Writing Effective Tools for AI Agents—Using AI Agents
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
Tool definitions are the interface your AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → actually reasons over; this covers how to shape names, scopes and error surfaces, and how to use agents themselves to iterate on them.
