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{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of results, default 5"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "What the user wants to do, e.g. \"add a nice background to screenshots\" or \"self-hosted uptime monitoring\""
    },
    "pricing": {
      "enum": [
        "free",
        "freemium",
        "paid",
        "commission"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: pricing model"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: only search within this category"
    },
    "platform": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: platform, e.g. web, macos, windows, linux, ios, android, self-hosted"
    }
  }
}

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Product id returned by search_tools"
    }
  }
}

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "need"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "enum": [
        "missing",
        "partial"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: \"partial\" when search_tools returned tools but none fit the need; default \"missing\" (nothing like it exists)"
    },
    "need": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 500,
      "minLength": 4,
      "description": "Generic description of the need, e.g. \"turn meeting recordings into notes with action items\""
    },
    "budget": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50,
      "description": "Optional: rough budget, e.g. \"free\" or \"under $10/month\""
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]*$",
      "maxLength": 40,
      "description": "Optional, for apps that forward their users' needs: a short name of your app, e.g. \"my-notes-app\". Only counted, never shown with the need."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50,
      "description": "Optional: rough domain of the need"
    },
    "platform": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50,
      "description": "Optional: preferred platform"
    }
  }
}

{
  "readOnlyHint": false,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

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