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+**Important**: If no action is needed after completing your analysis, you **MUST** call the `noop` safe-output tool with a brief explanation. Failing to call any safe-output tool is the most common cause of safe-output workflow failures.
+
+```json
+{"noop": {"message": "No action needed: [brief explanation of what was analyzed and why]"}}
+```