/v1/capabilities as the live source of truth before calling optional tools.
Discovery
Account
Tools
Owned data (Search Console, Analytics & Google Ads)
These need a connected Google source — Search Console for search performance, Google Analytics for website traffic, Google Ads for ad performance — and appear only when owned data is enabled for your account. See Connections.
Connecting a property or activating an ad account is Dashboard-only, since Google OAuth requires human consent. See Connections.
Backlink tools are enabled by default. Deployments can disable both as an operational kill switch, so use
/v1/capabilities as the live source of truth.