MCP, Tools & Integrations
Problems involving tool calls, MCP surfaces, integration contracts, required tool inputs, tool results, parser consumers, or downstream systems that depend on AI output.
Primary Issues
- Tool Call Contract Mismatch
The AI or agent calls a tool with names, arguments, types, modes, or shapes that do not match the declared tool interface.
- Output Breaks the Next Step
The AI output looks acceptable by itself but cannot be used by the next tool, workflow step, parser, reviewer, or downstream consumer.
- Tool Result Not Integrated Correctly
The AI receives a tool result but misreads, ignores, overwrites, misplaces, or fails to incorporate it correctly into the final output or workflow state.
- Tool Exists but Required Inputs Are Missing
A usable tool or integration exists, but the AI or agent does not have the required inputs, permissions, fields, identifiers, or context needed to call it correctly.
- Too Many Tool Calls
The AI or agent makes more tool calls, searches, retrievals, API calls, or integration actions than the task requires or permits.
Also Related Issues
- AI Output Breaks Parser
The AI output causes a parser, validator, importer, or structured-output consumer to fail.
- Agent Cannot Choose Tool Without Tool Result
The agent needs a tool result to choose the right tool, but cannot obtain that result without choosing a tool first.
- Tool Can Act Without Responsible Authority
A tool, connector, function, or integration can perform an action without a declared responsible authority for that action.
- Tool Rules and Prompt Rules Conflict
Tool, connector, function, or MCP rules conflict with prompt instructions, causing the AI or agent to face incompatible requirements.
- Agent Gets Conflicting Tool Authority
An agent receives conflicting authority signals about whether, when, or how it may use a tool, connector, function, or integration.
Ontology Metadata
- Code
CAT-0040- Version
[email protected]- Ontology release
- 0.1.0
- Updated
- 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z
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