instructions_too_long
The MCP server's instructions are over 120 words.
| Fix | Fails in | Exit |
|---|---|---|
| Move Services to a brand of their own: the instructions name each Service that charges at its own time or waits on a party. | the brand: check prints it under every Service | 1 |
✗ The MCP server's instructions are over 120 words. Move Services to a brand of their own: the instructions name each Service that charges at its own time or waits on a party. They are 125 words.
https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/instructions_too_long
✗ 1 to fixcertified-translation.ts
claim-appeal.ts
contract-review.ts
demand-letter.ts
docket-watch.ts
efile.ts
formation.ts
interpreted-call.ts
provisional-patent.ts
store-listing.ts
trademark-response.ts
transcript.ts
translated-summary.ts
translation.tsorder_job takes service, the input, max_usd and a key.
Without max_usd you get an OFFER: send its next call unchanged to order.
The same key returns the same job.
Services charge on delivery, except provisional-patent and trademark-response (on file's receipt), claim-appeal (at delivery and outcome), contract-review (on acceptance), demand-letter (on send's receipt), docket-watch (monthly), efile (when file is accepted) and formation (on form_entity's receipt).
Canceling before then costs $0.
get_job with wait: 50 waits through any person's line; then accept_job, or send_back_job with a note.
contract-review, demand-letter, efile, formation, provisional-patent and trademark-response wait on a party: next hand_to_person is a link only that person can use; no tool acts for them.
This is test mode: a sk_test_ key, simulated AI and money; metadata.sandbox picks branches. services/efile.ts | 34 ----------------------------------
services/transcript.ts | 16 ----------------
2 files changed, 50 deletions(-)✓ ready to sell · 12 Services · AI delivers 4 alone · each keeps at least 3% of every jobservices/efile.ts · 26 lines · $129 per job, within 48 hours, charged when file is accepted.
services/transcript.ts · 10 lines · roadmap · $15 per job, within 48 hours, charged on delivery.
mcp 14 buyer tools · 5,258 of 8,000 tokens · 9 more with ?toolset=sandbox
✓ ready to sell · 2 Services · each keeps at least 49% of every job{
"code": "instructions_too_long",
"reason": "The MCP server's instructions are over 120 words.",
"next": "Move Services to a brand of their own: the instructions name each Service that charges at its own time or waits on a party. They are 125 words.",
"doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/instructions_too_long"
}The whole document check --json prints
{
"ai": {
"cents_per_call": 42,
"simulated": true
},
"mcp": {
"tools": 13,
"tokens": 4651,
"sandbox": 9,
"budget": 8000
},
"files": [
{
"path": "rules.ts",
"lines": 35,
"kind": "rules",
"says": "rules 2026-10 · 6 Services · 16 rows · 1 shared"
},
{
"path": "pools/attorneys.ts",