One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/guanyang/antigravity-skills --skill tool-design-guanyang
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
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Skill: tool-design
Source: https://github.com/guanyang/antigravity-skills/tree/main/skills/tool-design
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/guanyang/antigravity-skills --skill tool-design-guanyang

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the challenges of designing robust and efficient tools for AI agents, ensuring clear communication and reliable interaction between agents and deterministic systems.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Tool API Design: Create unambiguous tool contracts for language models.
  • Consolidation Principle: Optimize tool sets by merging narrow tools into comprehensive ones.
  • Architectural Reduction: Simplify agent systems by leveraging primitive capabilities.
  • Use Case: You are building a new agent that needs to interact with a database. Use this Skill to design the query_database tool, ensuring it has clear parameters, handles errors gracefully, and is easy for the agent to discover and use.

Quick Start

Use the tool-design skill to create a new tool description for an agent.

Frequently Asked Questions about tool-design

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I design effective agent tools for non-deterministic language models?

Designing effective agent tools requires creating unambiguous tool contracts, applying prompt engineering to tool descriptions, and consolidating narrow tools to ensure clear communication between language models and deterministic systems.

What is the consolidation principle in agent tool API design?

The consolidation principle in tool API design optimizes tool sets by merging narrow, specialized tools into comprehensive ones, simplifying the architectural landscape and making capabilities easier for AI agents to discover and use.

How do I write tool descriptions for AI agents to ensure reliable interaction?

Writing tool descriptions for AI agents involves prompt engineering techniques that provide clear parameters, namespacing, and graceful error handling to ensure reliable interaction with deterministic systems.

What is architectural reduction when building agent systems?

Architectural reduction simplifies agent systems by leveraging primitive capabilities, reducing complexity by stripping away redundant tool layers and focusing on core, unambiguous functional contracts.

When should I not use narrow specialized tools in my agent architecture?

You should avoid narrow specialized tools when architectural reduction is possible, as merging them into comprehensive tool sets prevents ambiguity and improves tool discoverability for non-deterministic language models.

Can I use tool-design principles to create a database query tool for an agent?

Yes, you can use tool-design principles to create a query_database tool by defining clear parameters, handling errors gracefully, and ensuring the tool contract is unambiguous for reliable agent interaction.