Introducing advanced tool use on the Claude Developer Platform

What this post added

Introduced three new features to enhance AI agent tool use: Tool Search Tool for on-demand discovery of tools, reducing context window consumption; Programmatic Tool Calling for orchestrating tool execution via code, minimizing intermediate result token pollution and inference overhead; and Tool Use Examples for learning nuanced tool usage patterns beyond schema definitions. These features collectively improve agent efficiency, accuracy, and scalability when interacting with extensive tool libraries.