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scores may not match full-set or leaderboard runs.","conditions":["BFCL --partial-eval"],"counterexamples":["Useful for debugging"],"cost_latency":"UNKNOWN","confidence":"High for docs, gap unmeasured","finding_ids":["wb01-tools-e05878462fcc95b8ca"],"source_urls":["https://github.com/ShishirPatil/gorilla/blob/6ea57973c7a6097fd7c5915698c54c17c5b1b6c8/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/README.md"],"limitations":["Evaluator not run"]},{"rule_id":"R10","classification":"UNKNOWN","evidence_kind":"DOCUMENTED_CONTRACT","rule":"Treat MCP tool annotations as hints, not enforcement.","conditions":["MCP SDK docs"],"counterexamples":["Hosts may auto-approve read-only tools"],"cost_latency":"UNKNOWN","confidence":"High for docs","finding_ids":["wb01-tools-505e5ac4157b345ee0"],"source_urls":["https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/blob/91941ed4d3985d59def99e090baa3f880c626cc8/docs/servers/tools.md","https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/b022522089a0c8b632595c6e7b536453945ed5a9/docs/servers/tools.md"],"limitations":["Same organization","No deployment data"]},{"rule_id":"R11","classification":"UNKNOWN","evidence_kind":"DOCUMENTED_CONTRACT","rule":"Record versions and expect drift on dynamic or networked benchmarks.","conditions":["Open-web or live-site tasks"],"counterexamples":["Pinned versions and prebuilt images are intended mitigations; 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