# ResearchPilot (io.github.cnucho/researchpilot): tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-11-02 (UTC)
- From: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.cnucho%2Fresearchpilot/versions/latest)
- Connected to: https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/cnucho/AcademicResearchCopilot
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 23
- Average: 46.1 / 100 (Cloudy)
- Near-identical pairs: 0

This page shows how ResearchPilot (io.github.cnucho/researchpilot)'s tool descriptions scored, the issues found and the names of its tools and parameters. The descriptions are the server's own: read them where the copy came from.

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## Across the server

No server-wide issues.

## Tools

- `researchpilot_check_method`: 34 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: capabilityId.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: capabilityId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_search_datasets`: 34 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: query, scope.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_search_literature`: 34 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: query.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_content_analysis_template`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: researchQuestion, approach, codingMode.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_prepare_specialist_execution`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: projectId, capabilityId, requestedWork, rigor, requiredOutputs.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: The name is long (42 characters).
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: projectId, capabilityId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_text_analysis_pilot`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: researchQuestion, sourceType, query, period, targetSize, approach, codingMode, corpusItems, corpusItems[].id, corpusItems[].title, corpusItems[].source, corpusItems[].text, corpusItems[].digest, corpusItems[].provenance, categories.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_read_handoff_evidence`: 39 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: handoff, sourceId, offset.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: sourceId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_handoff_context`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: handoff.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_validate_specialist_receipt`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: request, receipt.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: The name is long (41 characters).
- `researchpilot_read_work_artifact`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: projectId, artifactId.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: projectId, artifactId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_research_registry`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: kind, query, limit.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_handoff_summary`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: handoff.
- `researchpilot_list_work_artifacts`: 45 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: projectId.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: projectId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_get_project_context`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: projectId.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: projectId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_build_collection_recipe`: 49 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: goal, sourceType, query, period, targetSize.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `researchpilot_capabilities`: 52 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_record_routing_feedback`: 52 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: projectId, taskFamily, capabilityId, toolName, outcome, feedback.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_update_user_preferences`: 52 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: answerStyle, resultFirst, writingVoice, avoidTextbookStyle, preferEvidenceBeforeAdvice, preferredOutput, discipline, targetGenre, citationStyle.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_get_user_memory`: 57 / 100
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_open_workspace`: 57 / 100
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_save_work_artifact`: 57 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: projectId, contextDigest, kind, title, text, sourceRefs.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: projectId. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `researchpilot_list_projects`: 65 / 100
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `researchpilot_get_profile`: 67 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.

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