---
title: "Get descriptions of Tako search tool capabilities and available data topics. Returns what types of data Tako can search across (finance, economics, demographics, sports, politics, climate, health) with example metrics for each category. Useful for understanding what queries Tako can answer before searching."
method: GET
path: "/tako/v1/tako_tools_description"
tags: ["Tako"]
---

# Get descriptions of Tako search tool capabilities and available data topics. Returns what types of data Tako can search across (finance, economics, demographics, sports, politics, climate, health) with example metrics for each category. Useful for understanding what queries Tako can answer before searching.

`GET /tako/v1/tako_tools_description`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp`
- URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp/tako/v1/tako_tools_description`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/docs/tako/v1/tako_tools_description/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Query parameters

- `index_ids` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)

## Changes

- **2026-11-08** `857e915717f4`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `index_ids`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/changes/tako/v1/tako_tools_description/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/revisions/fc2e1d26c8eb?raw)