Building tools for agents is like building a BFF: where does workflow logic live?
gethackteam · x · 2026-09-14
A developer's take on building tools for AI agents: it resembles building a Backend for Frontend — shape backend operations around what the agent needs to do. The key design question is how much workflow logic belongs in the tool versus leaving it to the agent, and with code being so cheap now, experimenting and moving logic between layers is faster than ever.
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