# Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC) (io.github.fmadore/iwac-mcp-server): tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-11-02 (UTC)
- From: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.fmadore%2Fiwac-mcp-server/versions/latest)
- Connected to: https://islam.zmo.de/mcp/
- Homepage: https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/
- Repository: https://github.com/fmadore/iwac-mcp-server
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 39
- Average: 52.0 / 100 (Cloudy)
- Near-identical pairs: 2

This page shows how Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC) (io.github.fmadore/iwac-mcp-server)'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.

Forecall asked the URL this server lists in the official MCP Registry for its tools/list once, on the date above, without calling any tool. The server may have changed since.

## Across the server

- Minor: 39 tools. Above 25, models start to tell tools apart less well.

## Tools

- `get_index_entry`: 34 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: entry_id.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: entry_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `get_reference`: 34 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: reference_id.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: reference_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `list_subjects`: 35 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_publication_fulltext`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: publication_id, keyword.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: keyword.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_newspaper_stats`: 42 / 100
  - Major: The description is too short (6 words).
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `semantic_search_articles`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: newspaper.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, date_from, date_to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_lexical_metrics`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_locations`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `list_persons`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_semantic_map`: 45 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `search_documents`: 45 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - 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.
- `search_articles`: 46 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword_aliases, newspaper, subject, offset.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_from, date_to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `semantic_search_publications`: 46 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_place_distribution`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `get_cooccurrence`: 48 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search_index`: 48 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_image`: 49 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: image_id.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: image_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `get_topic_distribution`: 50 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: subset, newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search_by_sentiment`: 50 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: subject, offset.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: subject.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `semantic_search_references`: 50 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: date_from, date_to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `explore_corpus`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: mode, subset, selection, selection.keyword, selection.date_to, selection.hijri_month, selection.hijri_year, selection.keyword_aliases, comparison, comparison.keyword, comparison.date_to, comparison.hijri_month, comparison.hijri_year, comparison.keyword_aliases, offset, limit.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: selection.newspaper, selection.subject, selection.date_to, selection.hijri_month, comparison.newspaper, comparison.subject, comparison.date_to, comparison.hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_audiovisual`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_temporal_distribution`: 52 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search_publications`: 53 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword_aliases, offset.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: date_from, date_to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_article`: 54 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: article_id.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: article_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `get_audiovisual`: 54 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: audiovisual_id, keyword.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: keyword.
- `get_document`: 54 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: document_id.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: document_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `get_field_distribution`: 54 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
- `semantic_search_images`: 54 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_country_comparison`: 57 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `list_periodicals`: 57 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search_audiovisual`: 57 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_sentiment_distribution`: 60 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: keyword, date_to, hijri_month, hijri_year, keyword_aliases, agreement_field.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: newspaper, subject, date_to, hijri_month.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search_references`: 61 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: author, offset.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: author, date_from, date_to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `get_collection_stats`: 62 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `get_similar_items`: 64 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `fetch`: 75 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `search_images`: 79 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: offset.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: date_from, date_to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search`: 95 / 100

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