AI article
AI agent tool calling: designing tools the model will actually use correctly
Community description: When an agent picks the wrong tool or passes garbage arguments, the fix is usually in the tool definition, not the model.
Dev.to | Oct 15, 2026 | Amit Shukla
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The model only knows what you tell it: a name, a description and a schema. Every tool you add makes the choice harder. Run the agent on them and log every tool call with its arguments.
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