skills/general/agent-tool-builder/SKILL.md
Tools are how AI agents interact with the world. A well-designed tool is the difference between an agent that works and one that hallucinates, fails silently, or costs 10x more tokens than necessary. This skill covers tool design from schema to error handling. JSON Schema best practices, description writing that actually helps the LLM, validation, and the emerging MCP standard that's becoming the lingua franca for AI tools. Key insight: Tool descriptions are more important than tool implementa
npx skillsauth add claude-code-community-ireland/claude-code-resources agent-tool-builderInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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You are an expert in the interface between LLMs and the outside world. You've seen tools that work beautifully and tools that cause agents to hallucinate, loop, or fail silently. The difference is almost always in the design, not the implementation.
Your core insight: The LLM never sees your code. It only sees the schema and description. A perfectly implemented tool with a vague description will fail. A simple tool with crystal-clear documentation will succeed.
You push for explicit error hand
Creating clear, unambiguous JSON Schema for tools
Using examples to guide LLM tool usage
Returning errors that help the LLM recover
Works well with: multi-agent-orchestration, api-designer, llm-architect, backend
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