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Lists bounded Roslyn code fixes and refactorings for a document, selection or caret.

Availability: Built in and published in every operational mode.

Generated from Roslyn Workbench MCP 1.0.1 (1.0.1).

Behaviour annotations

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title "List Code Actions"

Request

Property Type Required Description
document object Yes Target document.
range object | null No The optional selection or caret range. An omitted range selects the complete document.
expectedSnapshot object Yes Echo the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request.
kinds string enum ("CodeFixes", "Refactorings", "All") Yes The kinds of actions to discover.
diagnosticIds array | null No The optional diagnostic identifier filter for code fixes.
includeProvenance boolean No Whether returned actions should reference a response-level runtime provider catalogue.
limit integer | null No The maximum number of action leaves to return.
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 | null Yes Tool-specific result payload.
snapshot object Yes Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available.
warnings array No Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.

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.
diagnostics array No Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation.
warnings array No Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.

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.
diagnostics object Yes Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation.
reporting object No Error-reporting workflow available for an unhandled failure.

Bounded collections and continuation

These response locations publish returned items with explicit bounds and continuation state:

  • $/oneOf/0/properties/data/properties/actions
  • $/oneOf/0/properties/data/properties/actions/properties/items/items/properties/diagnostics

Continuations and required actions

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

  • $/oneOf/1/properties/continuation

Examples

Discover Code Actions

Workflow: Discover and stage a Code Action, step 2.

Operational modes: inspection-only, transactional, autonomous-trusted.

List bounded fixes and refactorings against an exact document snapshot.

Expected outcome: At most 20 snapshot-bound Code Action references are returned for the selected document.

{
  "document": {
    "path": "src/Sample.cs"
  },
  "expectedSnapshot": {
    "workspaceId": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
    "workspaceEpoch": 1,
    "snapshotId": "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222",
    "transactionRevision": 0
  },
  "kinds": "All",
  "limit": 20,
  "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 selection or caret range. An omitted range selects the complete document.",
      "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."
    },
    "kinds": {
      "description": "The kinds of actions to discover.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "CodeFixes",
        "Refactorings",
        "All"
      ]
    },
    "diagnosticIds": {
      "description": "The optional diagnostic identifier filter for code fixes.",
      "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
      ],
      "items": {
        "type": [
          "string",
          "null"
        ]
      }
    },
    "includeProvenance": {
      "description": "Whether returned actions should reference a response-level runtime provider catalogue.",
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "The maximum number of action leaves to return.",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 2147483647,
      "default": 50
    },
    "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",
    "kinds"
  ]
}
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",
            "null"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "actions": {
              "description": "The returned actions.",
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "items": {
                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
                  "type": [
                    "array",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "actionId": {
                        "description": "The opaque action reference.",
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "uuid"
                      },
                      "title": {
                        "description": "The display title.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "kind": {
                        "description": "The action kind.",
                        "type": "string",
                        "enum": [
                          "CodeFix",
                          "Refactoring"
                        ]
                      },
                      "location": {
                        "description": "The precise source location to which the action applies.",
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "document": {
                            "description": "The project-aware source document identity.",
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "documentId": {
                                "description": "The document identifier.",
                                "type": "string"
                              },
                              "path": {
                                "description": "The normalized document path.",
                                "type": "string"
                              },
                              "projectId": {
                                "description": "The owning project identifier.",
                                "type": "string"
                              }
                            },
                            "required": [
                              "documentId",
                              "path",
                              "projectId"
                            ]
                          },
                          "span": {
                            "description": "The zero-based UTF-16 source span.",
                            "type": "object",
                            "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
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "line": {
                            "description": "The zero-based source line.",
                            "type": "integer"
                          },
                          "column": {
                            "description": "The zero-based source column.",
                            "type": "integer"
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "document",
                          "span"
                        ]
                      },
                      "diagnostics": {
                        "description": "Concise diagnostic context for a code fix.",
                        "type": [
                          "object",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "items": {
                            "description": "Items returned in this page.",
                            "type": [
                              "array",
                              "null"
                            ],
                            "items": {
                              "type": "object",
                              "properties": {
                                "id": {
                                  "description": "The diagnostic identifier.",
                                  "type": "string"
                                },
                                "message": {
                                  "description": "The diagnostic message.",
                                  "type": "string"
                                }
                              },
                              "required": [
                                "id",
                                "message"
                              ]
                            }
                          },
                          "hasMore": {
                            "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
                            "type": "boolean"
                          },
                          "totalCount": {
                            "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
                            "type": [
                              "integer",
                              "null"
                            ]
                          }
                        }
                      },
                      "fixAllScopes": {
                        "description": "The supported Fix All scopes for a code fix.",
                        "type": [
                          "array",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "enum": [
                            "Document",
                            "Project",
                            "Solution"
                          ]
                        }
                      },
                      "providerId": {
                        "description": "Response-local provider reference when includeProvenance was requested.",
                        "type": [
                          "string",
                          "null"
                        ]
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "actionId",
                      "title",
                      "kind",
                      "location"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "hasMore": {
                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "totalCount": {
                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
                  "type": [
                    "integer",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              }
            },
            "providers": {
              "description": "Provider identities keyed by response-local references used by the returned actions.",
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "typeName": {
                    "description": "Fully qualified runtime type of the provider that supplied the mutation.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "assemblyName": {
                    "description": "Simple name of the assembly containing the provider.",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "assemblyVersion": {
                    "description": "Version of the assembly containing the provider.",
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "typeName",
                  "assemblyName",
                  "assemblyVersion"
                ]
              }
            }
          },
          "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."
        },
        "warnings": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/warningInfo"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "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."
        },
        "diagnostics": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "description": "The diagnostic identifier.",
                "type": "string"
              },
              "severity": {
                "description": "The diagnostic severity.",
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "Hidden",
                  "Info",
                  "Warning",
                  "Error"
                ]
              },
              "message": {
                "description": "The diagnostic message.",
                "type": "string"
              },
              "location": {
                "description": "The optional source location of the diagnostic.",
                "type": [
                  "object",
                  "null"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "document": {
                    "description": "The resolved document.",
                    "type": [
                      "object",
                      "null"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "documentId": {
                        "description": "The document identifier.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "path": {
                        "description": "The normalized document path.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "projectId": {
                        "description": "The owning project identifier.",
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "documentId",
                      "path",
                      "projectId"
                    ]
                  },
                  "span": {
                    "description": "The resolved text span.",
                    "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
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "line": {
                    "description": "The one-based line number.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "column": {
                    "description": "The one-based column number.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "snapshot": {
                    "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
                    "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"
                    ]
                  },
                  "selector": {
                    "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
                    "type": [
                      "object",
                      "null"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "span": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "document": {
                            "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId.",
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "project": {
                                "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
                                "type": [
                                  "object",
                                  "null"
                                ],
                                "properties": {
                                  "projectId": {
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "name": {
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "path": {
                                    "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "targetFramework": {
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  }
                                }
                              },
                              "path": {
                                "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                "type": [
                                  "string",
                                  "null"
                                ]
                              },
                              "documentId": {
                                "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
                                "type": [
                                  "string",
                                  "null"
                                ]
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "range": {
                            "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
                            "type": "object",
                            "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
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "document",
                          "range"
                        ]
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "span"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "snapshot"
                ]
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "message"
            ]
          },
          "description": "Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation."
        },
        "warnings": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/warningInfo"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "error",
        "diagnostics"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message",
            "correlationId"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "const": "UnhandledException"
            },
            "message": {
              "const": "Tool execution failed."
            },
            "correlationId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            }
          },
          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed."
        },
        "diagnostics": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "detailsAvailable",
            "detailsTool"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "detailsAvailable": {
              "const": true
            },
            "detailsTool": {
              "const": "get-error-details"
            }
          },
          "description": "Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation."
        },
        "reporting": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "state": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "Available",
                "AlwaysApproved",
                "DisabledByConfiguration",
                "ApprovalUnavailable"
              ]
            },
            "canPrepare": {
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "prepareTool": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "state"
          ],
          "description": "Error-reporting workflow available for an unhandled failure."
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "$defs": {
    "warningInfo": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "description": "The stable machine-readable warning code.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "The human-readable warning message.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Machine reference