Shape Claude's Tools the Way You Want Instead of Hiding Behind Indirection
trq212 · x · 2026-09-17
trq212 extends his agent tooling take: increasingly you can give Claude tools shaped exactly the way you want, rather than tricking it through a layer of indirection. Example: for data storage, do you really want a file system, or an API to a database? He calls this an update to his view from last year, consistent with his argument that bash is no longer all you need for reliable tool calling.
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