AI and LLMs · Senior · Question 70 of 75
Why can adding more tools to an agent make it worse?
- 1Tool choice gets harder and descriptions compete for attention
- 2Each extra tool permanently slows the model down by half
- 3Models refuse to work with more than five tools
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Correct answer: Tool choice gets harder and descriptions compete for attention
Explanation
Fewer, well-described tools or routing to specialised sub-agents often outperform one agent with dozens of tools.