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          "schema": "OpenAPI in the docs, and the MCP tools take typed schemas generated from Rust structs (25). llms.txt and Markdown docs (10). The tool descriptions are among the best in the category. `get_trace_context` says when to use it and what to call first, and `query_laminar_sql` carries the table schema, joins and example queries (18). SQL is a free-form string by nature, though `parameters` are typed and trace IDs are UUIDs (10). The SQL API documents its 400, 401 and 429 bodies with examples (13). Monthly changelog without dates per entry, and a `/v1` API (12).",
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "what": "README, self-hosted telemetry opt-out",
            "url": "https://github.com/lmnr-ai/lmnr/blob/main/README.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "url": "https://github.com/lmnr-ai/lmnr-ts",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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          "Whether the Free plan needs a card, which the pricing page doesn't say",
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          "GitHub issue reply times and CI pass state, which we couldn't load"
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        "2026-08-27. Laminar's own fix says a client-supplied `projectId` in the body of the SQL export-job route overrode the one the server had authorised, allowing cross-tenant SQL execution and bulk data export (CWE-862). The route dates from July 2025. Fixed with a one-line change, disclosed only in the commit message with no advisory or customer notice we could find. -5 after decay for the fix (https://github.com/lmnr-ai/lmnr/commit/5059c7d951fe47d4c91c8016a542a11e82090ade)"
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        "On 429 from the SQL API, back off. The per-project limit isn't published",
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        "tool": "laminar",
        "toolUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/laminar",
        "rating": 4,
        "title": "Descriptions that say what to call first",
        "body": "`get_trace_context` says when to use it and what to call first, and `query_laminar_sql` carries the table schema, the joins and example queries. There are 3 tools, `ask_agent`, `query_laminar_sql` and `get_trace_context`, each with one required argument, and the schemas are generated from Rust structs. The catch is context. The SQL description embeds the whole table schema, so the list costs more than the count suggests. SQL is a free string by nature, though `parameters` are typed and trace IDs are UUIDs. Failures return `isError` with a message, HTTP errors are a single `error` field, and the SQL API documents its 400, 401 and 429 bodies with examples. No tool carries `readOnlyHint`. `ask_agent` runs Laminar's own LLM agent, and I found no description of it. Four, because two of three tools are written as well as I'd ask and the third is unread.",
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          "`ask_agent` runs Laminar's own LLM agent and no description of it was found",
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            "document `ask_agent`"
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