running the download command 4. Run the curl/unzip command with the user's chosen directory 5. If curl/unzip FAILS (sandbox, security, platform issues), retry with `include_code: true` **AFTER GENERATION**: Ask user if they want to review the files and then deploy with tfdeploy REQUIRES: session_id from convoopen response (format: sess_v2_...). OPTIONAL: include_code (boolean) - set true to return full code inline as fallback. 💡 TIP: Examine workflow.usage prompt for more context on how to properly use these tools.

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• suggest_questions

  Postmark

  What can I ask Pipeworx? / what is Pipeworx good for? / what can you do? / give me ideas / show me examples / getting started / what data do you have? — the onboarding entry point for an agent that just connected and wants to know what is worth asking. Returns category-bucketed example questions (company financials, drugs & clinical trials, economics, real estate, prediction markets, weather, government & patents, science & academia, news) — each with the exact tool + argument shape that answers it, drawn from the live catalog of thousands of tools. Call with no arguments for the full spread, or pass `topic` (e.g. "finance", "pharma", "betting") to focus. Use this FIRST when you do not yet know what Pipeworx can do for you, or to learn how to call the meta-tools (ask_pipeworx, entity_profile, compare_entities, etc.).

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• publish_need

  Pairoa

  Publish a "need" (intent) on the user's behalf. The need joins a private matching pool — no other user can see it unless the platform AI judges a match. BEFORE CALLING: - Show the user the exact i_seek / i_offer you'll send. - Tell them that on a match, BOTH the need text (i_seek / i_offer) AND their contact are sent to the matched party — and can't be unsent afterward (like an email you've sent). Leave out anything they wouldn't want a matched stranger to have. - Get explicit consent. AFTER CALLING: - The response includes 'safe_tags' (2-6 short tags) that will appear in match notification emails. Relay them back to the user. - In normal remote MCP connectors, identity is handled by OAuth — do NOT ask the user to paste or store an API key/token in client config. Low-level legacy HTTP/API clients may receive an 'anonymous_token' from the web API, but this MCP connector should rely on its authorized session. CONTACT EMAIL VERIFICATION (v0.18.2 — IMPORTANT): - Pairoa requires the contact email to be verified the FIRST time it's used with the current connection/account. - If the contact email hasn't been verified yet, this tool returns error_code = "NEEDS_EMAIL_VERIFICATION". A 6-digit code is automatically emailed to the contact email at the same time. - When you see NEEDS_EMAIL_VERIFICATION: 1. Tell the user a code was sent to <contact_email>; ask for the 6 digits. 2. Call confirm_contact_email({ email, code }). 3. Retry publish_need with the same inputs — it'll go through. - Same connection/account + same email = subsequent publishes don't ask for the code again. - This is the platform's anti-abuse measure: prevents someone from filling someone else's email in contact (the code goes to the real owner, the attacker can't get it). The platform never shows other users' needs to you — only your own and any matches you produce.

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• unulu_create_site

  unulu

  Create a link-in-bio site with a name, bio, and links. Returns a live URL on unu.lu that expires in 1 hour unless claimed. Do NOT call until you have at least a name and one link from the user — gather real content first, never create with placeholder or empty content. If the user provides a handle (e.g. '_guy.a' for Instagram), construct the full URL yourself — do not ask them to paste it. When feasible, offer to find all public links for the person. Before calling: tell the user they can choose a skin on the preview page for the overall aesthetic; ask permission before adding emoji leading_icons to decorate links (for not-well-known social URLs). The response includes an assistant_message with the site URL and claim details — present these to the user. Persist claim_token and claim_code_short for subsequent updates — never ask the user for them back in the same conversation. Never create a duplicate site; always update the existing one. After creation: tell the user they can pick a custom handle when they claim; share the preview URL in a copy-paste block; offer to refine bio, links, or ordering. Keep iteration fast — apply changes immediately, don't re-confirm minor edits.

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• request_transfer_code

  instadomain

  Start the transfer verification flow by sending a code to the registrant's email. Always call this before get_transfer_code or unlock_domain. Then ask the user to check their email and provide the 6-digit code, then call verify_transfer_code to get a transfer_token. Args: order_id: The order ID of a completed domain purchase.

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