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		simonw 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context... I would classify AnyTool as a context engineering trick. It's using GPT-4 function calls (what we would call tool calls today) to find the best tools for the current job based on a 3-level hierarchy search. Drew calls that one "Tool Loadout" https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/06/26/how-to-fix-your-context....

timr 40 days ago [–]

So great. We have not one, but two different ways of saying "use text search to find tools".

This field, I swear...it's the PPAP [1] of engineering.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfuiB52K7X8

I have a toool...I have a seeeeearch...unh! Now I have a Tool Loadout!" *dances around in leopard print pyjamas*

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