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Phase 7 Semantic Tool Catalog

The semantic tool catalog is the transport-neutral surface an agent may call. It is a frozen set of JSON-schema descriptors — no HTTP method, path, or provider detail. Provider-specific shapes are produced only by bindings, so every provider sees the same operation set.

Sources: src/tools/phase7-semantic-tool-catalog.ts, src/tools/phase7-semantic-tool-types.ts, src/tools/phase7-tool-bindings.ts, barrel src/tools/index.ts.

Two dispositions, plus a separate control-plane list

A tool descriptor's disposition is either always_agent_tool or optional_agent_tool. Control-plane-owned operations are a separate frozen list, not a disposition — they are never exposed as tools. See capability disposition and authorization and exposure.

The catalog holds 36 tools: 14 always-agent tools and 22 optional tools across 10 groups.

Always-agent tools (14)

get_task_context, get_task_history, list_documents, read_document, list_document_revisions, report_progress, answer_status_question, finish_task, block_task, request_review, write_document, request_human_input, register_deliverable, inspect_operation_result.

Optional tools (22), by group

Group Tools
discovery search_tasks, list_agents, list_projects, list_goals
delegation_dependencies create_task, set_dependencies
governance list_approvals, request_approval, decide_approval, comment_on_approval
cases list_cases, upsert_case
workspace_runtime get_workspace_runtime, control_workspace_service
routines list_routines, manage_routine
company_skills list_company_skills, sync_company_skills
secrets list_secret_metadata, read_secret_value
portability_admin export_company, administer_company
test_escape_hatch generic_api_request

Descriptor shape

Each descriptor carries operationId, version (1), title, description, input/output JSON schemas, disposition, an optional optionalGroup, requiredClaims, and optionally allowedRoles, taskModes, a sideEffectClass (read, task_write, company_write, governance, workspace_control, secret_read, admin, test_escape_hatch), an idempotency level, redaction rules, and an abstract mockCommandMapping.

The mockCommandMapping is one of context_read, snapshot_read, semantic_command, operation_result, or mock_extension — describing what the tool does against the mock, never how a transport would carry it.

Transport neutrality

Bindings, not descriptors, produce provider shapes, both derived from the same visibleTools.tools array:

  • Phase7FakeAgentToolBinding emits {operationId, description, inputSchema, outputSchema}.
  • Phase7CodexToolBinding emits {type: "function", name, description, strict: true, parameters}.

Because both bindings derive from one array, the fake-agent and Codex operation surfaces are byte-identical. The conformance suite asserts this parity (the 18/18 fake-agent/Codex operation matrix).

Running the tests

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run \
  src/tools/phase7-semantic-tools.test.ts

The "catalog" describe asserts a unique, versioned, provider-neutral catalog and that every optional group is present.