fix(tools): correct openWorldHint to true for web-facing tools#350
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webSearch, webSearchAdvanced, and webFetch all interact with the open internet, so openWorldHint must be true per the MCP 2025-11-25 spec: 'If true, this tool may interact with an open world of external entities. The world of a web search tool is open.' Setting false incorrectly signals to MCP clients that these tools operate in a closed domain.
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Problem
webSearch,webSearchAdvanced, andwebFetchall haveopenWorldHint: false, which is incorrect per the MCP 2025-11-25 specification:All three tools query the live web (via Exa's API), so
openWorldHint: falseis a spec violation that misinforms MCP clients about the tools' reach.Closes #348
Solution
Set
openWorldHint: truein the three affected tool registrations. Tools that already omit the annotation (deepSearch,companyResearch, etc.) are unaffected — their default behaviour is unchanged.Testing
No runtime changes — annotation values only affect MCP client hints, not tool execution.