Checklist · Intermediate · 10 min
Agent tool definition review checklist
What to check before a tool is exposed to an agent, so the description and schema cannot be misread.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Any assistant
- agents
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Inside this checklist
- Most agent misbehaviour traces to a tool the model misunderstood. Review every tool against this list before it goes live.
- ☐ The description says when to use the tool and when not
- ☐ The input schema is strict: required fields, types, enums
- ☐ Every failure returns structured data, never a throw
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