Slim per-integration search tool definitions

.changeset/slim-search-tools.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@executor-js/execution": patch
+"executor": patch
+---
+
+Slim the per-integration `search_<integration>` tool definitions to under half their size: one shared one-line description (the tool name already carries the namespace) and a single bare `query` parameter, dropping the `limit`/`offset` knobs. A session pays for these definitions once per connected integration, so the surface now costs ~2k tokens instead of ~5k at 30 integrations; paging through a namespace belongs in `execute`.

e2e/scenarios/namespace-search-tools.test.ts

@@ -104,12 +104,17 @@ scenario(
         // The core surface is untouched.
         expect(names, "execute still works on an opted-in session").toContain("execute");
         expect(names, "skills still works on an opted-in session").toContain("skills");
-        // The description is minimal and points back at the execute flow.
+        // The NAME carries the namespace; the description is one shared line
+        // that points back at the execute flow, kept tiny because a session
+        // pays for it once per connected integration.
         const described = optedInTools.find((tool) => tool.name === searchTool);
-        expect(described?.description, "the tool description names its namespace").toContain(slug);
         expect(described?.description, "the tool description points at execute").toContain(
           "execute",
         );
+        expect(
+          (described?.description ?? "").length,
+          "the tool description stays lean",
+        ).toBeLessThan(120);
 
         // A keyword call returns the matching tool, exactly as
         // `tools.search({ query, namespace })` inside execute would.

packages/hosts/mcp/src/namespace-search-tools.test.ts

@@ -118,16 +118,38 @@ describe("MCP host — per-integration search tools", () => {
         // session.
         expect(names.filter((name) => name.startsWith("search_"))).toHaveLength(2);
 
-        // Minimal descriptions: one line that names the namespace and points
-        // back at the execute flow.
+        // Minimal descriptions: the NAME carries the namespace; the shared
+        // one-line description only points back at the execute flow.
         const gmail = tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "search_google_gmail");
-        expect(gmail?.description).toContain("google_gmail");
         expect(gmail?.description).toContain("execute");
         expect(gmail?.description?.includes("\n")).toBe(false);
       },
     );
   });
 
+  it("keeps each serialized definition small — the whole point is cheap context", async () => {
+    // A session serves one of these per connected integration (up to 50), so
+    // definition bytes multiply. 300 serialized chars/tool keeps the full
+    // surface around ~2k tokens; the original shipped shape was 551 chars/tool
+    // (~5k tokens for 30 integrations), which defeated the feature's purpose.
+    const { engine } = makeRecordingEngine();
+    await withClient(
+      { engine, description: DESCRIPTION_WITH_INVENTORY, searchToolsEnabled: true },
+      async (client) => {
+        const tools = (await client.listTools()).tools.filter((tool) =>
+          tool.name.startsWith("search_"),
+        );
+        expect(tools.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        for (const tool of tools) {
+          expect(
+            JSON.stringify(tool).length,
+            `${tool.name} definition must stay lean`,
+          ).toBeLessThan(300);
+        }
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
   it("registers none when the description carries no inventory", async () => {
     const { engine } = makeRecordingEngine();
     await withClient(
@@ -149,11 +171,9 @@ describe("MCP host — per-integration search tools", () => {
       async (client) => {
         const result = await client.callTool({
           name: "search_github",
-          arguments: { query: "issues", limit: 5 },
+          arguments: { query: "issues" },
         });
-        expect(executed).toEqual([
-          'return tools.search({"query":"issues","namespace":"github","limit":5})',
-        ]);
+        expect(executed).toEqual(['return tools.search({"query":"issues","namespace":"github"})']);
         expect(result.isError ?? false).toBe(false);
       },
     );

packages/hosts/mcp/src/tool-server.ts

@@ -1267,20 +1267,12 @@ export const createExecutorMcpServer = <E extends Cause.YieldableError>(
 
     // `search_<integration>` is `execute` running `tools.search` with the
     // namespace pinned. The code is built HERE, from the slug the tool was
-    // registered under and JSON-encoded arguments — never concatenated from
+    // registered under and a JSON-encoded query — never concatenated from
     // raw model input — and then takes the exact `executeCode` path, so the
     // results, formatting, and telemetry match a hand-written
     // `tools.search({ namespace })` call.
-    const searchNamespaceCode = (
-      integration: string,
-      args: { readonly query?: string; readonly limit?: number; readonly offset?: number },
-    ): string =>
-      `return tools.search(${JSON.stringify({
-        query: args.query ?? "",
-        namespace: integration,
-        ...(args.limit === undefined ? {} : { limit: args.limit }),
-        ...(args.offset === undefined ? {} : { offset: args.offset }),
-      })})`;
+    const searchNamespaceCode = (integration: string, query: string | undefined): string =>
+      `return tools.search(${JSON.stringify({ query: query ?? "", namespace: integration })})`;
 
     /** What the caller could bind an unresolved role to. Best effort: the
      *  connections port is optional, and a failure to enumerate must not
@@ -1627,6 +1619,13 @@ export const createExecutorMcpServer = <E extends Cause.YieldableError>(
     // `tools.search({ namespace })` inside `execute` (see searchNamespaceCode).
     // The inventory comes from the same built description the model reads, so
     // the two surfaces cannot list different integrations.
+    //
+    // A session serves up to 50 of these, so every definition byte is paid ~50
+    // times in the client's context. The NAME is the payload; everything else
+    // stays as small as it can: one shared description sentence (the slug
+    // would only repeat the name) and a single bare `query` parameter — no
+    // paging knobs, because anything past the first page belongs in `execute`.
+    // `namespace-search-tools.test.ts` pins the serialized size.
     if (searchToolsEnabled) {
       // The MCP tool-name grammar ([A-Za-z0-9_-]). Integration slugs already
       // conform (they are `tools.<slug>` property names in sandbox code); one
@@ -1640,19 +1639,13 @@ export const createExecutorMcpServer = <E extends Cause.YieldableError>(
           server.registerTool(
             `search_${integration}`,
             {
-              description: `Find \`${integration}\` tools. Same results as \`tools.search({ query, namespace: "${integration}" })\` inside execute; run what you find with execute.`,
-              inputSchema: {
-                query: z
-                  .string()
-                  .optional()
-                  .describe("Keywords to match. Omit to list the whole namespace."),
-                limit: z.number().optional().describe("Max results per page."),
-                offset: z.number().optional().describe("Pagination offset."),
-              },
+              description:
+                "Search this integration's tools; empty query lists all. Run results with execute.",
+              inputSchema: { query: z.string().optional() },
             },
-            ({ query, limit, offset }, extra) =>
+            ({ query }, extra) =>
               runToolEffect(
-                executeCode(searchNamespaceCode(integration, { query, limit, offset }), extra).pipe(
+                executeCode(searchNamespaceCode(integration, query), extra).pipe(
                   Effect.withSpan("mcp.host.tool.namespace_search", {
                     attributes: {
                       "mcp.tool.name": `search_${integration}`,