Question

You are building an agent that manages calendar events. Early testing shows the agent frequently picks the wrong action because you exposed 14 narrowly-scoped tools (e.g., create_morning_event, create_afternoon_event, create_recurring_event, create_all_day_event, and similar variants). The model often confuses which tool applies. Following best practices for giving agents tools, what is the most effective change to improve reliability?

Accepted Answer

Consolidate the overlapping tools into a smaller set of general-purpose tools (e.g., one create_event tool with clear parameters) and write precise descriptions of when each applies.

Answer

Keep all 14 tools but force tool_choice to a specific tool on every request so the model cannot pick incorrectly.

Answer

Increase the temperature so the agent explores more tool options before committing to one.

Answer

Add even more granular tools to cover every possible edge case so there is always an exact match for the request.