AI article
The Swiss Army Knife Trap: Why Wrapping Every API as an Agent Tool Backfires
Community description: You've got two ways to connect an agent to your backend, and each one breaks somewhere...
Dev.to | Nov 3, 2026 | Abivarma R S
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Build a few deep tools shaped around whole tasks and the steps run in code. Merge tools that nearly always run in sequence. Search the system prompt for "always call X before Y", turn each rule into a check inside the tool, then delete the sentence.
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