MCP Tools Reference: firestore.googleapis.com

Tool: list_collections

List all the collection IDs underneath a document.

The following code sample shows how to use curl to call the list_collections MCP tool.

Curl Request 
curl --location 'https://firestore.googleapis.com/mcp' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--data '{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_collections",
    "arguments": {
      // Provide these details according to the MCP tool specification.
    }
  },
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1
}'

Input Schema

The request for Firestore.ListCollectionIds.

ListCollectionIdsRequest

JSON representation 
{
  "parent": string,
  "pageSize": integer,
  "pageToken": string,

  // Union field consistency_selector can be only one of the following:
  "readTime": string
  // End of list of possible types for union field consistency_selector.
}
Fields
parent

string

Required. The parent document. In the format: projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents/{document_path}. For example: projects/my-project/databases/my-database/documents/chatrooms/my-chatroom

Use projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents to list top-level collections.
pageSize

integer

The maximum number of results to return.
pageToken

string

A page token. Must be a value from ListCollectionIdsResponse.
Union field consistency_selector. The consistency mode for this request. If not set, defaults to strong consistency. consistency_selector can be only one of the following:
readTime

string (Timestamp format)

Reads documents as they were at the given time.

This must be a microsecond precision timestamp within the past one hour, or if Point-in-Time Recovery is enabled, can additionally be a whole minute timestamp within the past 7 days.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".

Timestamp

JSON representation 
{
  "seconds": string,
  "nanos": integer
}
Fields
seconds

string (int64 format)

Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be between -62135596800 and 253402300799 inclusive (which corresponds to 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z).
nanos

integer

Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. This field is the nanosecond portion of the duration, not an alternative to seconds. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be between 0 and 999,999,999 inclusive.

Output Schema

The response from Firestore.ListCollectionIds.

ListCollectionIdsResponse

JSON representation 
{
  "collectionIds": [
    string
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string
}
Fields
collectionIds[]

string

The collection ids.
nextPageToken

string

A page token that may be used to continue the list.

Tool Annotations

Tool annotations are sent to MCP clients to describe the basic risk of a given tool. Most clients treat these hints as untrusted, but they can be used to decide when a confirmation prompt might be sent to a user.

Along with the title string, the following boolean hints are defined as follows:

  • readOnlyHint: If true, the tool doesn't modify its environment. Default: false.
  • destructiveHint: If true, then the tool can perform destructive actions. If false, then the tool can only perform additive actions. Default: true.
  • idempotentHint: If true, then calling the tool repeatedly with the same arguments will have no additional effect on its environment. Default: false.
  • openWorldHint: If true, then the tool can interact with an 'open world' of external entities. If false, then the tool can only interact with internal entities. For example, a web search tool would be open world, while a memory tool would not be open world.

Destructive Hint: ❌ | Idempotent Hint: ❌ | Read Only Hint: ✅ | Open World Hint: ❌