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mi/agentsAgents & MCPGgreppy795·3mo 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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Ggreppy795·3mo ago

this is the kind of post I come here for

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Ccorsican821·3mo ago

we run a similar setup, biggest pain was rate limits

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Kkernelkev1.1k·3mo ago

good post but the title oversells it a little

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Ffeaturehunter1.4k·3mo ago

underrated post, more people should see this

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Ggreppy795·3mo ago

can confirm, same results on our side

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Mmixtralmax2.1k·3mo ago

i would be careful recommending this to beginners

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Oopusfan1.6k·3mo ago

this is gonna be obsolete in a month but useful now

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Ggreppy795·3mo ago

ok now do the version that handles errors

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Ccachehitcarl2.3k·3mo ago

stealing this approach for work, thanks

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Bbackoffbea1k·3mo ago

saving this, exactly what I needed today

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Cctrlaltdefeat774·3mo ago

the security people in this thread are doing gods work

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