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A tool description should answer five questions before an agent calls it

Been thinking about what makes a tool actually usable by an agent. Not the model. The description. A good tool description answers five questions. When to use it and when not to — without this the agent tries it everywhere. What each input means and which ones are mandatory — vague inputs are where…

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  1. 2026-10-09 14:04 · r/AI_Agents
    A tool description should answer five questions before an agent calls it

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