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Glossary: Agent Tools and MCP

Tool annotations

Also written: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint, annotations

Hints sent with a tool's definition: read-only, destructive, idempotent and open-world. Hosts use them to decide when to ask, but they are only hints and untrusted servers can lie.

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IdempotentDestructive write