{"record":{"id":"903f08ca47dac6fd","repo":"googleapis/mcp-toolbox","slug":"description-is-required-for-tool-q-903f08","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"description is required for tool %q","messagePattern":"description is required for tool %q","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/tools/cloudsqladmin/cloudsqladminsqlmany/cloudsqladminsqlmany.go","lineNumber":68,"sourceCode":"type Config struct {\n\ttools.ConfigBase   `yaml:\",inline\"`\n\tType               string                 `yaml:\"type\" validate:\"required\"`\n\tSource             string                 `yaml:\"source\" validate:\"required\"`\n\tStatement          string                 `yaml:\"statement\" validate:\"required\"`\n\tParameters         parameters.Parameters  `yaml:\"parameters\"`\n\tTemplateParameters parameters.Parameters  `yaml:\"templateParameters\"`\n\tAnnotations        *tools.ToolAnnotations `yaml:\"annotations,omitempty\"`\n}\n\nvar _ tools.ToolConfig = Config{}\n\nfunc (cfg Config) ToolConfigType() string {\n\treturn resourceType\n}\n\nfunc (cfg Config) Initialize(context.Context) (tools.Tool, error) {\n\tif cfg.Description == \"\" {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"description is required for tool %q\", cfg.Name)\n\t}\n\n\tinfraParams := parameters.Parameters{\n\t\tparameters.NewStringParameter(\"project\", \"The GCP project ID.\"),\n\t\tparameters.NewStringParameter(\"instanceId\", \"The Cloud SQL instance ID.\"),\n\t\tparameters.NewStringParameter(\"database\", \"The database name.\"),\n\t}\n\n\tallParams, _, err := parameters.ProcessParameters(cfg.TemplateParameters, cfg.Parameters)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to process parameters: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tfinalParams := append(infraParams, allParams...)\n\tparamManifest := finalParams.Manifest()\n\n\treturn Tool{\n\t\tBaseTool: tools.NewBaseTool(","sourceCodeStart":50,"sourceCodeEnd":86,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/blob/8cc6e09de2ad7b8bffc77751799585a1401a48eb/internal/tools/cloudsqladmin/cloudsqladminsqlmany/cloudsqladminsqlmany.go#L50-L86","documentation":"Initialize refuses to construct the execute-sql-many tool because cfg.Description is empty — the tool has no default description and cannot be exposed to the LLM without one.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/tools/cloudsqladmin/cloudsqladminsqlmany/cloudsqladminsqlmany.go:68 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Add a `description` field to the tool entry in tools.yaml","Check YAML indentation so description is parsed","Ensure the description is non-empty"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"8cc6e09de2ad7b8bffc77751799585a1401a48eb","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T01:10:36.887Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T01:10:36.887Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}