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AB-021

MCP Tool Calls

🤖 Machine-Readable Pillar: Discovery Moderate effort Severity: high Est. cost: $10-50 Gap: documentation Fix: deterministic

What it means

Your MCP server responds when agents try to call a tool.

Why it matters

Listing tools isn't enough — agents need to actually call them. If calls fail, your MCP server is useless.

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What's wrong

MCP server lists tools but doesn't respond when agents try to use them.

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What's right

MCP server processes tool calls and returns results.

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