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fix(tools): describe automatic mode by what it does, not as getting past blocks - #47
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…ast blocks Directory reviewers read tool descriptions against rules on bypassing third-party access controls. Phrases like "get past a block", "escalates when a site blocks", "anti-bot infrastructure" and "Adaptive Stealth Mode" describe the tools as circumvention. The descriptions now say what the default does (automatic mode, mode=auto: JS rendering or premium proxies only when a plain request does not return the page) and what it costs. No parameter, default or behaviour changes. tests/descriptions.test.ts lists every tool through a real MCP client and fails if a tool or parameter description uses that wording again. Refs ACT-1566 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BUChpDttrHDtU8izeDT2op
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#49 landed on main with its own version of the Batch-is-GA wording that 5aa2b50 added here, and #44 changed the README row next to it. These three files now carry main's wording for those lines, so the PR merges cleanly and its diff against main is the tool-wording change alone. Refs ACT-1566 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BUChpDttrHDtU8izeDT2op
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Why
ACT-1566: the ChatGPT plugin directory review reads tool descriptions against OpenAI's plugin guidelines. They prohibit bypassing third-party "access controls" and scraping "without proper authorization". Several descriptions read as exactly that:
This PR needs a named sign-off before merging. Tool descriptions are shared by every MCP client (Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw, Codex …), so this changes what all of them read. It's draft until that person approves (ACT-1566, blocker 3).
What
mode=auto)" in tool and parameter descriptions. The parameter has always beenmode=auto. The product name is unchanged everywhere else (docs, CLI, code identifiers).scrape: "escalates only when the site blocks… Pass just the URL for protected, dynamic, or blocked pages; js_render and premium_proxy are not needed to get past a block" becomes "adds JS rendering or premium proxies per page only when a plain request does not return the page… Pass just the URL."scrape,extract,batch_create(premium_proxy): "already escalates (to premium proxies) when a site blocks" becomes "already uses premium proxies when a page needs them".extractandbatch_create: "Pass just the URL(s) for protected or dynamic pages/sites" becomes "Pass just the URL(s)".browser_navigate: "Zenrows' anti-bot infrastructure" becomes "Zenrows' hosted browser infrastructure".Test
tests/descriptions.test.tslists every tool through a real MCP client, hosted and stdio, and fails if a tool or parameter description matchesstealth|anti-bot|get past|site blocks|protected.mainit fails, naming 20 descriptions.npm testpasses: 179 tests, 0 failures.typecheckandlintare clean.Overlap
#44 edits
extract's mode list and itsfallback_autoparsetext. Those are different lines from the ones this PR changes insrc/tools/extract.ts, so whichever merges second may need a trivial rebase.🤖 Generated with Claude Code