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AI agent development: Defining use cases and tool contracts

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This article details the second part of building a custom AI support agent, focusing on defining its use case and structuring tool contracts. It emphasizes the importance of clearly defining the agent's capabilities, limiting the number of tools to prevent hallucinations, and ensuring bounded outputs for reliable parsing. The piece also highlights that tool descriptions should function as precise specifications for the LLM, including explicit details like time windows for actions, and that tools should handle failure modes with structured error messages rather than relying solely on system prompts. AI

IMPACT Provides practical guidance for developers building custom AI agents, focusing on robust tool integration and use-case definition.

RANK_REASON Article describes a technical implementation detail for building an AI agent, not a new product release or significant industry event.

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AI agent development: Defining use cases and tool contracts

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Akash Pal ·

    Part 2: Pinning the Use Case and Writing Tool Contracts Like Specs

    <p><em>Part 2 of a series building a support-ticket agent with no framework. <a href="https://dev.to/akashpal/part-1-what-makes-something-an-agent-and-why-we-built-this-without-a-framework-5ccg">Part 1</a> covered why. This part covers Steps 1–2 of the build order: pinning the us…

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