Writing effective tools for agents (2025)¶
Reference
Citation: Anthropic. "Writing effective tools for agents" (11 Sep 2025). Type: guidance. Link: anthropic.com/engineering/writing-tools-for-agents.
What it is¶
Engineering guidance on how to design tools for agents. It argues for a small set of tools built around high-impact workflows rather than a tool per endpoint.
Role in the record¶
- Grounds BP06: tools that merely wrap existing endpoints perform worse than a few tools built for high-impact workflows.
Atom-level for/against detail and quotes are in the provenance data (assets/provenance.yml), keyed by practice atom.