Discovery, sessions and harness tools
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Start by checking the connected host and its current capabilities.
Use these tools
- Call the relevant read or status tool first.
- Review the target and required arguments.
- Run one intended action, with explicit human confirmation where required.
- Inspect status or re-read the affected resource afterward.
Inputs below describe the public contract. Your connected server’s current tool list is authoritative. Some tools require a particular host, target, inference mode or plan. Identifiers are values returned by earlier tools; do not invent them.
describe_platform
What this platform can build, and what you can drive from here.
Use this first to discover workflows and status tools. Its catalogue is public information; other tools may require sign-in.
Arguments: none ({}).
Operation: read-only.
Available setups: stdio, cloud project, cloud inference; stdio, cloud project, delegated inference; stdio, local project, cloud inference; stdio, local project, delegated inference; hosted HTTP.
The machine-readable tool contracts include nested argument schemas.
describe_capabilities
Report what your models can do.
Reports capabilities of the connected coding agent for delegated work. Describe supported work levels; this does not select or reveal OwlMeans cloud pipeline models.
| Argument | Required | Type or accepted values |
|---|
| strong | No | string |
| standard | No | string |
| cheap | No | string |
| subagents | No | boolean |
| effortControl | No | boolean |
Operation: read-only.
Available setups: stdio, cloud project, cloud inference; stdio, cloud project, delegated inference; stdio, local project, cloud inference; stdio, local project, delegated inference; hosted HTTP.
The machine-readable tool contracts include nested argument schemas.
session_status
What this connector is doing.
Read the returned resource and use its current values when planning the next action.
Arguments: none ({}).
Operation: read-only.
Available setups: stdio, cloud project, cloud inference; stdio, cloud project, delegated inference; stdio, local project, cloud inference; stdio, local project, delegated inference; hosted HTTP.
The machine-readable tool contracts include nested argument schemas.
describe_harness
What the harness files would say.
Available only when the host supplies this extension. Read the proposed guidance before installing it.
| Argument | Required | Type or accepted values |
|---|
| harness | No | string |
Operation: read-only.
Available setups: stdio, cloud project, cloud inference; stdio, cloud project, delegated inference; stdio, local project, cloud inference; stdio, local project, delegated inference; hosted HTTP.
The machine-readable tool contracts include nested argument schemas.
install_harness
Set this agent up to work with the platform.
Writes agent guidance to the selected local directory. mcpConfig controls whether project MCP configuration is also written.
| Argument | Required | Type or accepted values |
|---|
| dir | No | string |
| harness | No | string |
| mcpConfig | No | boolean |
Operation: can change state or start work.
Available setups: stdio, cloud project, cloud inference; stdio, cloud project, delegated inference; stdio, local project, cloud inference; stdio, local project, delegated inference.
The machine-readable tool contracts include nested argument schemas.