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Gave an agent 30 tools. It got worse at using the 3 that mattered.

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Was building an agent for a support workflow and kept adding tools as new cases came up. Ticket lookup, refund processing, order history, escalation, a dozen others. Seemed harmless, more capability, more coverage. Somewhere past tool 20 something shifted. The agent started picking the wrong tool f…

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  1. 2026-08-28 23:46 · r/AI_Agents
    Gave an agent 30 tools. It got worse at using the 3 that mattered.

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