tool-design - Design effective tools for AI agents
Design, debug, evaluate, and optimize tools and tool collections for agent systems using clear contracts, consolidation, and architectural reduction.
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Updated: 2026-10-01Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Design agent tool APIs
- Write actionable tool descriptions
- Consolidate overlapping tool workflows
- Reduce unnecessary tool complexity
- Optimize tool response formats
- Design recoverable error messages
- Standardize tool conventions
- Evaluate third-party agent tools
- Organize tools with namespaces
- Use fully qualified MCP names
Inputs
- Tool specifications
- Agent workflows
- Tool collections
- Codebase conventions
- Data layer documentation
- Safety constraints
Outputs
- Tool API designs
- Tool descriptions
- Response format specifications
- Error message specifications
- Tool naming conventions
- Tool collection recommendations