# io.github.rpconroy/gdex-mcp: tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-11-02 (UTC)
- From: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.rpconroy%2Fgdex-mcp/versions/latest)
- Connected to: https://gdex-mcp.k8s.ucar.edu/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/NCAR/gdex-mcp
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 30
- Average: 48.3 / 100 (Cloudy)
- Near-identical pairs: 5

This page shows how io.github.rpconroy/gdex-mcp'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

- Minor: 30 tools. Above 25, models start to tell tools apart less well.
- Minor: The server has no instructions. Say there, once, what the server is for and when to use it: Claude Code and Gemini CLI read the instructions before the tool descriptions.

## Tools

- `check_request_status`: 33 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: rindex.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: rindex.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `submit_subset_request`: 36 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: request_json.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: request_json.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_portal_metrics`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: metric.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_staff`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_control_file_template`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_data_access`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_dataset_metadata`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_request_files`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: rindex.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: rindex.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `purge_request`: 40 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: rindex.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: rindex.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
  - Major: It may be destructive, but destructiveHint is not set.
- `search_arco_variables`: 41 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, query.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid, query.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_dataset_metrics`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, metric.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_filesearch_datatypes`: 43 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `validate_subset_request`: 46 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, request_json.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid, request_json.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_filesearch_cyclone_fix_files`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, valid_datetime_min, valid_datetime_max.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
- `get_filesearch_grid_files`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, parameters, valid_datetime_min, valid_datetime_max, products, grids, levels.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
- `get_filesearch_sensor_files`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, valid_date_min, valid_date_max.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
- `get_arco_variables`: 48 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_filesearch_cyclone_fix_filters`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, valid_datetime_min, valid_datetime_max.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_filesearch_result_page`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, result_id, page_num.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid, result_id.
- `get_filesearch_sensor_filters`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, valid_date_min, valid_date_max.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `has_arco`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `list_datasets`: 53 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: query, limit, offset.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_request_statuses`: 54 / 100
- `get_filesearch_grid_filters`: 56 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, valid_datetime_min, valid_datetime_max, parameters, products, grids, levels.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `describe_dataset`: 58 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_dataset_field`: 58 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, field.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid, field.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `find_dataset_files`: 65 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, name_pattern, start_gindex, max_groups_visited.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid, name_pattern.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_dataset_files`: 65 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, gindex, page, filter_wfile, fl.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
- `get_file_groups`: 65 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: dsid, gindex.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: dsid.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `submit_and_wait_for_request`: 66 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: request_json, poll_interval_s, timeout_s.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: request_json.

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