Find Manus tools

Immutable Catalog Entry

This descriptor comes from the active versioned Portal catalog.

READmanus.find_tools

• Contract tier: agent_ready
• Risk: read
• Catalog version: manus-2026.07.12.2
• Descriptor hash: 82c6fef777c740c707e6c69c60e4aba03e9f981ede5632e8d9ec818a6c99b4c9

Use this local read-only navigation tool to rank Manus capabilities with punctuation-normalized, multi-token matching across native and canonical names, aliases, titles, descriptions, and categories. Optional category and risk filters narrow results; the default searches only agent-ready tools. It never contacts Manus or changes state.

Request Body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-find-tools-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.find_tools",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "query_example",
      "risk": "",
      "limit": 1,
      "category": "",
      "include_legacy": false
    }
  }
}

Arguments Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "risk": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Optional read, write, or destructive risk filter derived from manifest annotations."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "description": "Maximum number of records or ranked matches to return within the tool's documented bound."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Punctuation-normalized multi-token task description used for deterministic local tool search."
    },
    "category": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Optional exact ToolManifest category used to filter local discovery results."
    },
    "include_legacy": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Whether local discovery may include legacy descriptors; hidden descriptors remain excluded."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ok": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the local or provider operation completed successfully."
    },
    "data": {
      "description": "Bounded provider or local result data."
    },
    "error": {
      "description": "Secret-safe provider or validation error details."
    },
    "dry_run": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the result is an execution preview rather than a provider mutation."
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable status or recovery guidance."
    },
    "http_status": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Manus provider HTTP status when an external endpoint was contacted."
    },
    "next_action": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Recommended next agent action when another step is useful."
    },
    "confirmation_required": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether approval is required before a write can execute."
    }
  },
  "description": "Secret-safe Manus MCP operation result.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mad_live_***' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-find-tools-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.find_tools",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "query_example",
      "risk": "",
      "limit": 1,
      "category": "",
      "include_legacy": false
    }
  }
}'

Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-find-tools-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.find_tools",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "query_example",
      "risk": "",
      "limit": 1,
      "category": "",
      "include_legacy": false
    }
  }
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

url = 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-find-tools-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.find_tools",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "query_example",
      "risk": "",
      "limit": 1,
      "category": "",
      "include_legacy": false
    }
  }
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=60)
print(response.json())

Example Responses

200 Success

{
  "ok": true,
  "message": "Tool manus.find_tools executed successfully.",
  "note": "Response shape varies by MCP tool. Inspect live responses for exact fields."
}

502 Upstream Error

{
  "ok": false,
  "classification": "upstream_http_error",
  "message": "Upstream MCP returned a non-success status."
}