**Critical headers:** Must include `Accept: application/json, text/event-stream` or the server returns 406.

**Response format:** SSE — parse with: `response.split('data: ')[1]` → JSON → `result.content[0].text`

## Available Tools

### Discovery & Management
| Tool | Required Params | Description |
|------|----------------|-------------|
| `list_specialists` | — | List all hired specialists |
| `list_specialist_types` | — | List available specialist types |
| `hire_specialist` | `type`, `name` | Hire a new specialist |
| `dismiss_specialist` | `specialist` | Remove a specialist |
| `import_specialist` | `url` | Import from GitHub URL |
| `get_specialist_overview` | `specialist` | Get specialist summary |

### Workspace Navigation
| Tool | Required Params | Description |
|------|----------------|-------------|
| `explore_specialist_tree` | `specialist` | Full folder/file tree |
| `list_specialist_folder` | `specialist`, `folder_path` | List folder contents |

### Document Operations
| Tool | Required Params | Description |
|------|----------------|-------------|
| `read_specialist_document` | `specialist`, `document_path` | Read one document |
| `read_specialist_documents` | `specialist`, `document_paths` (array) | Bulk read multiple docs |
| `update_specialist_document` | `specialist`, `document_path`, `content` | Create or update a doc |
| `delete_specialist_document` | `specialist`, `document_path` | Delete a document |

### Folder Operations
| Tool | Required Params | Description |
|------|----------------|-------------|
| `create_specialist_folder` | `specialist`, `folder_path` | Create folder (recursive) |
| `delete_specialist_folder` | `specialist`, `folder_path` | Delete folder and contents |

**Parameter note:** The specialist identifier is always the `id` field from `list_specialists`, not the display name. Use lowercase (e.g. `ruby`, `peter`, `benjamin`).

## Working with a Specialist

Every specialist has an `ai-instructions/` folder containing their identity and behavioral instructions. **Always read these first** when working with a specialist you haven't loaded yet:

### Pattern: First interaction with a specialist

1. `list_specialists` → find the specialist id
2. `read_specialist_documents` → read `ai-instructions/core-instructions.md` and `ai-instructions/getting_started.md`
3. Understand their domain, workspace structure, and communication style
4. `explore_specialist_tree` → see their full workspace
5. Now you can work with their data informed by their context

### Pattern: Quick data retrieval

1. `explore_specialist_tree` → find the files you need
2. `read_specialist_documents` → bulk read (more efficient than individual reads)
3. Summarize for the user

### Pattern: Updating specialist data

1. Read the existing document first
2. Modify content as needed
3. `update_specialist_document` → write back (creates if new, overwrites if existing)
4. For new folders: `create_specialist_folder` first, then write documents into it

## User Signup (Agent-Initiated Onboarding)

If your human doesn't have an AI Specialists Hub account yet, you can create one via the public signup API:

### ⚠️ CRITICAL: Credential Handoff

**You MUST provide all credentials to the human.** Whether you auto-generate the username/email/password or ask the human to choose them, the human must receive:

1. **Username** — for web dashboard login at aispecialistshub.com
2. **Email** — used for account verification
3. **Password** — for web dashboard login
4. **MCP key** — for connecting AI tools to their specialists

Never keep credentials from the human. They own the account. Present all four clearly after signup.

### Unverified Accounts

- Limited to **2 specialists** (default: Friday is auto-hired)
- Full MCP access — specialists work immediately
- Can log in to web dashboard with username/password
- Verify email for full access (more specialists)

### Signup Flow

1. Confirm the human wants an AI Specialists Hub account
2. Collect or generate: username, email, password
3. Call `POST /api/v1/signup`
4. **Give the human ALL credentials** (username, email, password, MCP key)
5. Store the MCP endpoint URL in your config: `https://aispecialistshub.com/api/v1/mcp/<username>/<mcpKey>`
6. Start using specialists via MCP

## Configuration

Store the MCP endpoint URL in TOOLS.md:

curl -s -X POST "$MCP_URL" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"TOOL_NAME","arguments":{...}}}'

ai-instructions/
├── core-instructions.md    # Who they are, what they do, how they behave
└── getting_started.md      # Initialization sequence, workspace structure

curl -s -X POST "https://aispecialistshub.com/api/v1/signup" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"<username>","email":"<email>","password":"<password>"}'

{
  "username": "...",
  "mcpKey": "...",
  "accountStatus": "unverified",
  "specialistLimit": 2,
  "message": "..."
}