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Format Document

format-document · Mutation · CorePlugin · Code mutation

Stages Roslyn formatting for one document or one selected range.

Availability: Built in and published by default.

Generated from Roslyn Workbench MCP 0.1.0-beta.294 (0.1.0-beta.294).

Behaviour annotations

Annotation Value
destructiveHint true
idempotentHint false
openWorldHint false
readOnlyHint false
title "Format Document"

Request

Property Type Required Description
document object Yes Target document.
range object | null No The optional range to format.
expectedSnapshot object Yes Echo the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request.
workspace object | null No Provide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.

Response

Success response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (true) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
data object Yes Tool-specific result payload.
snapshot object Yes Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available.

Error response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (false) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
error object Yes Structured error details when the invocation failed.
continuation oneOf No Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing.

Continuations and required actions

A non-success response may include a structured continuation at the following schema location. Follow its tool call or user-action instruction instead of guessing how to retry:

  • $/oneOf/1/properties/continuation

Examples

Stage document formatting

Workflow: Stage, review and commit one change, step 2.

Stage a concrete source change inside the active transaction before reviewing it.

Expected outcome: Formatting is staged without writing the source file and advances the transaction revision.

{
  "document": {
    "path": "src/Sample.cs"
  },
  "expectedSnapshot": {
    "workspaceId": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
    "workspaceEpoch": 1,
    "snapshotId": "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222",
    "transactionRevision": 0
  },
  "workspace": {
    "alias": "sample"
  }
}
Complete input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "document": {
      "description": "Target document.",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "project": {
          "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
          "type": [
            "object",
            "null"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "projectId": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "name": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "path": {
              "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "targetFramework": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "documentId": {
          "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "range": {
      "description": "The optional range to format.",
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "start": {
          "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 2147483647
        },
        "length": {
          "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 2147483647
        }
      }
    },
    "expectedSnapshot": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "workspaceId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "workspaceEpoch": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "snapshotId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "transactionRevision": {
          "type": [
            "integer",
            "null"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "workspaceId",
        "workspaceEpoch",
        "snapshotId",
        "transactionRevision"
      ],
      "description": "Echo the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request."
    },
    "workspace": {
      "description": "Provide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.",
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "workspaceId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "alias": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "Absolute workspace path.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "document",
    "expectedSnapshot"
  ]
}
Complete output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "data",
        "snapshot"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": true,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "staged"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "staged": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "description": "Whether the mutation was staged in the active transaction."
            },
            "summary": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ],
              "description": "Summary of the staged mutation, when available."
            },
            "transaction": {
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "description": "Transaction state after the mutation, when present.",
              "required": [
                "revision"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "revision": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "description": "Transaction revision after staging."
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "Tool-specific result payload."
        },
        "snapshot": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "workspaceId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "workspaceEpoch": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "snapshotId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "transactionRevision": {
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "workspaceId",
            "workspaceEpoch",
            "snapshotId",
            "transactionRevision"
          ],
          "description": "Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available."
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "error"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "description": "Stable machine-readable error code.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "description": "Human-readable explanation of the failure.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "correlationId": {
              "description": "Correlation identifier for matching the failure to server-side diagnostics, when available.",
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed."
        },
        "continuation": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "tool",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "CallTool",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "tool": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Tool to call before continuing the original request.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "tools",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ChooseTool",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "tools": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "description": "Allowed tool choices from which the agent must select one.",
                  "minItems": 1,
                  "uniqueItems": true,
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Name of a tool the agent may choose.",
                    "minLength": 1
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "RetryRequest",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ReviseRequest",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ResolveExternally",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "description": "Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing."
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Machine reference