feat: Add tool annotations for improved LLM tool understanding#62
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Add readOnlyHint and destructiveHint annotations to all 14 tools to help LLMs better understand tool behavior and make safer decisions. Changes: - Added readOnlyHint: true to 8 read-only tools (read_file, list_directory, search_files, get_file_info, list_allowed_directories, read_multiple_files, tree, search_within_files) - Added destructiveHint: true to 6 tools that modify data (write_file, create_directory, copy_file, move_file, delete_file, modify_file) - Added title annotations for human-readable display This improves tool safety metadata for MCP clients. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds MCP tool annotations (
readOnlyHint,destructiveHint,title) to all 14 tools to help LLMs better understand tool behavior and make safer decisions about tool execution.Changes
Read-only tools (
readOnlyHint: true) - 8 tools:read_file- Read file contentslist_directory- List directory contentssearch_files- Search file namesget_file_info- Get file metadatalist_allowed_directories- List allowed directoriesread_multiple_files- Read multiple filestree- Directory structuresearch_within_files- Search file contentsDestructive tools (
destructiveHint: true) - 6 tools:write_file- Create/overwrite filescreate_directory- Create directoriescopy_file- Copy files (creates new)move_file- Move/rename filesdelete_file- Delete filesmodify_file- Modify file contentsWhy This Matters
Testing
go build ./...)go test ./...)tools/listreturns annotationsBefore/After
Before:
After: