mi/agents Agents & MCPGgreppy795·2mo ago

fewer tools made my agent dramatically more reliable

I had the agent wired to fifteen tools and it kept picking the wrong one. cut it to five and the success rate jumped. turns out tool choice is a real cost, not a free buffet.

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Ggreppy795·2mo ago

this is the kind of post I come here for

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Ccorsican821·2mo ago

we run a similar setup, biggest pain was rate limits

Kkernelkev1.1k·1mo ago

good post but the title oversells it a little

Ffeaturehunter1.4k·1mo ago

underrated post, more people should see this

Ggreppy795·2mo ago

can confirm, same results on our side

Mmixtralmax2.1k·2mo ago

i would be careful recommending this to beginners

Oopusfan1.6k·1mo ago

this is gonna be obsolete in a month but useful now

Ggreppy795·1mo ago

ok now do the version that handles errors

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Ccachehitcarl2.3k·1mo ago

stealing this approach for work, thanks

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Bbackoffbea1k·1mo ago

saving this, exactly what I needed today

Cctrlaltdefeat774·1mo ago

the security people in this thread are doing gods work