What if the biggest problem with AI coding agents isn't that they don't have enough tools—but that they have too many?
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An agent with access to GitHub, CI/CD, databases, documentation, issue trackers and deployment infrastructure sounds powerful. But every additional capability introduces another question: Should the agent use it? And then: Does it have the right context? Does it have permission? Is this the right w…
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- 2026-08-30 13:13 · DEV Community — AI
What if the biggest problem with AI coding agents isn't that they don't have enough tools—but that they have too many?