Single-tool server with generally adequate schema and description, but lacks enterprise-grade error handling, output structure documentation, and pagination support. The tool definition is explicit and properly registered with Zod schema, but the implementation has critical gaps in error guidance and response structure. Tool naming follows verb_noun convention (get_ptna_news), which is good. Description is present at 108 characters, within acceptable range. However, the parameter descriptions are verbose (category param description is ~400 chars) and the output schema is undocumented, LLMs cannot predict return structure. Error handling returns generic messages ('ニュース取得中にエラーが発生しました') without actionable guidance or error classification.
全日本ピアノ指導者協会(ピティナ)の最新ニュースを取得します
Output schema is not documented. LLMs cannot predict what fields the response contains or how to chain results to other tools. Tool only returns free-text formatted news items with no structured field definitions.
Error handling lacks actionable guidance. Generic error message 'ニュース取得中にエラーが発生しました' (An error occurred while retrieving news) does not tell the LLM what went wrong, whether to retry, or how to recover. No error classification (retryable vs fatal) provided.
No pagination support. Tool accepts 'limit' parameter (default 10) but no offset/cursor mechanism. If results exceed limit, agent cannot retrieve subsequent pages. Large datasets without pagination can blow context windows.
| Scored | Grade | Overall | Spec posture | Rubric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | C | 64 | 2026-07-28+ | v2 |
| 2026-03-09 | F | 47 | - | v1 |
Category parameter filtering logic is fragile. Code uses item.author.includes(category) to match, but category descriptions list multi-word values like '提携コンクール', '指導者ライセンス', 'OPEN PIANO PROJECT'. String.includes() matching is substring-based and may produce false positives (e.g., 'ステップ' would match '指導者ライセンス' if 'ステップ' is in the author field).
Category parameter should be an enum, not free-form string. The description lists 12 valid categories, but the schema uses z.string().optional() without enum constraint. LLMs may pass invalid category values, resulting in no results or unexpected filtering.
Response is unstructured free-text formatting. Returned content is a single concatenated string with markdown-like separators ('---'). LLMs must parse unstructured output, which is error-prone and wastes tokens. Should return array of structured objects with fields: {title, author, date, url, description}.
No validation of limit parameter bounds. Code accepts any number passed to limit, including negative values or extremely large values. Should enforce min=1, max=100 or similar, with clear error message if violated.