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Null Is Not Zero: What an MCP Tool Description Has to Carry

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A REST API's documentation is read by a developer once. An MCP tool description is the one piece of text a model reads on every single call, which makes it where you stop an agent misreporting your numbers. It is also prose, so it goes stale like prose. AddressIntel reads building permits and parce…

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  1. 2026-10-14 17:06 · DEV Community — AI
    Null Is Not Zero: What an MCP Tool Description Has to Carry

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