tool-design - Design Clear, Efficient Tools for Agents
Provides principles for designing, consolidating, naming, and documenting tools used by agents, including MCP tools.
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Updated: 2026-09-30Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Design agent tool interfaces
- Consolidate overlapping tools
- Reduce tool architecture complexity
- Write actionable tool descriptions
- Optimize tool response formats
- Design recoverable error messages
- Standardize tool naming conventions
- Organize tool collections
- Name MCP tools fully
Inputs
- Tool design requirements
- Existing tool definitions
- Tool collection structure
- MCP server names
- Agent workflows
Outputs
- Tool design recommendations
- Tool descriptions
- Tool schemas
- Naming conventions
- Architecture reduction guidance