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Privileged operations need enforced authentication and authorization. The proposal “Publish administrative methods to all users and rely on careful prompts” conflicts with the required decision. “Enforce authentication and permissions per operation, with scoped tool exposure” addresses the actual condition. Connecting a server must not imply blanket administrative authorization. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

Read-only access can remain safely scoped. This alternative suggests “Block all reads because some administration methods are dangerous”, whereas the supported approach is “Enforce authentication and permissions per operation, with scoped tool exposure”. Connecting a server must not imply blanket administrative authorization. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Use a descriptive tool name as proof a user may perform its action” is the wrong action for this case. Names do not confer authorization. The supported choice is “Enforce authentication and permissions per operation, with scoped tool exposure”. Connecting a server must not imply blanket administrative authorization. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

The audit trail loses provenance. This alternative suggests “Return a summary without the document reference that produced it”, whereas the supported approach is “Include source identifiers as structured metadata in each result”. Provenance should travel alongside extracted values across the client-server boundary. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Store the document ID only in a local log inaccessible to downstream consumers” is the wrong action for this case. The result contract must carry a verifiable reference. The supported choice is “Include source identifiers as structured metadata in each result”. Provenance should travel alongside extracted values across the client-server boundary. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

Fabricated identifiers cannot locate the originating document. The proposal “Generate new unrelated IDs when normalizing text” conflicts with the required decision. “Include source identifiers as structured metadata in each result” addresses the actual condition. Provenance should travel alongside extracted values across the client-server boundary. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

Redundant code adds lifecycle and security burdens. This alternative suggests “Build an unmaintained custom connector despite an adequate supported integration”, whereas the supported approach is “Reuse and evaluate a maintained connector before writing redundant custom infrastructure”. Established integrations reduce implementation and maintenance effort for standard capabilities. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Choose any connector solely because it has the shortest name” is the wrong action for this case. Maintenance and functional fit need evaluation. The supported choice is “Reuse and evaluate a maintained connector before writing redundant custom infrastructure”. Established integrations reduce implementation and maintenance effort for standard capabilities. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

Reusing a package still requires trust and access checks. The proposal “Discard authentication and permission review because the existing connector is popular” conflicts with the required decision. “Reuse and evaluate a maintained connector before writing redundant custom infrastructure” addresses the actual condition. Established integrations reduce implementation and maintenance effort for standard capabilities. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Pretend a public connector exists and send unsupported calls to it” is the wrong action for this case. The internal workflow has no adequate provider integration. The supported choice is “Build a narrow MCP server with task-specific tools and clear contracts”. Custom tools are warranted for distinctive internal business operations. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

A narrow task contract is safer than broad access. The proposal “Implement one unrestricted server exposing the entire corporate database” conflicts with the required decision. “Build a narrow MCP server with task-specific tools and clear contracts” addresses the actual condition. Custom tools are warranted for distinctive internal business operations. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

The required internal actions still need a controlled integration. This alternative suggests “Encode the entire workflow only as prose instructions with no execution tool”, whereas the supported approach is “Build a narrow MCP server with task-specific tools and clear contracts”. Custom tools are warranted for distinctive internal business operations. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

The competing server tools retain identical names and unclear source scopes, leaving the model unable to select the correct integration reliably. The proposal “Keep duplicate tool names and expect the model to infer the right server” conflicts with the required decision. “Disambiguate server/tool names and describe each tool's data scope” addresses the actual condition. Names and descriptions should prevent collisions between overlapping integrations. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

It may query or modify the wrong data source. This alternative suggests “Route every similar call to the first configured MCP server”, whereas the supported approach is “Disambiguate server/tool names and describe each tool's data scope”. Names and descriptions should prevent collisions between overlapping integrations. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Give both servers organization-wide write access to simplify selection” is the wrong action for this case. Broader privilege does not solve naming or scope confusion. The supported choice is “Disambiguate server/tool names and describe each tool's data scope”. Names and descriptions should prevent collisions between overlapping integrations. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

A repository clone will not contain local personal configuration. This alternative suggests “Save the connector only in the maintainer's user settings”, whereas the supported approach is “Version the project-scoped MCP configuration and document required environment variables”. The versioned project configuration must include a complete server definition and documented environment-variable requirements; a teammate cannot inherit another user’s local setup. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Commit the live API token to make setup automatic” is the wrong action for this case. Shared configuration should reference secrets, not expose them. The supported choice is “Version the project-scoped MCP configuration and document required environment variables”. The versioned project configuration must include a complete server definition and documented environment-variable requirements; a teammate cannot inherit another user’s local setup. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

A documented versioned definition is reproducible. The proposal “Tell teammates to guess the server command from a screenshot” conflicts with the required decision. “Version the project-scoped MCP configuration and document required environment variables” addresses the actual condition. The versioned project configuration must include a complete server definition and documented environment-variable requirements; a teammate cannot inherit another user’s local setup. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

Large irrelevant payloads increase cost and distract the agent. This alternative suggests “Continue returning the entire catalog for each ID lookup”, whereas the supported approach is “Add bounded resource listings or narrow lookup tools returning relevant metadata”. Focused resource contracts reduce unnecessary context and tokens. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Return only opaque values without IDs or schema labels” is the wrong action for this case. The caller cannot perform a reliable subsequent lookup. The supported choice is “Add bounded resource listings or narrow lookup tools returning relevant metadata”. Focused resource contracts reduce unnecessary context and tokens. Compare project-wide versus personal configuration, preserve least privilege, and keep local token material out of version-controlled shared files.

Bounded paging and metadata reduce exposure and overhead. The proposal “Allow unlimited unfiltered resource enumeration for simple selections” conflicts with the required decision. “Add bounded resource listings or narrow lookup tools returning relevant metadata” addresses the actual condition. Focused resource contracts reduce unnecessary context and tokens. MCP server registration and credential custody have separate lifecycles: a shared endpoint definition does not justify committing every developer’s secret.

“Use Glob to select filenames that look like customer_id” is the wrong action for this case. Glob matches paths, not file contents. The supported choice is “Search file contents with Grep”. Content-pattern search locates occurrences within files rather than only filenames. Choose the narrowest operation that obtains the required evidence or performs the authorized change, and test what its invocation actually does.

That wastes time and risks omissions. The proposal “Open every file manually without a content search” conflicts with the required decision. “Search file contents with Grep” addresses the actual condition. Content-pattern search locates occurrences within files rather than only filenames. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

The request asks for discovery, not mutation. This alternative suggests “Run a command that replaces every customer_id occurrence”, whereas the supported approach is “Search file contents with Grep”. Content-pattern search locates occurrences within files rather than only filenames. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

The request is for matching file paths. The proposal “Use Grep for YAML syntax inside files rather than filename patterns” conflicts with the required decision. “Use Glob with a path pattern for matching filenames” addresses the actual condition. Glob selects paths based on filename structure. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

Required files can be in subdirectories. This alternative suggests “Read only the top directory and ignore nested YAML files”, whereas the supported approach is “Use Glob with a path pattern for matching filenames”. Glob selects paths based on filename structure. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

“Use Write to create a list of guessed YAML filenames” is the wrong action for this case. A real Glob query is needed to discover existing files. The supported choice is “Use Glob with a path pattern for matching filenames”. Glob selects paths based on filename structure. Choose the narrowest operation that obtains the required evidence or performs the authorized change, and test what its invocation actually does.

A broad overwrite may remove unrelated content. This alternative suggests “Use Write to replace the entire file without first reading it”, whereas the supported approach is “Use Edit with a precise unique match”. Targeted edits minimize unrelated file changes. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

“Use Grep alone and assume the constant changed” is the wrong action for this case. Search does not modify the source file. The supported choice is “Use Edit with a precise unique match”. Targeted edits minimize unrelated file changes. Choose the narrowest operation that obtains the required evidence or performs the authorized change, and test what its invocation actually does.

A precise unique match is necessary for a safe targeted edit. The proposal “Apply an Edit anchor that matches multiple occurrences ambiguously” conflicts with the required decision. “Use Edit with a precise unique match” addresses the actual condition. Targeted edits minimize unrelated file changes. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

Ambiguity remains and the wrong key might be modified. This alternative suggests “Retry Edit against the same nonunique key until one occurrence changes”, whereas the supported approach is “Read the relevant file and perform a controlled whole-file write when targeted matching is unsafe”. Ambiguous text replacement should not modify an arbitrary occurrence. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.

“Replace an arbitrary single occurrence without reviewing context” is the wrong action for this case. That can change unrelated configuration. The supported choice is “Read the relevant file and perform a controlled whole-file write when targeted matching is unsafe”. Ambiguous text replacement should not modify an arbitrary occurrence. Choose the narrowest operation that obtains the required evidence or performs the authorized change, and test what its invocation actually does.

A second definition may shadow or conflict with the original. The proposal “Append a new duplicate key instead of editing the intended value” conflicts with the required decision. “Read the relevant file and perform a controlled whole-file write when targeted matching is unsafe” addresses the actual condition. Ambiguous text replacement should not modify an arbitrary occurrence. Claude Code built-in operations differ in effect: reading, searching, editing, and shell execution should not be treated as interchangeable permissions.