find_fit_candidates
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Pre-adoption decision tool for open-source reuse. Call BEFORE implementing non-trivial functionality that a maintained OSS component could provide (queue, scheduler, parser, auth, cache, protocol client, ...) or before adding a dependency. Send a short capability need plus your project's minimal constraints; returns up to 12 candidates by default (up to 20 when max_candidates is provided), with per-constraint pass/fail/unknown, evidence basis (observed vs inferred), and explicit no-hit semantics.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| need | string | yes | Capability need, e.g. "job queue with retry for node.js". No project names, paths, or secrets. |
| constraints | object | no | Minimal project constraints. Each verdict comes back as pass|fail|unknown per candidate. |
| existing_components | array | no | owner/repo you already use — excluded and counted as already_have |
| exclusions | array | no | |
| max_candidates | integer | no | |
| telemetry | enum | no | aggregate stores zero user text (outcome counters only); debug also stores the need for 30 days |
| strict | boolean | no | also exclude candidates whose required constraint fields are unknown |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"need"
],
"properties": {
"need": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Capability need, e.g. \"job queue with retry for node.js\". No project names, paths, or secrets."
},
"constraints": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Minimal project constraints. Each verdict comes back as pass|fail|unknown per candidate.",
"properties": {
"runtime": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"value"
],
"properties": {
"value": {
"type": "string",
"description": "e.g. binary-cli, docker-server, browser, python-lib"
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
}
}
},
"protocols": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"any_of"
],
"properties": {
"any_of": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
}
}
},
"auth": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"allow"
],
"properties": {
"allow": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "accepted auth models: none, local-credential, api-key, cloud-account, oauth2"
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
}
},
"license": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"allow_spdx"
],
"description": "SPDX allow-list, e.g. [\"MIT\",\"Apache-2.0\",\"GPL-3.0\"]. Judged against the GitHub-observed spdx_id; matching ignores case and treats the GNU \"-only\"/\"-or-later\" suffixes as equivalent (GitHub cannot distinguish them). Verdict is \"unknown\" in three cases: GitHub could not identify the license (NOASSERTION), GitHub found no license file at the repo root (NONE — see the candidate's license field; GitHub only detects root-level license files), or it is not collected yet",
"properties": {
"allow_spdx": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
}
},
"pushed_within_days": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "hard filter on last push (observed)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"existing_components": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "owner/repo you already use — excluded and counted as already_have"
},
"exclusions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"max_candidates": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"default": 12
},
"telemetry": {
"enum": [
"none",
"aggregate",
"debug"
],
"default": "aggregate",
"description": "aggregate stores zero user text (outcome counters only); debug also stores the need for 30 days"
},
"strict": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "also exclude candidates whose required constraint fields are unknown"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}